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US states take action against activists
20 Mar 10 | THE Idaho Senate has approved a bill that would set up a Livestock Care Standards Board. The board would be similar to the one voted in last November in Ohio. Like Ohio, Idaho hopes to get ahead of any efforts by the Humane Society of the United States to influence animal welfare laws in the state.  | Power struggle divides ... | US farmers vow to fight back ... | GALLERY: Photos from the Mt Gambier ...
Dohne ewes av $780 at Potari dispersal
19 Mar 10 | Dohne stud ewes sold for an average price of $780 at the Potari dispersal at the Adelaide Showground on Wednesday.  | Double goes to DeloshandaVisit Stock Journal | Photos from the Mount Gambier ...Visit Stock Journal
Turkey's big beef breeder buy-up
18 Mar 10 | An export order of 1600 Angus heifers bound for Turkey next month could be just a taste of a much bigger feast to come for breeders.  | CommentsComments (3) | Cross and stud stock breeders ...Visit Stock & Land | Chicken king tackles fowl rumoursVisit The Land | VIDEO: Turkey buys up Angus to ...
Arki beefs up presence in Murray Grey market
18 Mar 10 | ONE of South Australia's longest running Murray Grey studs, Arki, at Western Flat, has been further strengthened with the purchase of the complete Windhaven stud.  | Prices keep processors in checkVisit Stock Journal | Feedlot beefs up Lameroo farmVisit Stock Journal
Livestock to lead US ag recovery
17 Mar 10 | THE livestock sector can lead the US agricultural economy to higher net farm income, assuming the farm economy benefits from a recovery in the general U.S. economy, according to the latest baseline projections from the University of Missouri's Food & Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI).  | CommentsComments (1) | MLA sets new course in beef ... | Chicken king tackles fowl rumoursVisit The Land | GALLERY: Photos from the Tottenham ...
Bullocks draw big boys at Warrnambool
16 Mar 10 | IMPROVED bullock prices brought the big boys into the Warrnambool saleyards last week.  | Rainfall drives EYCI upwardsVisit Stock & Land | Schultes Meat Tavern brings ...Visit Stock & Land
Cross and stud stock breeders both winners in Lardner Park steer trials
16 Mar 10 | CROSS-breeders chasing hybrid vigour and seedstock producers supporting purebred genetics were both victors when the winners of the Lardner Park steer trials were announced last week.  | Rainfall drives EYCI upwardsVisit Stock & Land | Schultes Meat Tavern brings ...Visit Stock & Land
Chicken king tackles fowl rumours
15 Mar 10 | EIGHT months after it acquired rival poultry company, Bartter Enterprises, Baiada Group has launched the first advertising campaign for the brand in 15 years and is preparing to phase out the Baiada brand.  | What Bindaree wants from beef's ...Visit The Land | Unlikely producer voice defies ...Visit The Land | GALLERY: Photos from the Tumut Family ...
MLA sets new course in beef marketing
15 Mar 10 | A DECLINE in expenditure in Japan, but greater emphasis on domestic and Indonesian markets and emerging issues like the environment are trends likely to emerge from important red meat marketing discussions in Sydney this week.   | CommentsComments (1) | Unlikely producer voice defies ...Visit The Land | BSE analysis to hurt our trade: ... | VIDEO: Awesome start to Tas weaner sales
Fewer sales, tougher buyers
15 Mar 10 | A combination of ageing farmers wanting to retire, banks reluctant to lend and city investors sitting on their hands has led to a sales stalemate across much of the rural property market.  | CommentsComments (1)
BSE analysis to hurt our trade: CCA
14 Mar 10 | THE Cattle Council's Greg Brown says Tony Burke's decision to order an import risk analysis is going to take too long.  | CommentsComments (18) | Could Australia already have ...Visit The Land | Spectacular conclusion with ...Visit The Land | GALLERY: Casino saleyards in pictures
Improving the welfare of animals in the live trade industry
12 Mar 10 | MINISTER for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke today announced more funding to further improve animal welfare for live exports and support trade in overseas markets.   | CommentsComments (8) | Russia agrees to accept US pork | Burke now demands BSE risk ... | GALLERY: Last of the Qld flood photos
Unlikely producer voice defies BSE scaremongering
12 Mar 10 | FEDERAL Agriculture Minister Tony Burke didn’t need to change tack on beef imports from BSE-affected countries, Lee McNicholl believes, but now he has, the Central Queensland vet and beef producer welcomes a more rigorous risk analysis.  | CommentsComments (4) | Who is 'JR' McDonald?Visit The Land | What Bindaree wants from beef's ...Visit The Land
11 Mar 10 | A 17th case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed in Canada this week, just days after the Australian Government beefed up its quarantine requirements for imports from countries which have had BSE.   | CommentsComments (3) | Wanted: 8000 steersVisit Stock Journal | Burke now demands BSE risk ... | GALLERY: Casino saleyards in pictures
JR uses creative accounting to make his beef levy case
11 Mar 10 | NSW beef processor and industry agitator Bindaree Beef appears to be using some creative accounting methods in its on-going war against beef industry bodies.  | CommentsComments (4) | Torbay's beef labelling laws to ... | Rebel NSW processor trashes MSA | GALLERY: Photos from Beef Spectacular
Prices $100 dearer at Benambra
11 Mar 10 | AFTER a run of poor seasons Benambra district cow-calf producers have finally got what they deserve – the best season in many years and prices to match, about $100 up on last year.
Rain unleashes spending torrent at Vic weaner sales
11 Mar 10 | AVERAGE young cattle prices climbed above 350 cents a kilogram (carcase weight) early this week as more rain added fuel to an already hot market.   | Myrtleford weaner steers to ...Visit Stock & Land | R&D winner helps keep tabs on ...Visit Stock & Land
Could Australia already have atypical BSE?
11 Mar 10 | NO matter what trade defences Australia erects, it may not be able to prevent domestic cases of “atypical” BSE - a cattle disease that seems to occur spontaneously, and which despite having no known health risks carries the same damaging trade implications as “classical” BSE.  | CommentsComments (6) | Burke now demands BSE risk ... | What Bindaree wants from beef's ...Visit The Land | VIDEO: Spectacular conclusion with ...
Unlikely allies fight live exports
11 Mar 10 | THE Australian meatworkers union has formed an unlikely alliance with animal welfare groups to fight the live export trade, which they say is crippling the Australian meat-processing industry.   | CommentsComments (17) | Burke now demands BSE risk ... | What Bindaree wants from beef's ...Visit The Land | VIDEO: Spectacular conclusion with ...
Wanted: 8000 steers
11 Mar 10 | THE condition of the cattle industry is particularly fragile at the moment, and for various reasons ABARE has forecast that the immediate future is for a small decline in returns for producers, feeders and exporters.
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