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Light’s right for feed flow

4:00 AM AEDT | The huge loads of downgraded grain about to hit the market for stock feed could be good news for cattle finishers and lot feeders, who this week were much more active in the saleyards.

Livestock - Cattle

Look after those ewes

4:00 AM AEDT | It takes more than a few randy rams to bring together a summer joining plan, with ewe health integral for maximising conception rates.

Livestock - Sheep

New record at Yass circuit sheep sale

2/12/2008 | THE Yass district circuit sheep sale set a new benchmark achieving the highest average price per head in the 19 year history of the sale. | Coles to push Aussie pork message | Wycheproof crossbred ewes to $100

Livestock - Sheep

Coles to push Aussie pork message

1/12/2008 | Over the next few weeks Coles supermarkets will start to use distinctive labels to help Australian consumers more clearly identify and buy Australian pork. |

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Livestock - Pigs

Wycheproof crossbred ewes to $100

1/12/2008 | Crossbred two-and-a-half year-old breeding ewes, July shorn, achieved $94 to $100, with pens of ewe lambs topping at $103, at a special sale of 13,500 store sheep at Wycheproof, Vic, on Friday. | Crunch time in Korea: ... | What carbon trading will mean ... | VIDEO: Wycheproof crossbred ewes to $100

Livestock - Sheep

Staying high in Hay dry

29/11/2008 | An “inch” still means everything on the NSW Western Riverina Plains.

Livestock - Sheep

Store sheep shortage

28/11/2008 | MIXED store sheep prices and limited supplies are expected to continue until after the grain harvest when farmers will then reassess their options.

Livestock - Sheep

Herd and flock numbers decline

25/11/2008 | Australia’s cattle and sheep numbers declined throughout the 2007-08 fiscal year, as drought continued to ravage southern Australia. |

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Livestock - Cattle

APL welcomes new board appointees

24/11/2008 | Australian Pork Limited has announced the appointment of two new directors to its board and also welcomes the re-appointment of two previous directors, following the industry’s annual general meeting in Melbourne last week.

Livestock - Pigs

Breeding for eating

22/11/2008 | LAMBS can be bred with more muscle and growth, without sacrificing eating quality – in fact, it will be a key part of increasing productivity says Western Australia researcher, Dave Pethick.

Livestock - Sheep

Beef's export blues

21/11/2008 | RE-NEGOTIATION of expensive contracts is the order of the month as fluctuating global markets continue to wreak havoc on Australian beef.

Livestock - Cattle

Hurlstone hit by land grab

21/11/2008 | PASSIONATE ex-students of Hurlstone Agricultural High School are rapidly gearing up to oppose the NSW Government’s proposed sale of 135 hectares of the school’s 160ha of land. |

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Livestock - Sheep

Adapt and prosper says expert

16/11/2008 | IT’S an old management seminar quip that the Chinese character for “crisis” is made up of ideograms for “danger” and “opportunity” – and the same can be said of climate change, says one of Australia’s leading thinkers on the subject.

Livestock - Other

Race clubs get proactive

15/11/2008 | COUNTRY race clubs face huge losses – even shutdowns – as licensing police crack down hard on occupational health and safety issues involving the service of alcohol.

Livestock - Other

Poll Hereford cows to $1650 at Armidale

14/11/2008 | The Keswick Poll Hereford dispersal saw the culmination of a breeding program conducted by Bill Shugg for more than 40 years, with cows and calves fetching a well-deserved $1650 at auction. | $130 top for crossbred Edenhope ... | Crossbred ewes to $160 at ... | VIDEO: Poll Hereford cows to $1650 at ...

Livestock - Cattle