Flood relief efforts ramp up in north west
Major flooding is continuing south of Mount Isa where the water is moving downstream along the Georgina River. Click to check the original article.
Major flooding is continuing south of Mount Isa where the water is moving downstream along the Georgina River. Click to check the original article.
Wendy Mitchell died 12 years to the day after she completed her first bout of cancer treatment. Now, her family are honouring her memory. Click to check the original article.
Mr Furner also announced Category B disaster funding arrangements had been activated and primary producers and small businesses in the local government areas of Burke, Carpentaria, Cloncurry, Doomadgee, Mornington and Mount Isa can now apply for concessional loans of up to $250,000 to repair or replace damaged buildings, plant, equipment or livestock. Click to check […]
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt is implementing Labor’s policy of banning the live sheep export. Click to check the original article.
The who-is-who of Australia’s cattle industry and international guests is set to gather in the Northern Territory this week for the biggest annual beef industry event in Northern Australia. Click to check the original article.
“A lot of earlier buyback was low-hanging fruit, like dozers and sleeper licences, that no-one used much anyway, or never used,” he said. “This will hurt production capacity, it will hurt communities a lot more, and they’re going to have to pay a lot more for it, to get it.” Click to check the original […]
The demand for pregnancy-tested-in-calf females is limited, but there’s still a premium for special lines. Click to check the original article.
If you ask James Mitchell about the bright side of the 2022 drought, he’ll tell you this: Better now than then. “I’d much rather be having the conversation about current prices than about what they were one or two years ago,” Mitchell said on Jan. 23, addressing about two dozen attendees at the year’s first […]
Penny Churchill takes a look at the grand yet pretty Galleys Wood, a wonderful family home in Kent. Kent is always a good place to look for a historic family house of character and charm. One such example has just come to the market: the handsome Galleys Wood in Honeypot Lane, Edenbridge, an imposing Victorian/Edwardian […]
Prevalence of Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV) appears to be changing in the United States. A recent study of cattle in eastern Kansas found that 42 out of 44 herds had at least one cow test positive for BLV. The same study found 55% of the cattle tested were positive for BLV. This is in contrast […]
Cattle markets are approaching the end of the first quarter of 2023 on a very strong note. Animal prices across the board have been very robust. Fed cattle have traded above $165, 7-8 cwt feeder cattle have traded above $190, and 5-6 cwt calves have traded just short of $235/cwt. Live cattle futures approached within $11/cwt of […]
A bill introduced in the House of Representatives illustrates just how far apart the two parties are when it comes to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Nutrition programs now account for more than 80% of farm bill spending. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R- S.D., introduced legislation aimed at cutting SNAP benefits to certain recipients. Under […]