Beef farmers will now be able to market their cattle as “Grain Fed Finished” after feeding them grain for 35 days before sale or export, and will be able to ask a premium for these animals. (more…)
Category: The Future
Gary Sansom Scholarship applications open
The prestigious Gary Sansom Scholarship aims to uncover future chicken meat industry leaders and champion important research working to boost the productivity and sustainability of chicken meat production. (more…)
Agtech the answer to future grain sorghum development
Australian broadacre farmers are set to benefit from increasing development and investment in grain sorghum focused Agtech. (more…)
Vets welcome biosecurity boost
The Australian Veterinary Association has welcomed the government’s increased funding for disease surveillance as part of a $137.8 million investment in biosecurity. (more…)
Latest vegetable farm survey shows incomes increase further in 2017-18
Australian vegetable-growing farms: an economic survey 2016–17 and 2017–18 shows a 12 per cent increase in cash income for Australian vegetable farms to $319,000 per farm in 2017-18. (more…)
Savings on hybrid canola seed on offer to growers
Australian canola growers have the potential to save money on their seed input costs and extract more value if they plant either of two very popular hybrid TT canola varieties in 2019. (more…)