Varied Conditions and Modest Prospects for Australia's Winter Crops
21:17 | 13/11/2019
ABARES’s latest crop report reveals mixed prospects for Australia’s winter crop, according to ABARES acting Executive Director Peter Gooday.
Australia's Record Farmgate Prices Weighed Down by High Costs
21:52 | 08/11/2019
Dairy Australia’s October Situation and Outlook report for the first quarter of the season shows record high farmgate milk prices continue to be weighed down by high input costs and a dry weather outlook.
UK Dairy Farms Can Help Reduce Phosphorus Loss
21:50 | 08/11/2019
The University of Reading, in collaboration with Harper Adams University, is running a project looking at reducing phosphorus losses and is searching for dairy farms across Great Britain to participate.
Hot Topic: Canadian Environmental Policy
19:53 | 07/11/2019
Environment and environmental policy continue to be hot topics of discussion in both public and political forums. Environmental sustainability is of course of the utmost priority to the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and the producers it represents, however it is imperative that any regulatory decisions are made based on current research and are applicable in a Canadian context.
Decision Making Crucial in High Milk Price Year
19:51 | 07/11/2019
Farmers looking to take advantage of the high farmgate milk prices this season are being challenged by ongoing cost pressures and a dry weather outlook.
Zoetis and Texas A&M University to Develop Vaccines for Transboundary and Emerging Animal Diseases
20:06 | 01/11/2019
Zoetis has signed an agreement with Texas A&M University’s Health Science Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing (CIADM) to establish a facility to accelerate the development of transboundary and emerging disease vaccines -- including those for Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), a virus that can cause serious illness in cattle, pigs and sheep.
Tropical Grass Genetic Breakthrough Helps Develop Climate-friendly Cattle Farms
20:03 | 01/11/2019
The discovery of genes responsible for a sexual reproduction in a tropical grass may reduce the environmental impacts of cattle farming.
Australia's State of the Industry Red Meat Report 2019 Released
22:45 | 28/10/2019
As the world’s largest sheepmeat and goatmeat exporter, and third largest beef exporter behind Brazil and India, Australia consistently exports more than 65% of its red meat production to overseas markets. That’s according to the Australian red meat and livestock industry State of the Industry Report 2019, released by the Red Meat Advisory Council (RMAC).
Research: Insight into Infections Found in the Noses of Healthy Cattle
22:42 | 28/10/2019
New research led by academics at the University of Bristol Veterinary and Medical Schools used the 'One Health' approach to study three bacterial species in the noses of young cattle and found the carriage of the bacteria was surprisingly different.
Researchers Studying Precision Ranching in US Southwest
21:20 | 21/10/2019
Precision ranching is a focus of a new coordinated agricultural project led by New Mexico State University, NMSU, in collaboration with Texas A&M AgriLife Research in Amarillo.
