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On a mission to sell the best stock deals
6/01/2009 |
Run into any stock agent and he or she will usually be up for a yarn. They’re generally friendly folk with big personalities – it’s almost a part of their job description to be outgoing.
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Strong end to the year for livestock industry
23/12/2008 |
Beef cattle markets ended the last full trading week on a strong note, with national cattle price averages between 4pc (feeders) and 13pc (Japan ox) above the 2007 closing prices.
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Graziers defy drought, lift productivity
18/12/2008 |
Despite variability in recent years because of drought conditions and significant short-term fluctuations, long-term productivity growth remained positive for the beef cattle and slaughter lamb industries, according to a new ABARE report.
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Big wet coming? Ask the crocs
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Rain lifts restocker/feeder demand
15/12/2008 |
Restocker and feeder demand has lifted appreciably across the livestock markets in recent weeks, following useful follow-up rains on those received in November, according to Meat and Livestock Australia.
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Lamb market strong, cattle winds down
6/12/2008 |
The lamb market is showing no signs of slowing for the Christmas break, with both yardings and prices rising further this week, according to Meat and Livestock Australia.
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Lamb prices surge by 5pc to 10pc
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Producers secure feed supplies with good farm biosecurity
21/11/2008 |
Australian producers are protecting their bottom line with simple biosecurity practices to safeguard their feed supplies and livestock against diseases, pests and weeds.
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Animals Australia accuses MLA & LiveCorp of deceiving farmers
20/11/2008 |
Claims and counter claims of deception are flying between Animals Australia, MLA and LiveCorp over why Bahrain's livestock importer has decided to ban the transport of Australian sheep in car boots during the pending Eid - Festival of Sacrifice.
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Industry gets tough on animal welfare
19/11/2008 |
Locals purchasing Australian sheep in Bahrain during the Eid Al Adha festival will be told "no truck, no sheep" under an initiative being implemented by Bahrain Livestock Company.
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New perennial grasses stay green in drying climate
17/11/2008 |
Breeding new perennial grasses varieties to boost productivity in the drier parts of southern Australia is the focus of a Future Farm Industries CRC workshop being held this week.
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Red meat’s opportunity: 2m potential new customers a month
14/11/2008 |
The World Bank says Asian economic growth is creating an extra two million middle class consumers a month in the world’s developing countries. MLA chairman Don Heatley sees these as a potential extra two million ’first time’ consumers for animal protein suppliers.
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MLA board wins pay rise ... just
13/11/2008 |
In a narrow victory, just 55pc of levy payers voted to increase the combined salary cap for Meat and Livestock Australia directors from $500,000 to $750,000.
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How stem cells will revolutionise ag
13/11/2008 |
In a world first, Australian researchers at the CSIRO have used stem cells to develop surrogate rams and bulls - animals that produce the viable semen of another individual.
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WA scientist wins international meat science award
12/11/2008 |
A young West Australian scientist has taken out this year’s prestigious International Meat Secretariat Prize for Meat Science and Technology.
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US beef exports are on the rise
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$60,000 tops Brahman Classic sale
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Greg Brown the new Cattle Council president
10/11/2008 |
AgForce Cattle president Greg Brown has been elected president of the beef industry's peak body, the Cattle Council of Australia, at its annual general meeting in Orange today.
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Livestock markets stabilise on lower supply
9/11/2008 |
After falling sharply in recent weeks, national cattle and lamb price indicators stabilised this week, Meat and Livestock Australia reports.
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Middle East hungry for more sheep
6/11/2008 |
Days may be dark for many commodities but the future of the live sheep trade appears bright, in spite of the latest animal rights campaign to stop the trade.
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Credit squeeze hits meat exports
6/11/2008 |
The real hurt from the global financial crisis might just be starting to hit agribusiness, with reports beef and lamb exports are starting to pile up at some international ports because importers can’t afford to pay.
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Foot and mouth vaccine to save stock, trade
3/11/2008 |
A new vaccine being developed in the United States could diminish the threat of the deadly foot and mouth disease, which decimated the British livestock herd in 2001.
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GM pastures push a wasteful boffin's idea: Gene Ethics
29/10/2008 |
Moves by the Victorian Department of Primary Industries to develop a new genetically modified pasture variety have been bagged as a "waste of public money" by anti-GM campaigners.
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MLA counter punches with live-ex ad of its own
29/10/2008 |
Meat and Livestock Australia is countering the latest advertising campaign by Animals Australia, taking its own full page advertisements in a rural newspapers in support of the live export trade.
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Females to 270c/kg at Wodonga
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New forage legume performs at Roma
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