Ex-Army drone tech takes on farm black spots
A former army engineer who started his own drone consultancy firm has set his sights on ag and rural Australia. Click to check the original article.
UQ researchers developing venereal disease vaccine
THE impacts of a venereal disease that causes cattle infertility and costs the industry hundreds of millions of dollars could be mitigated by an experimental vaccine created at The University of Queensland. Professor Ala Tabor. Credit: Megan Pope Professor Ala Tabor from the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation said vaccines for the bovine trichomoniasis protozoa are […]
Parts of the north enjoying the best wet season in a decade
Storms building up near McKinlay in Northwest Qld, which has had one of its best seasons in a long time. Photo: Horizon Grazing PARTS of Northern Australia are enjoying the best start to the wet season in more than a decade, with regular rain events since December. While severe flooding has damaged the Kimberley region […]
National language guidelines for cattle launched
THE Australian beef industry for the first time has a comprehensive set of national language guidelines for trading and description of livestock. While some elements of the National Bovine Livestock Language Guidelines have been seen previously under organisations like BreedPlan, state departments of agriculture, breed societies, AusMeat and livestock trading groups like AuctionsPlus, this is […]
Katter's campaign for donor list gets ministerial support
Health Minister supports campaign ‘in principle’. Click to check the original article.
Man rescued after becoming trapped in a grain silo in CQ
The incident occurred just after midday on Thursday. Click to check the original article.
Man, 37, survives crocodile attack in FNQ
Authorities are hunting a crocodile in a far north Queensland river after a man and his dog were attacked. Click to check the original article.
Feeder steers at Wodonga sell to $1880 | The Land
Sales of steers included 17 Angus, weighing 445kg sold for $1880 by R Wyatt, Barandudah, Vic,: five Charolais steers weighing 455kg sold by Nott and Jasper, Rutherglen, for $1810, and 23 Herefords sold by SG and CW Hodgkin, Callaghan Creek, Vic, weighing 373kg for $1580. Click to check the original article.
Buffel grass country for backgrounding and fattening | Video
Ranchlands is 2586 hectares of elevated buffel grass property well suited to backgrounding and fattening. Click to check the original article.
Indigenous pastoralists in the Kimberley use drought and biosecurity training in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie. | Farm Weekly
Saltwater Country founder and Yawuru/Bunuba woman Cara Peek said the training aimed to future-proof stations and the Kimberley region, with a focus on standard animal welfare and biosecurity checks, herd management, fertility rates, vaccination protocols and processes. Click to check the original article.
Dalby sale 22 Feb 2023: Market firm for 5033
Yarding 5373 Change -340 The supply of stock at Dalby reduced by 340 head however still remained relatively high at 5,033. Cattle were drawn from a wide area with 364 from far Western Queensland 700 from New South Wales and 104 head from South Australia. All the usual buyers were in attendance and active in […]
Why GWP Star is ‘no free pass’ for the livestock sector: Frank Mitloehner
Anyone who has been following the cattle emissions debate in recent years will be familiar with the term “GWP star”. It is a metric that scientists such as Frank Mitloehner from the University of California Davis and Miles Allen from Oxford University say provides a more accurate measure of the behaviour of methane in the […]