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Beef Australia goes digital

Beef Australia 2021 has started its digital launch, a year out from the triennial beef industry event in Rockhampton. Beef Australia helps showcase the Australian red meat industry and facilitates new trade and export opportunities for Australian...

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Sheep producers encouraged to monitor trace mineral deficiency

Sheep producers have been reminded of the potential for trace mineral deficiency diseases to affect their lambs this year. Agriculture Victoria senior veterinary officer Dr Robert Suter said early season rain should result in good pasture growth...

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Ekka’s Led Steer Competition still going ahead despite show cancellation

Despite Ekka being cancelled last month due to COVID-19, the Royal Queensland Show’s Led Steer Competition will run in a modified format in 2020. This year the competition will feature all hook classes with double the prize money on offer...

Rodney Woods
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Calls for calm in China beef export dispute

China has suspended beef imports from four abattoirs in NSW and Queensland, escalating trade and diplomatic tensions with Australia. Eighteen per cent of Australia’s beef production is exported to China, with exports worth more than $3 billion...

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Police investigating livestock thefts

Police from the Mitchell Criminal Investigation Unit are investigating two thefts of livestock that occurred last month in the Strathbogie Police Service Area. The first theft occurred between noon on Sunday, April 19 and 9 am on Saturday...

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Shepparton sheep sales held fortnightly

GV Stock Association will now hold sheep sales fortnightly at its Shepparton centre due to fewer livestock being presented for sale. The change to fortnightly sales is a first, but does not come as a surprise, as Elders agent Andrew Kyle said sheep...

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Top price for Reiland Angus bulls

Beef producers chasing high growth bulls with marbling paid to a top of $28 000, setting a new record for the stud at the Reiland Angus autumn bull sale on April 22. Held on-property at Tumut by the Lucas family, the sale drew 36 registered...

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Limited sheep supply supports strong prices

Limited sheep numbers will support Australian farm gate prices despite coronavirus disruptions, according to Rabobank senior animal proteins analyst Angus Gidley-Baird. Mr Gidley-Baird said sheep meat prices would remain strong, but wool prices were...

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Mountain cattlemen call for a return to traditional forest management

Returning cattle to the Alpine areas of Victoria and an increase in cool burns has been recommended by the Mountain Cattlemen’s Association of Victoria, as a way to reduce bushfire fuel in the High Country. MVAC made six recommendations for...

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Pork producers and Coles team up to help fight MND

Getting some pork on your fork this month could help find a cure for motor neurone disease. Aussie pork producers have teamed up with Coles to support FightMND, raising funds for MND research in Australia and overseas. Under way from now until...

Rodney Woods
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Free business help for bushfire-affected farmers

Red meat producers throughout Australia impacted by the summer’s bushfires can access support through Meat & Livestock Australia’s Back to Business program. The program allows producers in fire-affected regions to access up to three free...

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Yarck workshop helps farmers manage for climate change

The value of planned grazing in helping farmers manage for climate change was the focus of a workshop held in Yarck in early March. The workshop, run by Brian Wehlburg, from Inside Outside Management, was the first in a series of four holistic...

Rodney Woods
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Agriculture Victoria to run autumn pasture recovery webinar

Information and practical tips on autumn pasture recovery will be delivered by Agriculture Victoria pasture specialist Fiona Baker during a webinar/phone seminar being held on May 13.

Rodney Woods
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Rain fuels producers’ potential to rebuild cattle herd

Widespread rainfall since February has fuelled the prospect of the national beef cattle herd entering a rebuilding phase for the first time in three years, according to Meat & Livestock Australia’s Cattle Industry Projections April update...

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Wool stakeholders to have their say

Wool industry stakeholders will have the opportunity to contribute their ideas to improve the WoolPoll voting mechanism. The Department of Agriculture launched the WoolPoll Review on Wednesday, April 29, inviting wool growers to have their say...

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Australia helps fight African swine fever in Papua New Guinea

Australia has supported the Papua New Guinea Government’s quick action to contain an outbreak of African swine fever detected in PNG’s Southern Highlands last month. ASF awareness messages have been distributed throughout the Torres Strait and...

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Panic grasses deadly for lambs

By Agriculture Victoria district veterinary officer Dr Jeff Cave

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Time for autumn feed budgeting

Livestock producers will have the chance to have their questions on autumn feeding answered through an online webinar delivered by Agriculture Victoria veterinary officer Cathy Bunter. Topics that may be addressed include how long to supplementary...

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The Amphibious sinks in Port of Echuca

The Paddle Vessel Amphibious sank in the Murray on Saturday evening.

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Fatal crash in Kyabram

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash which occurred in Kyabram this morning.

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Two Kyabram District Health Service staff test positive for COVID-19

Kyabram District Health Services confirmed on Tuesday night that two staff members have tested positive to COVID-19.

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Man sentenced to 23 years for Mooroopna murder

A man has been sentenced to 23 years in jail following the death of a man in Mooroopna in 2018.

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