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Digital traceability system to give Australian wool the edge | The Land

The Australian Wool Exchange’s AWEX’s WoolClip program leader, John Cox, Mudgee, and wool classer registrar, Fiona Raleigh, Cootamundra, told delegates to the Australian Superfine Wool Growers’ Association conference that from July 1, every wool pack imported into Australia would carry technology that will allow traceability from farm to retailer. Click to check the original article.

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Australian farmer confidence lifts after last quarter’s low

  Australian rural confidence – while still negative – has seen a marginal improvement in positivity, the results of Rabobank’s latest quarterly survey of over 1000 Australian farmers shows. Worries about commodity prices and input costs have eased, but remain a concern along with interest rates and the dry start to the year in some […]

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Qld shortage of tick fever vaccine expected for the next month

Female cattle ticks preparing to lay eggs. Image credit: Jason Tidwell. BIOSECURITY Queensland says it will run out of tick fever vaccines this week, with the shortage of supply expected to continue for the rest of the month. A spokesperson said there will be doses of the vaccine available until this Thursday, with full production […]

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Kelpies sell to $25,000 at Casterton working dog auction

Ash Caruana, left, sold Beloka Rumble for $25,000, and Welshpool breeder Paul McPhail sold the top priced pup Beloka Sally for $11,000 at the Eukanuba Casterton Working Dog Auction on Sunday. KELPIE prices followed the fortunes of the lacklustre lamb, sheep and beef sectors at the Eukanuba Casterton Working Dog Auction interface with AuctionsPlus on […]

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What happened to Sam? – Beef Central

Lambassador Sam Kekovich’s ‘”bon appetit” landed him in ‘un-Australian’ exile in MLA’s latest lamb ad. TWO-weeks-ago former AFL player and ‘lambassador’, Sam Kekovich, expanded his repertoire of protein promotion delivering a call to arms for Australians to get off the couch and cook up some beef. But the video is no longer appearing on the […]

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