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26 Sep 2008 | Horse flu returns to haunt industry
Voluntary vaccination of horses for equine influenza could be counterproductive because the horses could still carry and spread the disease said Victoria''s chief veterinarian. ...... FULL STORY
26 Sep 2008 | Queensland beef looking good
The outlook for the beef market is good due to higher prices and a lower Australian dollar says AACo, Australia''s largest beef producer. Supplies from China, Russia, the US and Brazil are expected to decline. ...... FULL STORY
25 Sep 2008 | Free range definition needed
Free range poultry systems encourage cannibalism amongst the birds says the Australian Egg Corporation. The AEC says poultry are territorial and seek out the weakest among them. ...... FULL STORY
25 Sep 2008 | Private saleyards expected to raise fees
Livestock selling fees are expected to increase by up to 100 per cent as councils across south east Australia privatise saleyards. ...... FULL STORY
12 Sep 2008 | Swift driving down beef cattle prices
Australia''s largest meat processor, Swift Australia, which is owned by the Brazilian-based JBS Fribois is forcing down domestic cattle prices says Nick Burton Taylor, the former chairman of the Australian Agricultural Company. ...... FULL STORY
9 Sep 2008 | Painless mulesing almost here
Two painless injectable solutions to the mulesing issue are currently close to being commercialised. The two new methods could help the wool industry meet its pledge to animal rights campaigners to end surgical mulesing by 2010. ...... FULL STORY
5 Sep 2008 | Senate finds mutton dressed as lamb
Substitution of mutton for lamb is a legitimate concern but not widespread in the Australian meat industry says a report from the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport committee. ...... FULL STORY
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