Dr Tony Batterham telling an assisted reality headset to make a call to the pen-riders. WITH a shortage of rural vets well-documented in recent months, the use of wearable camera technology for remote diagnosis and veterinary assistance has been developing as a way of freeing up resources. Last week’s Australin Lot Feeders’ Assocition SmartBeef conference […]
DRIVEN by lower livestock input costs, typical beef processor margins have returned to levels of profit this year, after almost three years in Siberia. Analyst Matt Dalgleish from Episode 3 has developed a Beef Processor Profitability Index, based on a typical set of processor numbers. The new BPPI index figures was first reported back in […]
EARLY in the week, an upper trough generated some showers and thunderstorms in north-west New South Wales and south-west Queensland. A cold front crossed south-eastern Australia bringing showers to South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania, before moving offshore during the weekend. Weekly totals between 50 and 100 mm were recorded across western Tasmania and parts of […]
Australian cattle exports totalled 60,451 head in September according to latest monthly export data released by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry this week. Picture courtesy NTLEA. The total included exports of 22,836 head to Indonesia. While that is 35 percent below the five-year monthly average for September exports to Indonesia, it was higher […]
Our columnist on how some good might come out of the felling of the sycamore in the gap. In Didling churchyard, under the north slope of the Sussex Downs, stands a huge and ancient yew, guardian of a tiny downland graveyard in which, among other treasures, lies an enigmatic gravestone that may mark the final […]
The Isolated Children and Parents Association of Australia (ICPA) is urging both state and federal levels of government to take action to rectify the glaring issue of education inequality that continues to burden remote families across the country. Click to check the original article.
This was also an unsuccessful attempt to whittle down fox numbers. With advice from a couple of mates, Paul Mullen and Jared Hocking, and technical advice from firearms dealer Andrew Milne, Gunpro, Dubbo, the purchase of a thermal monocular gave Mr Hansen and his family a different outlook on the closeness of the foxes to […]
FOOD and livestock prices have been singled-out for special scrutiny in an upcoming Federal government competition review, conducted every ten years. During a recent meeting of federal and state agriculture ministers, the deteriorating seasonal conditions and impending drought over parts of regional Australia were recognised by the ministers in attendance. They noted that these conditions […]
“What was probably the most disappointing for us was the canola, as it flowered early and dropped early,” says Wannamal farmer. Click to check the original article.
From Aramac, QLD a line of 204 Charolais cross steers, split across two even lots of 102 head aged 6 to 12 months old and weighing 299kg returned $815/hd, or 273 c/kg lwt and $820/hd, or 275c/kg lwt and will travel to separate buyers in Wandoan, QLD and Barcaldine, QLD. Click to check the original […]
Royal Randwick crowd erupts on Everest and Kosciuszko day. Click to check the original article.
Two upcoming stud breeders have been recognised for their dedication to the Brangus-breed at this year’s annual Rockhampton Brangus Sale. Click to check the original article.