Katrina BRANDON AN UTTER surprise has come knocking at the doors of farmer Doug Benson – one of his cows gave birth to triplet
Livestock
Lamb prices up on five-year average
NEW season milk farmgate prices have been announced, with the response from farmers and advocacy groups ‘disappointed’, according to the June outlook report by
Be aware of blue-green algae in farm water supplies
AGRICULTURE Victoria is warning livestock owners to be aware of blue-green algae in farm water supplies and standing flood water, which can harm animals
Need to protect
Victoria’s livestock industries are fortunate to be free of most of the serious diseases that affect animals in other parts of the world. Despite
ID leg band for all goats
GOAT farmers -now including dairy, earless and miniature goat producers – will be required to fit an National Livestock Identification System device to their
Resources to deal with diseases
THE state government is establishing portable sample testing and mobile incident centres to bolster the state’s response to any emergency animal disease outbreak. The