Agri-Business
An Irish MEP is leading a EU Parliament delegation on visit to Australia this week aiming to advance the EU–Australia Free Trade Agreement.
Tillage
The threat of rain over the coming weekend is encouraging farmers to complete the maincrop potato harvest as a matter of priority.
The beef industry in Australia is on track to break production records in 2025 according to new report from Meat & Livestock Australia.
Beef
By Chris McCullough The world’s first biodegradable vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)...
Dairy
Encircled by industrial and residential zones means any expansion is impossible for Kelly’s Dairy Farm in Victoria, Australia
Sheep
Australia's SSF has unveiled its 2025 - 2030 strategic plan, outlining a roadmap to strengthen the Australian sheep industry.
Rural Life
Two transporters of bobby calves have pleaded guilty to animal cruelty relating to rough handling...
MLA has today (Tuesday June 24) unveiled two new livestock market indicators in a significant step forward in livestock market transparency.
Australia’s red meat sector has recorded a significant lift in cattle and lamb slaughter volumes in the first quarter of 2025
Agri Politics
MEP for Ireland South Seán Kelly has called on the European Commission to relaunch negotiations with Australia on a Free Trade Agreement
Australia's cattle herd and sheep flock are expected to decline slightly in 2025, according to Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA).
A UK-based investment group has just purchased the world’s biggest sheep farm, based in Australia, that stretches to 1,046,323ha.
The Australian government has forecast it's agricultural industry will reach a value of $91 billion in 2025-26.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has said it will address anti-competitive behaviour in the supermarket sector.
Australia is the latest country to take action to protect its food chain following the confirmation of foot-and-mouth disease in Germany.
Seán Kelly, MEP for Ireland South and leader of Fine Gael in the European Parliament, Seán Kelly...
By Chris McCullough Over 2,000 Australian farmers gathered in front of the nation’s Parliament...
The Agricultural and Horticultural and Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed the potential for the upcoming grain harvest in Australia
Approximately 80 sheep have died on an air freight consignment from Australia to Indonesia, a body representing Australia's livestock export sector has confirmed.
Chinese authorities have blamed imported Australian meat as a source which led to two swimmers failing a drug test in late 2022
Karl Munden, from Victoria in South Australia, judged the dairy classes at this year’s Limavady Show. Back home he milks 650 cows
Legislation to end the export of live sheep by sea by 2028 has passed both houses of the Australian Parliament and is now law.
The Australian House of Representatives has passed legislation aimed at baning live sheep exports by sea from May 1, 2028.
