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Cattle consignments at risk in live-ex debate

The Federal Government’s policy to phaseout live sheep exports by sea effects WA southern rangelands cattle, with importing markets refusing to buy Australian cattle if they can’t buy Australian sheep. Click to check the original article.

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Earthquake wakes northern Australia | The North West Star

I am an award-winning media and communications professional with experience across print, digital, social and radio broadcast, as well as photography and videography. I am the NT Correspondent at Australian Community Media and I write for my hometown newspaper, the Katherine Times. I love telling people’s stories, and I am passionate about giving those a […]

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Lifting the herd from its tail

Lifting the commercial Angus herd at Woko Station involves a careful selection of genetics and traits for the team from Macka’s Pastoral. Click to check the original article.

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USDA, University of Kentucky break ground on forage research building

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack participated this week in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new $65.9 million research facility, known as the Forage-Animal Production Research Unit (FAPRU), on the University of Kentucky campus. The ceremony was hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of Kentucky’s College of Agriculture, Food […]

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Carbon footprint of lab-grown meat potentially worse than beef

Lab-grown meat, which is cultured from animal cells, is often thought to be more environmentally friendly than beef because it’s predicted to need less land, water and greenhouse gases than raising cattle. But in a preprint, not yet peer-reviewed, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have found that lab-grown or “cultivated” meat’s environmental impact […]

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