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28/08/2008 | TRAVELLING via tourist coach through parts of Europe and the United Kingdom recently revealed very few paddocks of livestock.
28/08/2008 | OVER recent months Stock & Land has sought to develop a store cattle benchmark price that allows a direct comparison with the eastern young cattle indicator (EYCI).
18/08/2008 | Luxury tourist desitination, Mauritius, an island republic off the coast of Africa in the southwest Indian Ocean, has emerged from being a relatively unknown market for Australian red meat to one valued at over $17 million in 2007-08.  | CommentsComments (1)
Perfect pastures lift productivity by 50pc
14/08/2008 | Growing the right pasture varieties for your soil type at the right time of year can improve livestock production by as much as 50pc, results from a Department of Primary Industries research project have shown.
7/08/2008 | THE Australian sheep flock is now the smallest it’s been for 80 years. And it’s likely to go smaller still, to about 76 million.
Red meat industry feels budget pressure
1/08/2008 | The latest Australian foodservice tracking results suggests that the budget squeeze has lowered red meat usage across the foodservice sector, with consumers increasingly selecting smaller/cheaper menu items and lower cost outlets.
24/07/2008 | THE spring store selling season is almost here, with a number of top store cattle sales set for early August. The season starts August 1 with two sales at Heyfield.
24/07/2008 | TWO of southern Australia’s best-known livestock identities are to take on new roles within the rapidly expanding Ruralco Group.
'It's war': saleyards impasse
24/07/2008 | A BATTLE between stock agents and the Wodonga City Council has erupted over the proposed relocation of the Wodonga saleyards. The council wants to relocate the yards at Bandiana to a new livestock selling centre at Barnawartha North.
Lucerne and chicory mix boosts lambing
18/07/2008 | Victorian farmer Don Price is successfully using a summer active, lucerne-chicory pasture mix to boost his lamb enterprise profits.
Sheepvention turns 30
18/07/2008 | On the fourth and fifth of August some 25,000 people are expected through the gates of Victoria's Hamilton Showgrounds for Sheepvention 2008 - the 30th anniversary of the event.
17/07/2008 | PRIVATISATION and rationalisation of saleyards have been an issue in southern Australia for many years, probably as long as most can remember. But according to saleyards association chief David Pollock, its time for a reality check on many of the issues surrounding what remains the most popular form of selling livestock.
17/07/2008 | THE surge in the value of the Australian dollar has brought meat exporters to their knees. Drought and increased production costs have already taken their toll, and Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) says 2007-08 saw the Australian dollar average US89.7 cents, up 14 per cent on the previous year and the second-largest financial year increase since 2002-03 (up 22pc).
10/07/2008 | PASTORAL powerhouse Elders says it will review and consolidate its saleyards service to concentrate on direct supply arrangements. It says the move is in response to emerging trends, especially in relation to the way livestock and meat are traded and marketed.
10/07/2008 | THE chief architect of the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) says the full benefits of the system for herd management are yet to be fully realised. It’s now eight years since the system became mandatory in Victoria, however, Department of Primary Industries principal veterinary officer at Bendigo Tony Britt says there’s still nothing like it in the world.
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27/08/2008 | IF farmers are wondering what the new look Senate will mean for them, they should just take a look at politics in NSW and the behind-closed-doors relationship between Labor and the Greens for a taste of what might be in store Federally.
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