Agri-Business
Beef industry in Australia to break records in 2025 – report
The beef industry in Australia is on track to break production records in 2025 according to new report. It is...
Australia
Beef
Australia develops world-first biodegradable vaccine for FMD
By Chris McCullough The world’s first biodegradable vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has been developed in Australia, a country that...
N.Ireland
Oz farm future uncertain due to suburban sprawl
By Chris McCullough Encircled by industrial and residential zones means any expansion is impossible for Kelly’s Dairy Farm in Victoria,...
Sheep
What is in Australia’s new five-year sheep strategic plan?
Australia’s Sheep Sustainability Framework (SSF) has unveiled its 2025 – 2030 strategic plan, outlining a roadmap to strengthen the Australian...
Agri-Business
Initiative to improve livestock market transparency in Australia
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has launched two new livestock market indicators in a bid to improve livestock market transparency....
Beef
Major lift in cattle and lamb slaughter in Australia
Australia’s red meat sector has recorded a significant lift in cattle and lamb slaughter volumes in the first quarter of...
Beef
Australian cattle and sheep numbers expected to decline in 2025
Australia’s cattle herd and sheep flock are expected to decline slightly in 2025, according to Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)....
Sheep
World’s largest sheep farm in OZ sold to UK investment group
By Chris McCullough A UK-based investment group has just purchased the world’s biggest sheep farm, based in Australia, that stretches...
Beef
Australian red meat exports forecast to be $15.8bn in 2025-26
The Australian government has forecast it’s agricultural industry to reach a value of $91 billion (AUD) in 2025-26, which, if...
Agri-Business
Oz dairy farmers welcome move to address retail pricing
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has said it will address anti-competitive behaviour and misleading pricing in the supermarket...
N.Ireland
Thousands of Australian farmers protest at govt buildings
By Chris McCullough Over 2,000 Australian farmers gathered in front of the nation’s Parliament House in Canberra in the past...
N.Ireland
Australian grain harvest set to be one of largest on record
The Agricultural and Horticultural and Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed the potential for the upcoming grain harvest in Australia to...
Sheep
80 sheep die during export by air from Australia to Indonesia
Approximately 80 sheep have died on an air freight consignment from Australia to Indonesia, a body representing Australia’s livestock export sector has...
Beef
Australian meat blamed for source of athletes’ positive drug tests
Chinese authorities have blamed imported Australian meat as a source which led to two of the country’s top swimmers failing...
N.Ireland
Grazing 650 dairy cows year-round in south Australia
Karl Munden, from Victoria in south Australia judged the dairy classes at this year’s Limavady Show. Back home, he milks...
Sheep
Australian live sheep export phaseout by 2028 set in law
Legislation to end the export of live sheep by sea by 2028 has passed both houses of the Australian Parliament...
N.Ireland
Australian bill aimed at ending live sheep exports moves forward
The Australian House of Representatives has passed legislation aimed at banning live sheep exports by sea from May 1, 2028....
Agri-Business
Quarterly Australian lamb slaughter 'highest on record'
The first three months of the year has seen the level of Australian lamb slaughter be the “highest on record”...
