28/07/2004 | THE South Australian Farmers Federation (SAFF) is planning a television campaign to get National Competition Policy (NCP) exemptions for Australian exporters. The campaign hopes to free industries such as the grain sector from NCP penalties, which
28/07/2004 | AUSTRALIAN sheep producers could be missing an important opportunity to reduce the millions of dollars in productivity losses caused by arthritis each year, according to Pfizer business manager Tony Wetherall. "While various other bacteria and vir
28/07/2004 | The Australia-US free trade agreement (FTA) was passed in the US House of Representatives and US Congress. The FTA was passed 314 votes to 109 in the House and 80 to 16 in the Congress but still has to be passed in the Australian Senate. An im
28/07/2004 | The Australian Livestock Export Corporation (LiveCorp) has restructured its board, introducing four independent directors. Two of the new directors are from WA - Ned McCord, Broome, and Christopher Buller, Darkan. Mr McCord has extensive experi
28/07/2004 | NATIONAL Greens leader Bob Brown has come under fire from WAFarmers and the Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) after he accused farm lobby groups of rubber-stamping government policy. Dr Brown accused farm group officials of being sil
28/07/2004 | A DECADE ago Calcaling principals Murray and Athol Ventris decided that an average Merino wasn't going to be good enough for the future of their flock. The challenge to breed a better Merino led the brothers to adopt the Soft Rolling Skin (SRS
28/07/2004 | Working the north-south divide By LARA JENSEN A FULLY computerised livestock system and NLIS (National Livestock Identification) tagging was introduced on Minderoo Station in the Pilbara four years ago to improve herd management. Th
28/07/2004 | KEVIN Johnson of Kevlyn Downs Shorthorns, Willalooka South Australia, was invited to WA by the Angus society to be involved in the Beef Cattle Assessment School run at the Harvey Agricultural College. Mr Johnson played a fundamental role in pr
28/07/2004 | THE Merino ewe is so valuable she should be privatised. This was a humorous quip by University of WA senior research fellow John Milton that underpinned the serious role the Merino ewe has to play to rebuild the Australian sheep flock. Dr Milto
28/07/2004 | WA livestock slaughter statistics for the 2003-04 year show increases for most species due to more livestock going though export accredited abattoirs, with lambs and cattle leading the way. WA Meat Industry Authority chief executive officer Mi
28/07/2004 | MURDOCH University will launch a new Bachelor of Animal Science degree program in 2005 to address the nationwide shortage of specialist animal scientists. "Graduates of this four-year degree (including honours) will not only receive excellent scie
28/07/2004 | WA has lost its bid to extend Exceptional Circumstances (EC) assistance for farmers in the northern Wheatbelt. Agriculture Minister Warren Truss accepted National Drought Taskforce evidence that the WA application for a one-year extension did
28/07/2004 | FARM succession planning is a hot topic throughout the western agricultural world and is one of the toughest and least well done jobs for farm families to tackle, according to international strategic planner Rob Napier. Mr Napier, who is the direc
28/07/2004 | AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation (AWI) has committed $75 million as part of the company's five-year strategic investment plan to boost the popularity of wool both on and off the farm. Speaking at the Agribusiness Sheep Updates, AWI chief executive o
28/07/2004 | NYABING farmer Grantley Smith has spent $34,000 on major shearing shed upgrades this year, in contrast to some woolgrowers who have contemplated abandoning the struggling industry. Mr Smith said a balanced mixed of Merinos and cropping was ess
28/07/2004 | Farmers urged to plan for succession FARMING families are being urged to seriously look at implementing succession planning strategies to avoid the horror and hardship that is increasingly associated with passing on the farm, according to lawy
28/07/2004 | THE time has come for the farming industry to be more aware of its responsibilities to provide fit stock and safe facilities when turning off livestock. Over a number of years it has been a huge issue with some farmers presenting unfit sheep for t
28/07/2004 | THE scientist who carried out the last WA cloud seeding study, in the Bencubbin region during the early 1980s, has backed the call for new research using the latest technology. Curtin University physicist Ian Bailey attended a seminar by internati
28/07/2004 | THE new Swan Coastal Plains Wetlands policy could prove more disastrous to farming communities than the State Government's land clearing regulations, according to former Liberal MLC Murray Nixon. The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) im
28/07/2004 | HAS the shearing shed workforce slid into an irreversible decline in numbers? It's a question which concerns San Mateo Merino studmaster John Poett, Tenterden, whose confidence in the Australian wool industry hasn't wavered. "I'm concerned
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