30 Jan 03 | THE ERADICATION of tuberculosis (TB) from Australian livestock has been a long and arduous process. After more than 32 years of perseverance and an investment of more than $850 million, Australia's free from bovine tuberculosis status is now unde
30 Jan 03 | CLIMATOLOGIST Roger Stone is not looking for an argument with the Bureau of Meteorology. However, he believes there is a 20 to 30 per cent chance of El Niño recurring this year, and that, from a risk management point of view, farmers should take
30 Jan 03 | DEVASTATED producers in the State's high country are coming to terms with property and high livestock losses this week following ferocious fires that raged through north east high country districts last week and over the weekend. So far the al
30 Jan 03 | THE signs appear bleak for Goulburn Valley irrigators seeking exceptional circumstances (EC) drought funding, after the National Rural Advisory Council (NRAC) last week ruled their Riverina counterparts did not meet the EC criteria. But there
30 Jan 03 | BULK grain handling company for NSW and Victoria, GrainCorp Ltd, has sold all its 8.71 million shares in Australian Wheat Board Ltd (AWB), saying the investment no longer held strategic value. GrainCorp joined forces with grain trader Cargill
30 Jan 03 | FERTILISER giants Pivot and Incitec are free to merge and dominate fertiliser sales. This was achieved after Incitec's majority shareholder, Orica, bought out Futuris' shares and hence any opposition to the deal last week. Once the merger is c
30 Jan 03 | Prime Talk by Murray Arnel Five clear working weeks until the next public holiday, and hopefully some more widespread monsoon rain to fall in the tropics to stem the flow of cattle from northern Australia may help the way forward for prime mar
30 Jan 03 | THE ideal beef cow gets in calf early, calves easily and gives enough milk to rear a good calf. She has good temperament. She also has correct skeletal structure. This is essential because correct structure increases lifetime productivity.
30 Jan 03 | January 30 - February 6, Stock & Land Beef Week January 31, Closing date for entries in the Stock & Land Commercial Flock of the Year 2003. Contact RAS on (03) 9281 7407. February 1. Yarra Glen A&H Society Inc. Show. February 2-6, 11th
16 Jan 03 | WITH rainfall levels well below average over vast areas of the continent, farmers and water managers are asking what science can do about the problem. Some people's thoughts have turned to cloud seeding. It began in Australia in 1947, when
16 Jan 03 | A MERGER of Australia's two biggest dairy manufacturers, Murray Goulburn and its long time rival Bonlac is again being considered. If successful, the new super dairy processor would take an estimated two thirds of Victorian milk production.
16 Jan 03 | GRAIN Growers Association will vote in favour of retaining the controlling foundation share it holds in subsidiary GrainCorp Ltd, at GrainCorp's annual meeting next month. The decision ensures that bulk grain handler GrainCorp remains in growe
16 Jan 03 | THE woes of the national livestock identification scheme (NLIS) are far from over despite glowing reports from the Western District calf sales about scanning equipment. The problem now lies in the information gathering department, after less t
16 Jan 03 | MOVES are afoot to end movement restrictions on female cattle between bovine Johne's disease zones, which is slashing Victorian heifer values by as much as $100 head. The Cattle Council of Australia is investigating the use of a risk assessmen
16 Jan 03 | What's in Store by MIKE NIXON THE old adage that every day is different in the livestock industry has certainly been proven to be correct after the first fortnight of livestock sales in the year 2003. The good news is that although livestoc
16 Jan 03 | LIKE the supposed silver lining on every cloud, this drought year has delivered an opportunity for store lambs. According to plant physiologists, cereal stubbles in a dry year contain more protein than usual as the plant has lacked the moistu
16 Jan 03 | January 19-24. International Dairy Week, Tatura. Details: David Blackmore, 9745 2000. January 11. Wonthaggi and District Agricultural and Pastoral Society Show. January 18. Apollo Bay/Otway District Ag Soc Inc. Show. January 18. Lang Lan
16 Jan 03 | MAJOR Victorian domestic meatworks can now export beef and sheepmeat to Indonesia. Hardwicks at Kyneton and MC Herds at Geelong are the first to gain approval. Hardwicks is already processing to comply with halal requirements for the Muslim na
09 Jan 03 | BY CAMERON MORSE PRICES for beef cattle, mutton, prime and store lambs and wool have jumped in the first week of the new year giving producers a hit of confidence for the start of 2003. Wheat growers, however, faced retreating prices wi
09 Jan 03 | January 19-24. International Dairy Week, Tatura. Details: David Blackmore, 9745 2000. January 11. Wonthagi and District Agricultural and Pastoral Society Show. January 18. Apollo Bay/Otway District Ag Soc Inc. Show. January 18. Lang Lang
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