UK's meat export market at risk as government delays securing Third Country status

22:09 | 29/09/2020

The United Kingdom must be formally listed as a Third Country by the EU in order to continue selling meat and other food products in that market, says BMPA

New Zealand’s a2 Milk projects weaker revenue for end of 2020

19:27 | 28/09/2020

New Zealand’s a2 Milk Company Ltd forecast lower first-half revenue on 28 September as lockdown measures in Australia’s Victoria state hurt its informal Chinese sales channel more than expected.

Synlait Milk forecasts higher earnings despite drop in annual profit

19:23 | 28/09/2020

New Zealand’s Synlait Milk reported a 9 percent drop in annual profit on 28 September, but forecasts strong underlying core earnings for 2021 based on its core infant and lactoferrin business.

Marfrig executive pledges to reduce direct emissions by over 40 percent by 2035

20:52 | 23/09/2020

A top executive with Brazil’s Marfrig Global Foods, the world’s top hamburger producer, says the company expects to achieve a 43 percent reduction in direct emissions by 2035.

CME update: cattle futures sag ahead of monthly USDA report

20:50 | 23/09/2020

CME live and feeder cattle futures fell on 22 September in anticipation of Friday’s Cattle on Feed report from the USDA.

Results from domestication study could enhance livestock development

20:37 | 22/09/2020

Study shows that the genetic makeup of water buffalo and cattle responded to breeding for human domestication in similar ways.

New company to reduce cows’ methane using feed additive made from the seaweed

20:36 | 22/09/2020

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO announced the formation of a new company to take a methane-busting seaweed to market, with $13 million secured from five investors.

Crying over plant-based milk: neither science nor history favors a dairy monopoly

20:38 | 20/09/2020

Soy milk. Almond milk. Rice milk. To some dairy farmers these products are like a red rag to a bull.

Chance of La Niña forming increases in Australia

20:36 | 20/09/2020

The Bureau of Meteorology’s (BOM) latest climate outlook is forecasting a wetter-than-average spring for most of the eastern mainland, in part due to La Niña conditions developing over the Pacific Ocean.

Experts discuss risk factors and treatment options for pre-weaning pneumonia

21:57 | 16/09/2020

When talking to ranchers about cattle health concerns in the summer, fly control and pinkeye will often come to mind, but one condition that can lead to calf death is pre-weaning pneumonia.