After 20 years making premium beef snacks for ‘grown-ups’ the Jim’s Jerky team has expanded its product offering into kids snacking with the release of Jimmie’s Beef Bites. Click to check the original article.
Outback gold project gets environmental nod Click to check the original article.
“With the transient population, I noticed people would leave Cloncurry and they wanted to take a gift that said ‘Made in Cloncurry’. I used to make fudge and give it as gifts to family and friends and they’d often comment and say that I should sell it, but I never really took them seriously,” Ms […]
As the rehoming of off the track Thoroughbreds gains momentum, there is one equestrian rider on the Darling Downs who is happy with her decision to re-home a gelding 15 months ago. Click to check the original article.
On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to approve the Fiscal Year 2024 agriculture appropriations bill. The legislation would fund USDA, FDA and dozens of other agencies related to food, agriculture and rural development. The Senate bill provides just under $26 billion of funding, about $1 billion more than the House version. However, the House […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has awarded three grants totaling more than $1.4 million for research on health issues in cattle and swine. The projects are among $13 million in investments that NIFA recently announced for its Animal Nutrition, Growth and Lactation Program. Jon Schoonmaker, associate professor of […]
Are we in good times or are we in terrible times? Some sell/buy cozeners are promoting the good times. Yet some auctioneers tell me they haven’t had much fun selling cattle for a couple months. Despite the higher prices some of their customers are selling off due to the lingering drought. Sale barn staff are […]
Is it possible that how we raise farm animals can influence the quality of their products? Can improving the quality of life for these animals improve farm sustainability and profits? A group of scientists aims to find out. Researchers from the Agricultural Research Service’s Livestock Behavior Research Unit in West Lafayette, Indiana, are examining how food […]
About 200 people packed into the final panel consultation meeting with live export supply chain representatives and activists cramped together ensuring tensions ran high. Click to check the original article.
As the Bank of England raises the base rate again, Annabel Dixon looks at what could lie ahead for the housing market. This week, the Bank of England confirmed what the City had already been expecting: yet another interest rate rise. The bank’s Monetary Policy Committee raised the base rate for the 13th time in […]
In three years, they claim there have been no dog attacks. Yet, prior to the arrival of the donkeys, Mr Pilley said they have suffered significant livestock losses due to wild dog attacks, carrying with it large economic, welfare and emotional costs. Click to check the original article.
The lift in the Australian dollar has wiped $3.50/t off the gain in CBoT wheat or, more significantly, $23/t off the implied Australian dollar value of December CBoT wheat. Click to check the original article.