“Immediate support is also available for growers, including the Rural Financial Counselling Service, low interest loans, and the Australian Government’s Farm Household Allowance. Mental health and wellbeing support is available through Lifeline Farmer to Farmer, the Royal Flying Doctor Service and Rural Aid.” Click to check the original article.
Stakeholders will meet in Sydney over the next two days to review the effectiveness of the Murray-Darling Basin plan. Click to check the original article.
The farmer control is 11kg/ha of Sardi 7s2, a winter active lucerne, along with Mintaro, a mid-maturing Brachycalycinum clover, and Monti, an early-to-mid-maturing Yanninicum clover, while one treatment is Sardi 7s2 with the sub clovers at 15kg/ha, and the other Sardi 7s2 and Sardi Grazer combo with the sub clovers, at 11kg/ha. Click to check […]
The yarding was drawn from Lakeland, Dimbulah, Mutchilba, Silkwood, Innisfail, Ravenshoe, Innot Hot Springs and local areas. Click to check the original article.
The work required the examination of hundreds of bones. Click to check the original article.
A Chinchilla couple make a heartwarming gesture for a grieving Charters Towers family Click to check the original article.
The 4th Eidsvold Cattle Drive involved 450 head walking a similar route to that taken by drover Martin Snelling nearly 100 years ago. Click to check the original article.
The pork sector, and for that matter all protein sectors, are in a very interesting transition period, one that requires close consideration of changing global demographics as well as the aging population and its related impacts, said Swine Insights International CEO Todd Thurman in this month’s Feedstuffs Pork Nation podcast. Thurman discusses with podcast hosts […]
Champaign, IL, — A consideration for many beef cattle producers in recent years has revolved around which production system to choose: conventional or natural? Although conventional production–involving performance-enhancing technologies such as hormonal implants and feed additives–has been adopted by many throughout the North American beef sector, many are examining a natural production system, especially in […]
University of Missouri Director of Veterinary Extension Craig Payne urges cattle producers to watch for signs of disease associated with Theileria orientalis (ikeda), a protozoal organism recently detected in Missouri. This organism, which primarily affects cattle, causes disease by infecting red blood cells. The immune system attacks the infected cells, resulting in anemia. First discovered […]
This Week in Agribusiness, Host Mike Pearson is joined by Dan Halstrom, President & CEO, USMEF to talk more about meat exports. Click to check the original article.
The effects of drought conditions on the cow herd can extend beyond the cow to the newborn calves, especially if they’re born into wet conditions, said Jess Hinrichs, DVM, with Zoetis beef technical services, and based in Sutton, Nebraska. “It comes down to cows with poor body condition scores. It’s well documented that cows with […]