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Shannon makes sheep count

19 May 12 | IN the past decade, sheep have provided a reliable income stream, especially with volatile grain prices and less predictable seasons. | Evidence mounting for targeted ... | Moby sails through

Livestock - Cattle

Boosting beef efficiency with a focus on antioxidants

18 May 12 | Antioxidants and free radicals, concepts usually associated with human healthcare, are being used by an American company to improve the business of producing beef.

Livestock - Cattle

Feral goat policy under review by State Govt

18 May 12 | FERAL goats are a contentious issue in the pastoral lands as pastoralists aim for extra cash from goatmeat. |

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Livestock - Other

Bolton Girls' big Beef success

16 May 12 | THERE'S a new paddock being set up at Bolton Girls Red Angus stud at Congupna, Victoria - the interbreed champion pen.

Livestock - Cattle

New MateSel helps avoid inbreeding

15 May 12 | BREEDING better livestock is always a balance between joining the best male with the best female, while avoiding inbreeding. The release of a revised version of MateSel aims to resolve this challenge for beef cattle breeders.

Livestock - Cattle

SA sheep numbers back without Naracoorte

14 May 12 | ONLY two sheep markets were held last week with Naracoorte not having a sale, and as a result there were less numbers of both lambs and sheep yarded.

Livestock - Sheep

Moby sails through

12 May 12 | A DESIRE to increase production on the family farm led young Mid North farmer Andrew Hall down the path of trialing Moby forage barley three years ago.

Livestock - Sheep

Walk over weighing one step away

11 May 12 | The Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation (Sheep CRC) is calling for proposals to develop and commercialise an integrated walk over weighing system for sheep, and is offering significant funding towards the manufacture and marketing of the best prototype.

Livestock - Sheep

Evidence mounting for targeted worm treatment in sheep

11 May 12 | Evidence is mounting that selective treatment of adult sheep to control worms can work under south east Australian conditions and help prevent the build-up of drench resistance, following the completion of year one of a two-year field trial. |

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Livestock - Sheep

Grain fed cattle numbers fall

10 May 12 | CONTINUING the trend of quarterly fluctuations in grain fed cattle numbers on feed, results from the latest ALFA/ MLA March survey showed a 5pc decline.

Livestock - Cattle

Pastoralists celebrate ripper season at Broken Hill Agfair

08 May 12 | THEY came from far and wide to celebrate the record rain, booming season and revived pastoral industry.

Livestock - Cattle

Sound management makes Sam the man

07 May 12 | FOR Sam Mumford and family, sound business principles 'free for all to learn' drive their mixed livestock production enterprises.

Livestock - Other

Lamb slides on large yardings

03 May 12 | LAMB'S golden run has come to at least a temporary end as prices ease by more than $1.50 a kilogram on the same time last year. |

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Livestock - Sheep

Can earlier joining accelerate flock rebuilding?

01 May 12 | High lamb prices and low supply mean that many producers are keen to build flock numbers, but how best to do it?

Livestock - Sheep

Lamb prices set for wild market ride

29 Apr 12 | What a shocker for lamb producers last week: buyers slashed prices in saleyards and on-hooks at rates that made many agents' and vendors' heads spin. | Producers unscramble free-range ... | Strategies to boost the ...

Livestock - Sheep

How to Holt environmental degradation

28 Apr 12 | THE ENVIRONMENT has always been a key consideration for the Holt family, Burn Brae, Flaxman's Valley. |

Comments (2) | Fox control can boost State’s ... | Strategies to boost the ...

Livestock - Sheep

Producers unscramble free-range definition

27 Apr 12 | SOUTH Australia' free-range egg industry will push for specific labelling on egg cartons in an effort to protect genuine free-range producers.

Livestock - Other

Free range pigs now certified

24 Apr 12 | CONSUMERS can at last be confident that the pork they are buying is truly free range following the release of the Australian Pork Industry Quality Assurance (APIQ) program Free Range standards, in conjunction with the Australian Pork Certified Free Range logo for pork products.

Livestock - Pigs

Strategies to boost the productivity of your ewe flock

23 Apr 12 | TARGETED genetic selection, good animal nutrition and best practice management will produce high performance sheep that maximise profits.

Livestock - Sheep

Fox control can boost State’s lambing rates

23 Apr 12 | EFFECTIVE fox control strategies can boost lambing percentages by 30 per cent, according to Natural Resources Management North Para district officer David Hughes.

Livestock - Sheep

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