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31 Mar 2003 | Call to bait wild dogs
The New South Wales Farmers' Association says packs of feral "superdogs" are killing livestock in southern NSW, having been forced out of their lairs in Kosciuszko National park after the bushfires. ...... FULL STORY
31 Mar 2003 | Fate of wool price in the hands of China
Wool prices in Australia may continue to decline in the second quarter of 2003, as global concerns about the Iraq war, unemployment and rising energy bills cut into consumer purchases. ...... FULL STORY
21 Mar 2003 | Analysts downplay Iraq war impact
Rural analysts say the war with Iraq should not impact too heavily on Australian agriculture - provided it's over quickly and doesn't expand to other countries in the region. ...... FULL STORY
18 Mar 2003 | Bigger sheep farms to fare better
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural & Resource Economics says farm cash incomes from sheep enterprises will average $58,000 in 2002-2003, compared with $57,200 in 2001-2002. ...... FULL STORY
18 Mar 2003 | Rabbit City seeks investors
Rabbit City, reportedly the largest commercial Angora fibre rabbitry in the world, is finally seeking investors after a 14-month quarantine period. ...... FULL STORY
10 Mar 2003 | Get off sheep's back, McLachlan told
Ian McLachlan's comment last week that merino wool producers haven't achieved "anything like" the 2 per cent gains experienced by the beef cattle and dairy industries has been slammed by wool growers. ...... FULL STORY
10 Mar 2003 | Wool flops into crops
Wool production will fall to critically low levels due to a large-scale movement out of wool into cropping, says ABARE forecaster Dale Ashton. ...... FULL STORY
5 Mar 2003 | Fox furs - back in fashion?
Bruce Bickford, a wool producer from Ravenswood in Victoria, would like to see fox furs back in fashion as a way of controlling fox numbers. ...... FULL STORY
5 Mar 2003 | AWI joins Sheep CRC
Australian Wool Innovation has joined the Sheep Co-operative Research Centre as a major partner. ...... FULL STORY
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