Livestock Farming

With an exceptional work ethic, intelligence and ability to thrive in various climates, the demand for Australian working dogs is rising internationally.

Farmers running out of feed and water are being forced to sell livestock in huge numbers as drought conditions roll on in southern Australia. 

The mass mortality event that hit Tasmania's salmon industry has ended, the state's environmental watchdog says, as industry reporting shows fish deaths in March halved from the previous month.

Steve Wheeler has had 1,700 sheep stolen in three incidents over two years. Police suspect he has become the victim of a series of targeted raids.

Farmers are celebrating the state government's announcement, but others have raised concerns about using electric shocks to control livestock.

The South Australian government provides $3 million in support for dairy farmers affected by the collapse of Beston Global Food. 

Graziers face a tough road to recovery after an estimated half a million cattle, sheep, and goats die in western Queensland's unprecedented flooding event.

Steven Hall says the floods in western Queensland have wiped out most of his flock and destroyed 19 kilometres worth of fencing.

A year after the Victorian government banned lethal control of dingoes in the state's north-west, a farmer on a national park border says authorities need to do more prevent the predators' constant bloody raids on his livestock.

The Andrews family wants to revolutionise Australian farming by proving you can run a profitable farm and regenerate the natural environment.

Thousands of kilometres of outback Queensland roads have been destroyed by floods, forcing cattle trucks on huge detours, doubling freight bills and leaving families on remote properties feeling even more isolated.

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Residents in the outback town reflect on the shock and fear they felt as their once-dry town found itself inundated by floodwaters.

The imposition of US import tariffs is the latest in a long series of challenges for SA farmers, who have battled frost and flooding in recent years, and are currently contending with drought.

As farmers face months without income, consumers are being warned meat will cost more as the loss of livestock and infrastructure takes its toll.

At least 105,000 sheep, cattle and goats are feared to be dead or missing amid catastrophic flooding in the state, but the true scale of the loss will not be known until the ordeal is over.

Ferocious floodwaters in outback Queensland have not only taken homes, but entire livelihoods.

Western Queensland graziers say they're in for a long recovery as they begin to assess livestock losses from record-breaking floods.

Feral deer populations are booming in Queensland, damaging farms and costing millions, but some are turning them into a business opportunity.

Selling crocodile eggs is an important business for remote Indigenous rangers who brave Top End swamps to collect them for farms. But this harvest has yielded fewer viable embryos than usual.