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Maremmas deal with fox losses at Cunderdin

2:00 AM | WITH wild dog and fox attacks on the rise, wool producers are taking matters into their own hands and fighting fire with fire.

Livestock - Sheep

Time to reap the beef market benefits

2:00 AM | THE WA beef industry had a gross value of production of over $600 million in 2010-11 according to the latest edition of the WA Beef Commentary.

Livestock - Cattle

Bulls sell to $7800 at Allegria Park sale

2:00 AM | NOT one bull even looked like being passed in at the Allegria Park annual on-property bull sale in Esperance last Wednesday.

Livestock - Cattle

Strong bidding to $8000 at Ardcairnie

11 Feb 12 | A QUALITY line-up of Angus bulls with EBVs to match and strong competition from return buyers, saw prices hit a high of $8000 at last week's Ardcairnie on-property bull sale at Kojonup.

Livestock - Cattle

Tullibardine Murray Grey bull hits $15,500

10 Feb 12 | ONE of WA’s largest bull sales continued to set the benchmark for prices and averages when the Monterey Invitational sale saw a total of 64 Murray Grey bulls, 21 Angus bulls and 68 Murray Grey and Angus females sell under the hammer on Wednesday and Thursday.

Livestock - Cattle

Bonnydale Black Simmentals make $11,500

10 Feb 12 | BLACK Simmental yearling bulls sold to a top of $11,500 at the 16th annual Bonnydale Simmental Farms on-property bull sale at Bridgetown on Monday.

Livestock - Cattle

Crook concerned over trade future

10 Feb 12 | FEDERAL member for O'Connor Tony Crook said he has major concerns over the future of the live export trade.

Livestock - Sheep

Angus impressive at Esperance

08 Feb 12 | THE Angus industry in Esperance kicked off to a an impressive start this year with all three of the Angus stud sales held in the region meeting strong competition and solid returns.

Livestock - Cattle

Growing lamb’s share of the meat pie

08 Feb 12 | THE question of how the Australian lamb industry will grow its share in the red meat market pie is the focus of a 12-month research project by WA sheep producer and Sheep CRC scientist Kelly Manton-Pearce.

Livestock - Sheep

Cattle numbers start to impact capacity

07 Feb 12 | BEEF processors may be following the same trend as the sheep industry in terms of lack of supply around the State. |

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Livestock - News

Lamb tenderness research questioned

06 Feb 12 | A BINDI Bindi lamb producer has raised concerns over research into lamb tenderness saying producers are not getting financially rewarded for implementing new technology. |

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Livestock - Sheep

WAMMCO Select bonuses for Kojonup breeder

05 Feb 12 | A HIGH WAMMCO Select score for 65 of the 113 cull ewe hoggets processed for Kojonup stud breeders Tim and Steph Stevenson in December did more than assist the couple to win their first WAMMCO Producer of the Month title.

Livestock - Sheep

Full flush produces record embryo haul

05 Feb 12 | A DOHNE ewe from the Capercup stud, Kojonup, has returned 50 live embryos to set a new record at Breedtech for the amount of live embryos flushed from a single ewe.

Livestock - Sheep

Livestock agents appointed to Beef Council

05 Feb 12 | WA livestock agents Paul Mahony, Elders, and Matt Pedersen, Primaries WA, have been appointed to the WA Beef Council.

Livestock - News

Inaugural Charolais sale hits $8250 top

04 Feb 12 | AS grey clouds threatened to create a storm outside the Brunswick Selling Complex on Thursday inside it was a quality line-up of white, burly Charolais bulls which created a storm of their own at the Inaugural WA Charolais Bull Sale with buyers pushing prices to a high of $8250 twice.

Livestock - Cattle