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27 Apr 2007 | Beef prices to rise as state runs dry
Beef prices are expected to rise with Queensland farmers preparing to sell tens of thousands of head from drought ravaged properties or move long distances to greener pastures. ...... FULL STORY
24 Apr 2007 | Numbers plunge in cattle yards
A few months ago in the cattle yards at Wagga Wagga in southern New South Wales, cattle were brimming over at the weekly sales with up to 6,000 sales a day. ...... FULL STORY
23 Apr 2007 | Pigs get another ten years of cramped conditions
Agricultural ministers have given Australian pig farmers until 2017 to change the conditions in which they keep breeding sows. ...... FULL STORY
17 Apr 2007 | ACT moves to ban battery hens
If new laws being drafted by the ACT Greens are adopted by the Assembly next month, the ACT will become the first Australian state or territory to ban battery egg production. ...... FULL STORY
16 Apr 2007 | Cattlemen face eviction
For more than 150 years, cattle producers have grazed stock in Barmah State Forest on a Murray River flood plain between Echuca and Tocumwal in Victoria’s north. ...... FULL STORY
4 Apr 2007 | New design sons sell for more
Lawsons Angus on-property production sale at Yea last week was strengthened by the sale of 47 bulls by renowned US Angus sire Bon View New Design 1407. ...... FULL STORY
4 Apr 2007 | Testing costs too high
Fears that the Department of Primary Industries is struggling to monitor the health of the state’s flocks and herds have arisen due to a shortage of government vets and a massive increase in pathology costs. ...... FULL STORY
2 Apr 2007 | No horse gymkhana
The organisers of the annual William Creek Gymkhana had to change their plans this year with the drought leaving the horses in the South Australian outback looking a little worse for wear. ...... FULL STORY
2 Apr 2007 | Camel plague on the horizon
Camels, stricken by the drought, are invading far north communities and causing havoc. ...... FULL STORY
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