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28 Nov 2003 | Funds to fight bio-terrorism
Moves are underway to activate the Australian Farmers' Fighting Fund to initiate a class action against the animal liberation activists who sabotaged the Portland live sheep shipment last week. ...... FULL STORY
28 Nov 2003 | Ewe beauty
Australia's sheep flock is losing its masculinity: new ABARE figures show that the number of ewes is increasing at the expense of rams and wethers. ...... FULL STORY
27 Nov 2003 | Plight of Portland sheep in the balance
The plight of 70,000 sheep allegedly fed pork is increasingly uncertain, with growing fears they may be rejected by Kuwait. ...... FULL STORY
26 Nov 2003 | Sheep delay cost mounts
The delayed export of 70,000 sheep, due to be loaded on the al-Shuwaikh on November 20, is costing more than $50,000 a day while authorities investigate claims of contamination by animal activists. ...... FULL STORY
25 Nov 2003 | Bans, limits for alpine cattlemen
The Victorian Government has announced that the grazing rights of mountain cattlemen will be severely curtailed for the next two years to allow bushfire-burnt areas to recover. ...... FULL STORY
24 Nov 2003 | Sheep feed contamination result due
The 70,000 sheep destined for the Middle East and allegedly fed shredded ham last week are still awaiting a quarantine export licence. ...... FULL STORY
21 Nov 2003 | Sheep-feed sabotage raises fears for exports
Victoria's chief veterinarian confirmed on November 20 that animal rights activists contaminated feed for 70,000 sheep bound for Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. ...... FULL STORY
21 Nov 2003 | Wild dog parasite infecting cattle
The neospora caninum parasite, spread by dingoes and wild dogs, is costing the beef industry an estimated $30 million a year. ...... FULL STORY
20 Nov 2003 | VFF challenges activists' claim: we tainted feed
The Victorian Farmers' Federation has challenged a claim by Animal Liberation activists that they tainted the feed of 70,000 sheep and cattle about to leave for the Middle East on the live export carrier Al Shuwaikh, ...... FULL STORY
12 Nov 2003 | Vic farmers take bull by horns
Livestock producers are threatening to boycott Victorian saleyards in protest against a $2-a-head fee by stock agents to scan store cattle from January 1, 2004. ...... FULL STORY
12 Nov 2003 | Rain fails to lift sheep farmers out of crisis
Wool and mutton production has slumped to its lowest level in 20 years, according to new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. ...... FULL STORY
11 Nov 2003 | Alpaca packs an $83,000 sales punch
A Mount Compass couple who breed alpacas has sold a young animal, Romanza, for $83,000. ...... FULL STORY
7 Nov 2003 | BJD backdown
Cattle producers have welcomed the opening up of bovine Johne's disease risk assessment trading in Victoria and Tasmania. ...... FULL STORY
5 Nov 2003 | Hollows charity helped sheep deal
The Fred Hollows Foundation was instrumental in sealing the deal that saw Eritrea take the boatload of unwanted sheep aboard the MV Cormo Express. ...... FULL STORY
5 Nov 2003 | Crime costs farms $72m
One in every eight farms was hit by crime during 2001-2002 at a total cost of $72 million, according to an Australian Institute of Criminology report. ...... FULL STORY
4 Nov 2003 | Saudi sheep deal never signed
On November 3 it was revealed that Australia had never signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia over live sheep shipments - although Saudi Arabia did. ...... FULL STORY
3 Nov 2003 | Live sheep trade at 12-year low
Australia's live sheep exports have sunk to their lowest level in 12 years following the MV Cormo Express saga. ...... FULL STORY
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