Cattle, goats, buffalo, poultry and other animals: farm management, feed, vaccines and disease, and the milk, egg and meat markets.
LivestockLaying at six to seven weeks, more than 250 eggs a year, and eight to ten birds in the space of a single hen. How the Japanese quail turns a little money, a little space and a little feed into a steady income, from choosing birds and breeding to brooding chicks, building cages, feeding and keeping the floor dry.
LivestockWorld Farmed Animals Day falls on 2 October; World Animal Protection says about 80 billion land animals are used in farming each year, a large share of them in industrial systems.
AgribusinessFine rice rose by Tk 2 a kg in a week in Dhaka's retail markets and loose soybean and palm oil also went up, while local onion, garlic and broiler chicken fell; vegetables and fish stay dear.
LivestockBetter grazing and cheaper maize are helping South African farmers rebuild cattle and sheep herds, which keeps red meat prices up, while recovering pork and poultry output is pushing those prices down, Absa's spring outlook finds.
LivestockThe Norwegian livestock tech company's solar-powered cattle collars will warn farmers when a cow is calving and map how hard each pasture is grazed, as it grows in the US and doubles its warranty to ten years.
A Swiss crop-protection coating and a British cattle-monitoring system won the supermarket's two categories, earning trials inside its supply chain where farmers and suppliers can see them work.
LivestockFarmers and traders from neighbouring districts come to Bhangura's Sharatnagar market on Saturdays and Wednesdays for local cattle, buffalo, goats and sheep; cattle once came by boat on the Baral, now by minitruck and pickup.
LivestockThe livestock office in Bagatipara, Natore, has six people in post against 11 sanctioned positions and two of them are on deputation, hampering vaccination, courtyard meetings and home visits.
LivestockUnder the PPR eradication and foot-and-mouth disease control project, goats and sheep aged 3 to 12 months are being vaccinated free in the five unions and municipality of Naldanga, Natore.
LivestockArla and Muller have raised farmgate prices again while First Milk and Barbers hold, as autumn grass and calving lift British milk output and a European surplus weighs on markets.
LivestockIndiscriminate use of antibiotics without a vet's advice is making farm bacteria drug-resistant; a Department of Livestock Services study found E. coli on poultry farms up to 98 per cent resistant to 19 antibiotics.
Small-scale livestock farmers in the Northern Cape town received maize, pellets and protein supplements as drought dries up grazing and water, with Khobab Wind's community programme backing the support.
LivestockOwners of tick-infested Restricted Places in Queensland's tick-free zone must begin a 26-week treatment programme now or face movement limits until mid-2028, with a 25% acaricide subsidy available.
LivestockBrazilian beef now pays a 55% safeguard tariff plus the 12% standard duty in China until 1 January, raising Australian fears of more Brazilian beef in the US, while Argentina says it has won access to Japan.
