Category: Livestock

The court heard of a “premeditated” and “brazen” plan hatched by animal rights activists to break into a farm and steal or “liberate” a baby calf. Source: ABC Livestock Animal activists avoid prison for trespass, theft of calf and dead piglet

If it made economic sense to ship grain by sea from Western Australia to eastern Australia to fill a feed void during drought, does the same principle apply to cattle? Source: Beef Central Are live cattle shipments from WA to Qld a possibility?

Demand for cattle to restock paddocks in Queensland and New South Wales following recent February rains is now reaching across the Nullabor as restockers and lot feeders scour the country for supply options. Source: Beef Central Eastern cattle buyers raid WA for scarce stock

The West Australian Government says it won’t be prosecuting any of the parties pictured in disturbing footage covertly filmed on Kimberley cattle stations and aired on Israeli television. Source: ABC Livestock Probe into animal cruelty footage that shocked TV viewers ends with no charges

Cattle numbers on feed across Australia have hit a record high according to the December quarterly feedlot industry survey released this morning. The survey showed there were 1,239,563 head of cattle on feed in the December quarter, a rise of more than 92,000 head on the previous record set in the April-June quarter last year,… Read more »

White Cockatoos are causing thousands of dollars damage to a poppy crop in the Derwent Valley. Source: ABC Livestock Cockies addicted to poppies? Birds flocking to crops, ripping apart valuable capsules

A pioneering Tasmanian beekeeping family turns a hobby into a household name. Source: ABC Livestock This honey business, conjured up in the trenches of WWI, is thriving a century later

Losses to Australian agriculture from bushfires are huge and are expected to rise as estimates of damage to the bee population continue to emerge. Source: ABC Livestock Australia’s ‘littlest livestock’ to get helping hand as bees suffer following drought and fire

The daughter of a stockman at the centre of a Queensland Government investigation into the deaths of dozens of horses near Toowoomba says her father has a history of animal cruelty dating back nearly two decades. Source: ABC Livestock ‘I wouldn’t let him have a pet’: Stockman’s daughter speaks out after father accused of… Read more »

LIVESTOCK producers are being urged to rebuild bushfire-affected loading ramps and forcing yards to meet Australian guidelines and expected national standards. Source: Sheep Central Livestock transporters urge higher standards in new loading ramps

The Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association of Australia is recommending the use of the National Guide for Safe Design of Livestock Loading Ramps and Forcing Yards if livestock producers are rebuilding fire affected livestock ramps or forcing yards. Source: Beef Central Producers rebuilding after fire urged to use national ramp guidelines

Cats are notorious for hiding their pain. But there are some subtle signs both you and your vet can use to gauge how your kitty is feeling. Source: ABC Livestock Cats can’t talk, but these signs can let you know if they’re in pain

Researchers have genetically modified a bacterium that only occurs in the gut of honey bees, to fight Varroa mite and deformed-wing virus — two key causes of colony collapse. Source: ABC Livestock Bee colony collapse could be prevented with GM bacteria

Carbon project developer, Natural Carbon is partnering with cattle station operator, Paraway Pastoral Company, and the carbon market specialists Corporate Carbon, on a national ‘herd aggregation’ project – giving smaller graziers a first opportunity to participate in the Australian carbon market. Source: Beef Central Pioneering project allows smaller graziers to earn carbon credits for first… Read more »

The founder of a Queensland animal welfare charity says Biosecurity Queensland told her to let eight malnourished horses on a Darling Downs property starve, but a spokesperson for the agency describes that claim as “false”. Source: ABC Livestock Biosecurity Queensland rejects charity’s claim over feeding starved horses

The 2020 Alltech Global Feed Survey estimates that international feed tonnage decreased by 1.07% to 1.126 billion metric tons of feed produced last year, due largely to African swine fever (ASF) and the decline of pig feed in the Asia-Pacific region. Source: Beef Central Global feed survey reveals first production decline in nine years

Kangaroo Island farmers have experienced the worst livestock loss from bushfires in the country, with 52,000 livestock — mostly sheep — being killed in the recent bushfires. Source: ABC Livestock Massive livestock toll devastates Kangaroo Island’s cherished food-production industry

Estimates of livestock losses caused by Eastern Australia’s December/January bushfires have been downgraded. Source: Beef Central Bushfire livestock loss estimates downgraded

Drought then bushfires curtail breeder’s attempts to expand distinctive Canadian speckle park breed in Australia and South Africa. Source: ABC Livestock Breeding program for distinctive cattle dries up due to drought and bushfires

UP-AND-COMING livestock producers ready to build their skills and confidence to manage a modern agricultural business can now access a new workshop supported by Meat & Livestock Australia. Source: Sheep Central New workshop to build skills in livestock producers

The fodder industry’s national representative body has ramped-up calls for a market database to provide better insight into stocks and demand, as the growing need for livestock feed drains hay supplies. Source: Beef Central Drought, bushfires heighten calls for national fodder database

About 570,000 feral donkeys have been culled in the Kimberley region since 1978. Are these yearly aerial culls still worth doing? Source: ABC Livestock More than half a million donkeys have been culled in the Kimberley. Was it worth it?

More Australians are raising their own animals for meat for environmental and ethical reasons. Source: ABC Livestock ‘It can be quite confronting’: The Aussies choosing to raise their own meat at home

Is giving bottled water to koalas bad? Should you leave cut watermelon out for bees? We ask experts what they think of some recent social media ‘tips’. Source: ABC Livestock Busting the myths: How to help wildlife in bushfire and drought-affected areas

The ongoing drought forces Australia’s largest campdrafting organisation to cancel its national finals competition for the first time in more than a decade. Source: ABC Livestock National campdrafting finals axed as ‘fires and famine’ bite

Unable to truck feed in or to get their hungry cattle out, fire-affected farmers in East Gippsland believe a serious animal welfare issue is looming. Source: ABC Livestock Farmers concerned for hungry Gippsland livestock

THE first load of cattle pellets for bushfire-affected farmers in north-east Victoria left Ballarat today amid fears of a coming shortage of uncommitted fodder available for livestock in fire-ravaged areas. Source: Sheep Central Pellets trucked to cattle in bushfire-stricken Gippsland

The first load of cattle pellets for bushfire-affected farmers in north-east Victoria left Ballarat today amid fears of a coming shortage of uncommitted fodder available for livestock in fire-ravaged areas. Source: Beef Central Fears over fodder shortage in bushfire-affected areas

Kangaroo Island koalas, kangaroos and pademelons are still being found alive in the charred Flinders Chase National Park and timber plantations more than a week after bushfires devastated the area. Source: ABC Livestock Injured Kangaroo Island wildlife found alive in charred national park, as livestock loss revealed

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall will take-over as tourism minister in a bid to “rebuild the economy” on bushfire-ravaged Kangaroo Island and in the Adelaide Hills. Source: ABC Livestock SA Premier takes over as Tourism Minister to lead recovery in fire-ravaged Kangaroo Island and Adelaide Hills

Snakes are out in big numbers this time of year. Here’s what to do if your pet gets into trouble. Source: ABC Livestock Your quick guide on what to do if your pet comes across a snake

Beekeepers mount a campaign for greater access to flowering gums in national parks, to keep their starving bees fed after the fires. Source: ABC Livestock Beekeepers eye off national parks, as foraging areas succumb to fires

The Federal Agriculture Minister fears stock losses from the recent Australian bushfires will exceed 100,000, as farmers around the country begin to assess the fires’ impacts to their properties and livestock. Source: ABC Livestock ‘We are having to shoot them’: Farmers recount ‘heartbreaking’ toll of livestock losses in bushfires

Apiarists estimates about 1,000 of the island’s hives have been burnt in bushfires that have devastated the western half of the “bee utopia”. Source: ABC Livestock Quarter of Kangaroo Island’s unique bees may have died in bushfires

Australia’s Defence Force will dig mass graves for the country’s burned livestock, as the Agriculture Minister starts the clock to avoid a biosecurity emergency. Source: ABC Livestock Military in seven-day race to bury hundreds of thousands of dead animals