All posts tagged "sheep"

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  Livestock

  Act now to prevent milk fever in sheep

  Hypocalcaemia, more commonly known as milk fever, is a deficiency of calcium in the blood, with cases in pregnant ewes expected at...

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  Livestock

  Work commences on Katanning sheep feed facility

  Western Australian sheep research and development is about to leap forward with a $1.3 million investment in a new sheep feed efficiency...

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  Livestock

  Numnuts enters next phase

  New technology designed to allow Australian sheep producers to mitigate pain in their lambs during marking is ready to be tested more...

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  Livestock

  Merino sheep pregnancy detected using wool

  Researchers from Western Sydney University have found a new, non-invasive way to detect pregnancy in Merino sheep through the analysis of reproductive...

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  Livestock

  National sheep flock contracts as drought continues

  Australia’s sheep flock is forecast to fall to 65.8 million head by June 2019, down 6.8% year-on-year and the largest year-on-year decline...

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  WAFarmers supportive of live sheep trade moratorium

  WAFarmers is supportive of the new three-month moratorium in sheep shipments to the Middle East during the Northern Hemisphere summer, endorsed by...

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  Livestock

  Sheep Producers Australia welcomes government action on lamb definition

  Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) has welcomed the Australian Government’s commitment to pursue the amendments required to change the definition of lamb to...

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  News and Views

  WAFarmers welcomes 1.5% wool levy

  WAFarmers has welcomed the announcement that wool grower shareholders have elected to vote for a 1.5 per cent levy rate change in...

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  News and Views

  Reminder: Board applications close 26 October 2018

  Applications for Sheep Producers Australia’s two member-based Board Director positions close this Friday 26 October 2018.

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  Numnuts on track for 2019 release

  World-first technology to allow Australian sheep producers to safely deliver fast and effective pain relief to lambs during the castration and tail...