Livestock Health and Welfare

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.

A group including major agribusinesses Elders and Nutrien Ag Solutions has failed to meet a deadline for major improvements at the aged Boyanup saleyards in WA's South West.

A federal MP said these animal activists had "no place in our society".  Now four slaughterhouses in his electorate are under investigation for alleged animal cruelty.

As Australians shake their heads at the prospect of another increase in power prices, this Victorian couple has gone green with their home and business and won't pay an energy bill for years.

A calf that fell down a well near Mount Gambier is safe and healthy after a lengthy rescue operation.

The NT's chief vet says Rupert Trembath has pregnancy-tested an "incredible number" of cows, representing nearly a fifth of the NT's entire herd. 

South Australia's farmers are worried about water supplies for livestock as drought conditions cause dams to dry up across the state.

The new detection of H7N8 bird flu is linked to the ongoing outbreak at Kinross Farms, as shopper grapple with an egg shortage at supermarkets.

Farmers in the Grampians were able to save a lot of their animals during the bushfires, but now they are faced with a scarcity of stock feed and plenty of fences to fix. 

About 180,000 chickens will be euthanased at the farm, which is owned by one of the nation's leading egg producers.

Victoria's peak farming body says the conventional caged egg system has been in place since the 1960s and shoppers have come to rely on it.

Growers rushed to pick, pack and truck their bananas out before the rain started, but say it will be difficult to restock supermarket shelves after significant flood damage.

The five valuable Angus stud cows had been sheltering under a gum tree on a Tenterfield property when an electrical storm hit.

Wild dogs often attack animals from behind, leaving them badly injured. 

NSW graziers who have been waiting five years to see a 32-kilometre-wide hole fixed in the wild dog fence that runs through their sheep and goat station say they are fed up and are being forced to sell.

An industry analyst says there's a direct link between Minerva Foods' closure of its Tammin processing facility and the approaching end to the live sheep trade.

Researchers are developing a new pesticide and vaccine to give farmers additional tools to combat cattle ticks that are growing resistant to chemical treatments.

The Crap Loading Ramps of Australia Facebook page attracts lots of attention online, but the founder says its tongue-in-cheek posts highlight a serious issue in the livestock industry.

Australia's surveillance of bird flu has been described as a possible "model" to follow globally with the spread of the H5N1 strain of the virus causing concerns for international health authorities.

Farmers and foodies have been angered by a central Victorian abattoir's decision to stop taking orders below 15 head of beef or 50 head of lambs.