English shearer to aim for a record in memory of his Grace
ENGLISH shearer Stu Connor is mounting possibly the bravest of world record challenges as he hunts-down a record of 867 lambs in nine hours next Saturday.
View ArticleProcessors facing water supply issues as drought deepens
SEVERAL regional meat processing operations could soon be facing water supply challenges if there is no reprieve to the severe drought conditions gripping eastern and northern Australia.
View ArticleMeat processors seek urgent talks with Littleproud over water
PEAK meat processor body the Australian Meat Industry Council is seeking drought support for processors affected by the continuing drought.
View ArticleVictorian Government affirms $1.2 million shearer training investment
VICTORIA’S State Government re-committed to a $1.2 million 2018 election commitment to shearer training at a Hamilton farm yesterday.
View ArticleAustralia’s new abattoirs: Where are they up to?
AT least 20 separate proposals to build new medium to large-scale meat processing plants, or refurbish and re-open previously closed abattoirs, have been announced around Australia in recent years....
View ArticleWhat’s driving new abattoir proposals and are they realistic?
More than 100 abattoirs have closed across Australia since the 1980s, including 16 in the past decade. Against that backdrop, why the sudden interest in building new abattoirs, and are the proposals...
View ArticleProposed new processing developments: Guyra update
LOCAL investors have funded an advanced concept design, feasibility study, development application and land purchase for a proposed abattoir at Guyra in New South Wales.
View ArticleProposed new processing developments: Port Pirie update
MEETING demand for niche red meat processing and service kill capacity in South Australia is a key driver behind a proposed new $70 million abattoir development at Port Pirie.
View ArticleWA shearer Damien Boyle shows Kiwis how to shear Merinos..again
WESTERN Australian shearer Damien Boyle has made the best of a holiday with the family in New Zealand by winning the New Zealand Merino Shears Open shearing title in Alexandra – for the eighth time in...
View ArticleSA livestock carrier convicted and fined $5000 for sheep cruelty
A SOUTH Australian livestock transporter who threw live and dead sheep off his truck into a pile has been convicted on animal cruelty charges and fine $5000 in the Horsham Magistrate’s Court.
View ArticleKiwi shearers beat Aussie blades to retain trans-Tasman supremacy
NEW ZEALAND has reinforced its world blade shearing champion status by keeping its unbeaten trans-Tasman record with a win over Australia at the Waimate Shears New Zealand Spring shearing and…
View Article‘Big discounts’ possible for wool from mulesed sheep
AUSTRALIA’S wool bodies should focus on marketing the environmental and ethical sustainability of wool and promote non-mulesing among growers, according to international processor Giovanni Schneider.
View ArticleTFI releases $8-plus crossbred lamb contract for Tamworth
AUSTRALIA’S first 2019/20 summer lamb and mutton contracts were released today by Thomas Foods International as the company moves to secure future supplies for its Tamworth plant.
View ArticleArtificial intelligence makes accurate sheep counting a reality
A LIVESTOCK counting system using artificial intelligence will be ready for the live export industry this year and for use in sheep saleyards by April 2020.
View ArticleVictorian classer Alice wins wool industry ambassador award
CENTRAL Victorian wool classer Alice McKay has been awarded the Prime Super & Shearer Woolhandler Training Inc Wool Classing Ambassador Award for 2019 for excellence in wool handling and in-shed…
View ArticleMSA underpins quality lamb and beef marketing
THE benefits of the Meat Standards Australia (MSA) program to major processors are far-reaching and span from on-farm production to the end consumer, according to Meat & Livestock Australia.
View ArticleItalian spinner Loro Piana calls for AWI board change
PREMIUM Italian spinner and weaver Loro Piana has publicly supported a change in Australian Wool Innovation’s board, while urging AWI to comply with market requirements in animal welfare and...
View ArticleDubbo set for some trans-Tasman shearing and wool handling sport
AUSTRALIAN efforts to officially recognise shearing as a sport have been backed by the mayor of New South Wales city Dubbo as it prepares to host the 2019 National Shearing and Wool handling...
View ArticleDubbo buzzes for trans-Tasman shearing and wool battles + VIDEO
SHEARING and wool handling competition followers can monitor trans-Tasman and national selection events at the 2019 Australian titles in Dubbo on a number of Facebook sites from 4.30pm today and over...
View ArticleAussie machine shearers defeat Kiwis in Dubbo test
NEW Zealand claimed a 2-1 triumph in the trans-Tasman shearing sports test matches at Dubbo in New South Wales last Friday.
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