LivestockHow an Indiana stocker picks healthy calves at the sale barn
Chad Baker buys freshly weaned or long-weaned calves, favours vaccinated animals, mixes breeds and avoids big frames when feed costs matter.
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LivestockNew MLA guide shows cattle producers how to prepare animals for the feedlot
Written by feedlot vet Dr Kev Sullivan, the guide brings together research on reducing stress and disease in newly arrived cattle, from weaning and yard education to time off feed in transport.
LivestockAustralian beef should go premium, not fight Brazil on price, BeefEx panel says
Industry leaders at BeefEx said more grainfed beef and growing feedlot capacity are Australia's answer to cheap South American beef, with Southeast Asia and the Middle East the markets to win.
LivestockFirst stretch of Queensland's A$500m Beef Roads upgrade is sealed
A 3km section of the Clermont-to-Alpha Road is complete, the first early works under a programme to seal nine cattle freight corridors in Central and Western Queensland.
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A small chicken farm at home: housing, litter and choosing breeds
Families can raise chickens on little space, labour and money to meet their needs for eggs and meat and earn extra income; guidance on house size, floor litter and sourcing birds for a small farm.
LivestockWhy mastitis in first-calf heifers can cost a dairy herd for years
Heifers infected in their first lactation have poorer udder health for life, so hygiene, bedding, fly control and early checks before calving matter, Agriland advises.
LivestockAnalysts see New Zealand well placed as global beef herd hits its low
At the Red Meat Sector conference, Global AgriTrends analysts said US tariff cuts on imported beef will not help American ranchers, while New Zealand can rebuild supply fast.
LivestockNew Zealand sets new dairy cattle welfare code, weighs tethering ban
The first major update in over a decade requires twice-daily feeding of young calves and vet approval to move thin cows, and sends tethering and electrified backing gates towards regulation.
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At Chattogram's Dewanhat bird market, a rooster can fetch up to Tk 10,000
Held twice a week, the market sells Heza, Bahma, Hoyai, Japanese Bantam, Modern Game and other breeds; a rooster costs Tk 1,000 to Tk 10,000 depending on breed.
LivestockTwo roaming dogs killed 47 lambs on a Wairarapa station; the owner must pay NZ$7,000
Glenburn Station lost 43 lambs outright and four more had to be put down; the Carterton council won a Dog Control Act prosecution and is seeking the longest ban it can on the owner keeping dogs.
CropsFungus inside a Kentucky woodland grass makes a rare mix of insect-deterring chemicals
University of Kentucky scientists found an endophyte in bearded shorthusk that keeps two usually short-lived alkaloids as end products, a clue for breeding safer pasture grasses.
LivestockNew Zealand red meat exports jump 23% in August on stronger prices
Red meat and co-product exports reached NZ$867 million, with beef up 26% and sheepmeat up 20%, though the industry warns one month's data must be read with caution.
LivestockMore UK dairy farmers test colostrum, but fewer check whether calves absorbed it
An MSD Animal Health survey finds 66.2% of British dairy farmers now test colostrum quality, yet only 31.7% test calves for failed transfer of passive immunity, down from 41.1% in 2022.