FORESTRY Australia (FA) has criticised a recent report released by Australia National University (ANU) and Curtin University (CU) that claimed logging and prescribed burning of forests can make them more flammable.

IN what initially appeared to be good news for farmers, in late 2023 it was announced that a new Land Access Code of Practice will take effect on March 1, 2024.

AUSTRALIA has exported a record $17 billion worth of red meat in 2023 with a total volume of 1.84 million shipped weight tonnes to over 100 countries for the 12 months ending November 2023.

THE State Government has rejected a Victorian parliamentary inquiry’s recommendation to ban game hunting.

WESTERN Victorian dairy farms have again dominated in the 2023 Milk Quality Awards, taking out almost half of the national awards on offer.

THE highly anticipated Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) Summer Lamb campaign launched in early January – skewering the generation gap that has divided the nation.

THERE was a significant decrease in sheep numbers this week at Hamilton with a total of 6550 penned, being a reduction of some 26,000 sheep on last week’s market.

MORE than 1300 of Australia and New Zealand’s most progressive farmers have graduated from Rabobank’s Business Management Programs over the past 25 years.

BILL Hickey’s face would be very familiar to those attending the regional saleyards.

NOW is a good time for dairy producers to assess their heat stress management programs as heat stress can impose a significant financial and welfare cost to a business.