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UK farm group uses animal activist footage to rail against FTA

Liz Webster (right) rallying against Free Trade Agreements with Australia and New Zealand. Photo: Save British Farming Facebook A BRITISH farming group has used an old animal activist video to try to discredit the Australian beef industry’s animal welfare credentials as it voices its opposition to the recently completed Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement (FTA). […]

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How to make gnocchi with peas, spinach, asparagus and mozzarella

If ever a vegetable’s diminutive size belied the flavour it delivers, it’s the pea. Melanie Johnson shares a recipe to make the most of the fresh crop. ‘Seemingly simple, freshly popped peas are kitchen-garden superstars,’ says our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson — a sentiment shared by another of our food writers, Tom Parker Bowles, […]

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Dalby sale 7 June 2023: Quality drop reflected in prices

Yarding 3948 Change -751 The Nutrien team selling at Dalby. The supply of stock at Dalby reduced by 751 head to 3,948. Export buyer attendance was good with the return to a full panel of processors. Overall quality was not up to the standard of the previous week and this was reflected in prices. Light weight […]

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Vic Govt grants to strengthen livestock biosecurity

Victoria’s livestock industries will benefit from $8.1 million from the Livestock Biosecurity Fund Grants program, to further strengthen the state’s biosecurity. 21 projects delivered by six Victorian organisations will receive grant funding to prevent, monitor and control pests and diseases for the cattle, sheep and goat, swine and honeybee industries. Agriculture Victoria Acting Executive Director Angela […]

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