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Replacement dairy heifers represent one of the greatest opportunities for increased returns on investment within a dairy business. Capturing the benefits associated with healthy, optimally grown replacement heifers for their breed and age is highly correlated to best practice husbandry and nutrition. The global body of scientific research is clearly showing that the benefits of...Read More

Combination drenches can not only help cattle producers prevent the development of resistance, they can also deliver measurable production benefits, a recent trial has suggested. The trial, conducted by Charles Sturt University (CSU) in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim, compared Boehringer Ingelheim’s Eclipse Combination Pour-On against single active macrocyclic lactone (mectin) drenches on six beef cattle...Read More

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released its updated long-term projections for key agricultural markets which contained some adjustment to forecast herd growth, production and cattle price forecasts. This article takes a look at what these revisions mean for cattle prices and spread relationships between the US and Australia in the coming years....Read More

Olsson’s KEG 10 is a breakthrough in supplementing rumen biology. The supplement is made from a majority of Fermented Base Material (FBM) as opposed to molasses. By maximising rumen efficiency through several actions, KEG 10 allows the animal to achieve maximum natural feed conversion. Improving microbial flora with the addition of prebiotics and probiotics, enzymes,...Read More

The basis of any vaccination program is to provide long lasting protection against disease. Disease challenges can happen throughout the life of an animal. Vaccines rely on the animal’s own immune system to provide that protection. They do this by stimulating the immune system to produce an antibody response to a specific “foreign invader” such...Read More

Veterinarians and nutritionists agree that weaning is a high demand period for young stock, requiring high quality animal health inputs for optimal productivity. We interviewed Dr George Cox, cattle veterinarian and Virbac Technical Services Manager, as well as, Dr Jerry Liu, Nutritionist and Virbac Product Manager to learn more. “Best practice parasite management at a...Read More

It was the harshest crime to have hit the station ‘s books, Some dirty low-life scum had rustled Mrs Johnston ‘s chooks. The robber bagged the best of them and took the rest for luck , Forty-seven leghorns, fifteen bantams and a duck. The pride of all the district was Mrs Johnston’s flock, From her...Read More

How many times have you been caught needing to repair a break or a leak either late in the day or on a weekend? That time consuming drive to town for one fitting to complete the repair when you have so many more important things you could be doing. By being prepared and having a...Read More

His cattle didn’t get a bid, they were fairly bloody poor, What was he going to do? He couldn’t feed them anymore, The dams were all but dry, hay was thirteen bucks a bale, Last month’s talk of rain was just a fairytale, His credit had run out, no chance to pay what’s owed, Bad...Read More