10+ hour, 59+ min ago  (994+ words) Labor is actively workshopping scenarios for a jet fuel squeeze - including rationing - as global supply tightens, with internal modelling focused on the economic fallout across agriculture, exporters, aviation and regional supply chains. The Albanese government remains confident that petrol and…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (407+ words) Frestine Milk has failed to provide information about unpaid February milk payments to some suppliers to United Dairyfarmers of Victoria. UDV president Bernie Free visited the company's Melbourne office seeking answers on Monday, March 30. "We knocked on the door and…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (489+ words) A Murray River operation is hoping for a significant gain in pasture productivity as it becomes one of the first beef producers to adopt Halter technology in Victoria. The Victorian government gave the green light to Halter in late February…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (129+ words) 'Phantom herd': why Victoria is spending $175,000 to find your lost cattle tags'Stock & Land 'Phantom herd': why Victoria is spending $175,000 to find your lost cattle tags Victorian livestock authorities have launched a $175,000 investigation into a growing "phantom herd" of untracked cattle…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago  (748+ words) Fears over rising input costs resulted in producers bringing cattle forward for a massive 6000-head store sale at Mortlake. Agents from 11 companies yarded 6158 head of steers and heifers at the Western Victoria Livestock Exchange. Outcross reported grown steers sold to…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (573+ words) Record-high diesel prices and dwindling water supplies are forcing Victorian cattle producers to radically shift their marketing strategies. While the cattle market remains firm, the cost of moving stock is now the primary factor in determining whether a sale turns…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1010+ words) At least one Victorian farmer has vowed to ditch an Indonesian-owned dairy company over a delay in payment for February milk cheques. Stock & Land understands up to 100 farmers who supply to Frestine Dairy Australia might have experienced a delay in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (808+ words) A Victorian livestock carrier says skyrocketing diesel prices have made some of his short-term contracts with major abattoirs unviable. Payne's Livestock Transport director Danny Payne, Nar Nar Goon, Vic, says diesel prices have almost doubled in less than a month,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1701+ words) An icon of Australian agriculture, the shearing shed has always been something of a living entity. During shearing, each shed buzzes with both sheep and humans (and the odd fly) flowing in and out as one of the mainstay commodities…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (385+ words) A Victorian beef and dairy farmer has warned other primary producers to be vigilant after the diesel tank on one of his tractors was vandalised at a Gippsland property. Russell Follett, Gem-Brae Ag, Nyora, believes the recent price hike of…...