Livestock

Indonesia has finally issued import permits for Australian cattle with the first ship now on the water bound for Jakarta.

The government recently committed $43 million towards technology, staff training, better testing labs and other measures, including a former COVID-19 ambulance converted into a mobile field laboratory.

Longreach farmers who were warned against buying their town's short-staffed veterinary clinic have done more than just keep the doors open.

Tasmania's Van Dairy will send about 10 per cent of its herd to slaughter after losing its milk supply contract with Fonterra this month.

A property north-east of Shepparton has been quarantined after anthrax — a disease caused by spore-forming bacteria that naturally occur in soil — was confirmed as the cause of death of several animals.

After more than a month at sea, thousands of cattle and sheep on board the MV Bahijah are set to be allowed on land in WA this week. Here's how the journey unfolded. 

After decades of teaching high school science, Mr Cox decided to drop a couple of days at his local school and instead turn his hand to free-range pig farming.

Mick and Ben Hewitt often do business in boardrooms, but it is clear the brothers are truly content in the dust and dirt.

The Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange in Casino is back in business following a lengthy closure sparked by a stand-off between agents and Richmond Valley Council over selling agreements.

About 16,000 livestock will stay stranded on a ship in Perth after the federal agriculture department forbid them from being re-exported.

A small town council in Western Australia's Goldfields is considering building a boundary fence to curb an influx of wayward cattle, with one charging cow having knocked a council worker unconscious.

The agriculture department says the number of deaths is below the reportable mortality rate, as authorities are continue deciding what will happen to the remaining stock.

The Australian government says the exporter responsible for a shipment of more than 15,000 Australian sheep and cattle that have been stranded off the WA coast delayed its application to re-export the animals.

Livestock prices crashed last year due in part to dire warnings of a hot, dry summer, but rain across the east coast, feedlot demand, and strong export markets have turned things around for many farmers.

Some of the animals on board the controversy-plagued live export ship MV Bahijah will be offloaded in Western Australia and the rest sent back to the Middle East, under a plan put forward by the export company.

The animals have been at sea for 25 days on board the MV Bahijah after it was ordered by the federal government to turn back from its voyage to the Middle East due to security concerns in the strife-torn Red Sea.

Questions are being asked about what will happen to thousands of sheep and cattle on the live export ship MV Bahijah, which was turned around due to the deteriorating security situation in the Middle East. 

Many young agricultural enthusiasts are lucky to get to two or three stock handling competitions in a year, but for one south-east South Australian family they are an essential activity.

Talking about the weather is a farming pastime, and it's dominating conversations after summer storms hit. A new Bureau of Meteorology team dedicated to agricultural decision-making will give farmers even more to talk about.

Dairy cows are one of the animals most susceptible to heat stress, which can result in reduced milk production and fertility. As temperatures soar, farmers look to keep their cows cool.

Livestock producers say unreliable long-term weather forecasts have played havoc with sheep and cattle prices, after farmers made business decisions based on media reports.

The federal government orders a live export ship carrying thousands of Australian sheep and cattle to turn back after it was diverted due to the deteriorating security situation in the Middle East.

It is usually fireworks that ring in the new year — but for farmers and graziers across Queensland, 2024 has been welcomed in with lightning, thunder and much-needed rain. 

After Australia's two largest supermarket chains were accused of delaying price reductions for lamb despite a plummet in saleyard prices, questions now turn to how long it will take for them to increase prices as the market improves.

Nicolas Hardy arrived in Australia at the peak of a shearer shortage and "went to the sheds" to back up the wool industry. Three years later, his employer wants to keep him but his visa options are running out.