Agri-Business
UK-Australia trade deal: What beef and lamb imports are included?
Australia will have significant opportunities to export beef and lamb products to the UK under the new trade deal agreed...
Australia
Agri-Business
UK reaches free trade agreement with Australia
The UK and Australia have reached an agreement on international trade between the two countries - which could have a...
Agri Politics
UK-Australia trade deal could give major boost to Scotch whiskey producers
A UK-Australia trade deal could include a major boost for Scotch whisky producers with the removal of a 5% tariff...
Agri-Business
Australian trade deal could sound ‘death knell’ for NI agriculture
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president Victor Chestnutt believes that providing Australia with unfettered access to UK food markets through an...
Opinion
Well worth keeping an eye on the UK / Australia trade deal
UK International Trade Secretary Liz Truss MP went on to BBC last Sunday morning (April 25) to confirm that a...
Rural Life
Video: Aussie farmers seek urgent action to combat ‘mice plague’
Farmers in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have called on their government to take action amid a...
Sheep
Rescued wild sheep in Australia is shorn of its 35kg fleece
A rescued sheep named Barrack in Australia received a much-needed shearing, after being found with more than 35kg of wool...
Rural Life
Missing cow discovered…stuck on trampoline
A cow that was missing after escaping from her farm with about 40 others was recently discovered…stuck in an in-ground...
Environment
Huge hailstones batter Aussie agri research glasshouses
A storm of huge tennis ball sized hailstones caused significant damage to glasshouses owned by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research...
Rural Life
Sheep dog saves flock from wildfire blazes in Australia
A dog rounded up her flock of sheep with her owner and brought them to the “safest paddock on the...
Rural Life
5.5 million hectares of land burnt to date in Australian wildfires
It has been reported that a total of approximately 5.5 million hectares (13.5 million acres) of land has been burnt to...
Rural Life
Irish expats drive 900,000L of water to drought-stricken Aussie farmers
Hundreds of Irish people based in Sydney came together to transport thousands of litres of water from the Australian coast...
Rural Life
‘Chris’ the record-breaking sheep dies
A sheep that broke records in recent years for the world’s heaviest fleece has died, it has emerged. The sheep,...
Beef
Auto Aussie: Australian meat processors look to beef boning automation
Plans are afoot in Australia for the establishment of the world’s first beef boning automation research and development room, according...
Dairy
‘Suspected activists’ set dairy farmer’s shed alight overnight
The operators of one of the biggest dairy farms in South Australia have expressed fear that they are being targeted...
Agri-Business
Video: Australian floods see an estimated 500,000 cattle perish
Torrential rain that caused widespread flooding in the north-west region of Queensland, Australia, has lead to losses now “estimated at...
Rural Life
Cows flocking to water tanker highlight impact of Oz drought
Recent images of hundreds of drought-stricken cows rushing to drink from a water tanker on the parched plains of Australia...
World News
High lamb prices force Australian factories to close
Abattoirs in Australia are beginning to shut their doors on the back of higher lamb prices. 7 News Melborne reports...
