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31 Jan 2005 | Graziers woo city investors in breeding cattle
Two graziers in South Australia have created the Beef Stock Market, in which they intend that outsiders can invest in individual cattle and keep track of them by using radio frequency identification device, or RFID, technology. ...... FULL STORY
31 Jan 2005 | Crop production lifts off
Agriculture has bounced back strongly from the drought, with a 12 per cent increase in the value of production to $36.6 billion in 2003/04, the Australian Bureau of Statistics figures estimate. ...... FULL STORY
27 Jan 2005 | Farmers in a fix over fences
The Victorian Farmers Federation has asked the state government to assist in rebuilding private fencing that borders crown land affected by fires in the north-west of the state. ...... FULL STORY
18 Jan 2005 | Lamb exports fatten
Meat and Livestock Australia said that lamb exports for 2004 totalled 111,600 tonnes, the second highest level of exports on record, and 340 tonnes shy of the record set in 2000. ...... FULL STORY
17 Jan 2005 | Lamb a prime option for sheep farmers
The wool industry may be stagnant, but prices for prime lambs continue to bloom. ABARE has forecast that for the first half of this year that lamb will average 365 cents per kilogram at the saleyards. ...... FULL STORY
14 Jan 2005 | Saudi market opening may revive live sheep trade
The export of live sheep from Australia fell by 23 per cent to 3.6 million sheep over the numbers exported in 2003, while the level was 40 per cent below that recorded in 2002. ...... FULL STORY
12 Jan 2005 | Cattle breeders achieve record prices
Cattle breeders received record prices in a number of sale categories at auctions in Victoria over the last week, with record prices for beef weaners and also a record price average for steers. ...... FULL STORY
11 Jan 2005 | Cattle Council primed for an export record
The Cattle Council said that it expected beef exports in 2005 to exceed the 2004 record of $4 billion, with Japan the primary destination. ...... FULL STORY
10 Jan 2005 | The waygu to beef for $1200 a kilo
A Blue Mountains farmer is exporting a lucrative beef sourced from Japanese waygu cattle, in a niche export business that is akin to selling coals to Newcastle. ...... FULL STORY
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