All posts tagged "livestock"

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  Must See

  Bacteria aids global livestock feed challenge

  Farmers could soon turn to microbial protein to feed their livestock – a move researchers say could reduce land use, greenhouse gas...

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  News and Views

  MSA program continues to deliver farm gate returns

  The world-leading Meat Standards Australia (MSA) program is estimated to have delivered $152 million in additional farm gate returns in 2017-18, according...

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  News and Views

  Stepping up sheep and goat traceability requirements

  The Victorian Government is boosting traceability standards to protect Victoria’s $6.7 billion livestock industry.

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  Fast Facts

  Future for wild dog control

  AWI has reaffirmed its ongoing funding and commitment to the company’s Community Wild Dog Control Initiative following its success and uptake from...

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  Farrowing fun makes for contented sows

  Innovative research in Pork CRC Project 1A-111 by scientists from University of Melbourne, Rivalea Australia, SARDI and Sun Pork Farms into the...

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  Agribusiness

  Weighing up pork production priorities

  Addressing pork producers in Western Australia at WAPPA’s annual Pig Day Out, Pork CRC CEO Roger Campbell said increasing carcase weight was...

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  News and Views

  Australasian pork research proposals on the move

  Proposals covering resilience in antimicrobial reduction and resistance and the role of the microbiome in pig performance and health were highlights of...

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  Farm Management

  More communities take the bait and commit to long term pest control

  Aerial baiting programs, targeting wild dogs, are being launched across NSW during the next few months in a community-wide, co-ordinated bid to...

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  News and Views

  Temporary cap on cages as farmers revamp community engagement

  Egg Farmers of Australia (EFA) lodged its submission to Animal Health Australia’s Draft Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines (Poultry) supporting the standards...

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  Fast Facts

  Summer heat waves impede animal reproduction

  As we swelter through the hot Australian summer, Western Sydney University researchers have provided an insight into the broad ranging physiological effects...