When Frank was forced to sell the sheep he'd been farming for more than 20 years, something had to change. His "experiment" is helping expats feel at home.

Australian farmers are finding a new use for surplus sheep's wool. This low-value wool is now being spread on drought-hit fields. It helps soil retain moisture and rebuilds its structure. This ...

Australian abattoirs are adopting AI to count sheep, allowing farmers and processors to sleep more easily at night after decades of rows over miscounts stoked distrust in the outback. The sheep ...

Nick Greaves, a shearer from Staffordshire, set a new eight-hour world lamb record in August 2024 by shearing 764 lambs. The fastest time in which a single lamb has ever been sheared is 37.9 seconds, ...

Meet Melissa, a 33-year-old sheep farmer from rural South Australia. After battling everything from drought to bushfire, this ...

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Established in 2021, Bebiri World – a fully bumiputera-owned company – offers a business model inspired by the traditional Malay pawah system, where livestock owners entrust their animals to a ...

The National Sheep Association (NSA) has issued an alarm over a deficit of skilled sheep shearers after the Home Office told ...

An 800ha grazing farm in Victoria’s Western District is back in Australian hands after selling in an eight-figure deal.

A pioneering farming family who have built a fully diverse agricultural powerhouse producing cotton, almonds and citrus have been named Australia’s best of the best.

Farmers and agricultural workers are taking to social media to educate a new audience while building a community.

Cropping area in WA has expanded from around 5 million hectares in the late 1980s to more than 9 million hectares today, ...