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LIVESTOCK producers are the ultimate optimists. But that optimism has been knocked recently, with the federal government commencing...

LIVESTOCK SA is seeking expressions of interests from across the sheep value chain, such as producers, government, processors, livestock agents […]

Pledge...Conservation and farming groups are digesting the impact of a pledge by Australia to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade.Australia is one of the 105 countries that has signed the declaration at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.Underpinning the deal is an investment of $25 billion in public and pr

Livestock shortages, restaurant reopenings and long-awaited social gatherings are set to push beef prices even higher.

Australian farmers are pushing back on claims from British farmers who want to maintain tariffs on agricultural imports amid a mooted free trade deal.

Australian meat producers are fighting back against marketing of plant-based meat alternatives because they show animals and mention livestock - when the products have nothing to do with them.

Premium Content Subscriber only A local natural resource management group has been chosen to be part of a new pilot program which will see farmers being paid for the biodiversity benefits of mixed-species tree plantings. Burnett Mary Regional Group is one of just six natural resource management groups across Australia to have been selected for the Carbon + Biodiversity Pilot. Launched last week, the program is being delivered under the governments Agricultural Stewardship Package. As part o...

The Hon David Littleproud MP Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management The Australian Farm Biodiversity Stewardship Pilot will pay farmers for biodiversity in combination with planting trees for carbon gains The pilot gives farmers the chance to diversify their income and drought proof their businesses This will make farm businesses and regional communities more resilient Farmers in six different trial regions will soon have the chance to diversify their farm income and improv...