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30 Sep 2003 | Kuwait in queue to take sheep
Kuwait is reportedly emerging as the new frontrunner ahead of Iraq and Libya as a taker for 53,000 sheep stranded in the Persian Gulf. ...... FULL STORY
29 Sep 2003 | Watchdog slated for animal exports
Australia's live animal export industry is likely to get an independent regulatory body, created by the Federal Government, as the shipment of over 50,000 sheep remain stranded in the Persian Gulf. ...... FULL STORY
26 Sep 2003 | Secret deal gives sheep to Baghdad
Australian livestock exporters will buy back the 53,000 sheep stranded in Persian Gulf and give them to Iraq for slaughter at Ramadan, under a secret deal being brokered by the Federal Government. ...... FULL STORY
26 Sep 2003 | Fares Group under siege
Australia's $1 billion livestock export industry has been stunned by the announcement that one of the biggest operators, Fares Group, has informed creditors it intends to go into provisional liquidation. ...... FULL STORY
25 Sep 2003 | Sheep sea drama poses threat to future trade
The live sheep drama continues as Middle Eastern countries refuse to take the shipment rejected by Saudi Arabia. ...... FULL STORY
23 Sep 2003 | Farm Pride lays out its egg-expansion agenda
Farm Pride Foods Ltd, which was intending to exit the egg business a few months ago, has forged new links with producers by buying stake in a large Victorian poultry farm. ...... FULL STORY
23 Sep 2003 | Harvest up but exports down
ABARE has raised its forecast for commodity export earnings in 2003-2004 to $83.9 billion, up from $82.8 billion in June, due to the nation's looming bumper grain harvest and improving prospects for world economic recovery. ...... FULL STORY
22 Sep 2003 | One vet, one bolt gun, few options on 'ship of shame'
There is one vet with one bolt gun aboard the Cormo Express, with only enough charges to kill one-tenth of the 50,000-plus sheep on board. ...... FULL STORY
22 Sep 2003 | Pampered porkers and woolly well-being
CSIRO Livestock Industries researcher, Dr Caroline Kerr, will use an award from the Department of Agriculture to find out whether certain immune system molecules can be used to reduce livestock stress levels. ...... FULL STORY
22 Sep 2003 | Do or die for NLIS scheme
Friday September 19 was the day of reckoning for the National Livestock Identification Scheme, when stock agents voted on whether to withdraw their support for the scheme. ...... FULL STORY
19 Sep 2003 | Spring lamb death toll
Strong winds and driving rain are sapping the recovery of the already depleted Australian sheep flock, with thousands of young lambs across Victoria being killed by the extreme weather conditions that have marked the first fortnight of Spring. ...... FULL STORY
19 Sep 2003 | Unwanted sheep carrier docks for feed
The Cormo Express has been allowed to dock at a United Arab Emirates port to take on feed for its live cargo of over 50,000 sheep, but only after the ship's authorities argued for 24 hours with UAE officials. ...... FULL STORY
18 Sep 2003 | Senate demands sheep death toll
The Australian Senate has demanded that the Agriculture Minister provide the death toll of the shipment of sheep stranded in the Middle East by 3pm on September 18. ...... FULL STORY
18 Sep 2003 | Criteria change for BSE tests in Qld
The Queensland Department of Primary Industries will update its surveillance program for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, bringing it into line with the OIE, or World Organisation for Animal Health, guidelines. ...... FULL STORY
16 Sep 2003 | PM 'should save sheep'
The RSPCA and Federal Opposition say the Prime Minister should step in to save the shipment of over 50,000 sheep stranded in the Middle East. ...... FULL STORY
15 Sep 2003 | 57,000 rejected Aussie sheep to be given away
A shipment of 57,000 live sheep, originally destined for Saudi Arabia but rejected due to a claim too many were diseased, will be given away to a Middle Eastern country, the Trade Minister Mark Vaile said. ...... FULL STORY
12 Sep 2003 | Recovery slaughters abattoirs
Abattoirs are key employers in country towns but they are being hit hard, not by the drought, but beginnings of the recovery. ...... FULL STORY
10 Sep 2003 | States stand on front foot to fight diseases
Since Exercise Minotaur took place in 2002, Australia's capacity to deal with foot and mouth and other serious animal diseases has been boosted substantially. ...... FULL STORY
10 Sep 2003 | Race against time for live sheep shipment
Talks on a new destination in the Middle East for the 57,000 live sheep on board the MV Cormo Express have fallen through. ...... FULL STORY
9 Sep 2003 | Hungry Jack gobbles AMP's Stanbroke
The Hughes consortium, headed by Stanbroke director Peter Hughes and including fast-food king Jack Cowin and a group of wealthy farming families, have won control of Australia's largest beef producer and land owner ...... FULL STORY
9 Sep 2003 | WA Merino breeders want more sampling accuracy
The Stud Merino Breeders Association of Western Australia says fleece measurement tests should be standardised so that buyers get more accurate information when they're buying rams. ...... FULL STORY
5 Sep 2003 | Administrator to run Mudgee abattoir
An administrator, Steve Parbery of PPB, has been appointed to run Mudgee Regional Abattoir for at least the next six weeks while assessing its future. ...... FULL STORY
5 Sep 2003 | 'Strike' win by growers over chicks
Victorian chicken growers have claimed victory after threatening not to accept delivery of 400,000 day-old chicks. ...... FULL STORY
3 Sep 2003 | Warning on penalties for over-fat lambs
Farmers keen to add extra weight to suckers have been warned to monitor fat cover amid fears the season could enable buyers to discount over-fat stock. ...... FULL STORY
2 Sep 2003 | Lamb springs back into favour as demand soars
Australia's shrinking sheep industry is under pressure following the drought, facing rising domestic demand for lamb and a rapid growth in exports to 105 countries. ...... FULL STORY
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