The National Farmers’ Federation has accused the Albanese government of treating the cattle industry with contempt over its refusal to budge on a settlement for the live exports class action.
Scientists can detect whether a crocodile is present in a waterway through DNA particles. They hope it can help prevent attacks.
A Federal Court hearing of the farming group’s case against the government is less than a month away.
There’s something missing in the air over Mossman this winter as farmers begin to harvest their sugar cane crop.
El Nino forecasts last year sent a scare through the cattle and sheep industries, prompting kneejerk a sell-off. Incomes still haven’t recovered.
A former Labor strategist turned pollster says the Albanese government’s live sheep export ban won’t help re-election chances.
Farmers have amassed a war chest to campaign against the Albanese government in the key electoral battleground of WA after the ban on live sheep exports passed the Senate.
Almost 10 per cent of the nation’s commercial egg-laying chicken flock has been euthanised as a result of avian influenza outbreaks across three states, straining the supply of eggs to consumers.
Rural industries fear they will be financially unable to keep up with the pace of the move to renewable fuel sources and have urged the government to be realistic when setting targets.
Some MPs have called for the live sheep export ban to be extended to cattle, as exporters say the federal government’s legislation should have industries ‘looking over their shoulder’.
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