LivestockAt BeefEx 2026, North American cattle feeder Kee Jim said Australia could meet US animal-health standards and the economics work, yet US authorities say there is no import protocol.
LivestockLamb schedules near $12/kg and record store prices lifted 2025-26, but falling lamb numbers, rising costs and US tariff risk set the tone for 2026-27.
An Ohio State extension specialist urges dairy farmers to test corn silage for DON and zearalenone now and again at feed-out, as the toxins can harm milk protein, rumen health and reproduction.
LivestockThe three-year, $2 million Wisewool programme, with $800,000 from the Primary Sector Growth Fund, will test wool bedding against synthetics in homes and sleep labs.
Anthrax has spread in two villages of Sundarganj, Gaibandha, after two sick cows were slaughtered and their meat sold; 34 people are affected and only 30,000 of the 45,000 vaccine doses needed have arrived.
LivestockTwo letters from MEPs urge a full ban six months after the Commission missed its own March deadline to respond to the Fur Free Europe citizens' initiative.
Prices of maize, de-oiled rice bran, rice bran, mustard cake and soybean meal have all risen within a month, pushing up poultry feed; farmers who cannot cover costs are cutting rations and production.
CropsThe Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Amendment Bill passed 101 to 21, letting regulators draw on overseas assessments; industry now wants the larger HSNO bill and fair consultation on regulations.
LivestockBass Strait Freight plans a direct service from King and Flinders islands to a new livestock terminal at Port Anthony in Victoria, carrying up to 40,000 cattle a year from late October.
EnvironmentA two-year FarmGate Nutrient Balance Programme on 145 farms found an average phosphorus balance of -0.5 kg/ha, against modelled surpluses of 6.2 kg/ha, while nitrogen stayed in surplus.
LivestockTracking 41 grocery stores since the tariff-rate quota was expanded, the American Farm Bureau Federation found ground beef down just 16 cents a pound while cattle prices fell, and urged President Trump to reverse course.
LivestockWith midges still active and BTV-3 expected to overwinter, the UK's chief vet and farm vets urge dairy farmers to vaccinate, including youngstock, as vaccine supplies improve.
LivestockA USDA FAS report warns a strengthening El Niño could cut broiler weights, egg output and hatchability and tighten corn supplies, while ventilated commercial farms are better placed than smallholders.
