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Making news this week:
Pollination up in the air
More than a year on since sentinel bees at Port of Newcastle were first detected with a Varroa mite infestation, the destructive small pest has been found on a Central West property, leading to the 23 hives being euthanised at Gumble, west of Molong.
It comes as the NSW government yesterday announced $31 million to support beekeepers, horticulture and cropping industries affected by the Varroa mite outbreak.
Read the full story here.
More training required at grain sample stands
Inconsistency in sample stand results has NSW Farmers grains committee chair Justin Everitt proposing changes to receivals staff training.
Mr Everitt put forward a motion at the NSW Farmers conference at Rosehill Gardens on Tuesday, asking that the association require grain testing at receival sites to be conducted by and/or supervised by an independently trained and experienced person that has received documented training from an accredited, registered training organisation.
Read the full story here.
A slice of the best at Bathurst
The beef market in Australia has changed a lot in the past 40 years as the confluences of better quality control and increased diversity of cultural influences have come together, says specialist Wagyu breeder and finisher Takao Suzuki.
He is aiming to lift his current capacity of 240 head of Wagyu on feed to 600 by 2025 under his traditional Japanese raising and finishing system at Bathurst.
Read the full story here.
Chasing a reduction in methane production
Methane production in livestock is increasingly coming under scrutiny, as agriculture fights for its reputation in the global climate space.
Speakers at this week's Nature Based Solutions conference in Brisbane highlighted the risk agriculture poses in this arena, but also the remedies that look to deliver emissions reductions while growing production.
Read more here.
Rebecca Nadge
Bec is livestock editor for The Land. She has previously worked for Stock & Land in Victoria, the ABC in Kununurra, and newspapers in Kalgoorlie and New Zealand. Contact her at bec.nadge@theland.com.au
Bec is livestock editor for The Land. She has previously worked for Stock & Land in Victoria, the ABC in Kununurra, and newspapers in Kalgoorlie and New Zealand. Contact her at bec.nadge@theland.com.au
