Livestock Farming

Fuel theft is prompting farmers to install CCTV cameras at unprecedented rates, leading one security company to overhaul its entire business model.

The Northern Territory's biggest bull sale has recorded one of its strongest results, despite high fuel prices and a big wet season.

Emergency hay deliveries to drought-stricken areas resume after thousands of dollars in donations from school students and charity groups.

Up to 100 millimetres of rain has been welcomed across drought-hit parts of western NSW, but some farmers expecting relief were left disappointed.

If you mention renewable energy to agricultural producers in many regional communities, you will likely ruffle some feathers. But in far west NSW, landholders are showing preliminary support for a planned expansion of solar and wind energy assets.

Sheep farmer Rob Armstrong never expected to be the face of political resistance. But when his state government proposed a levy that would hit volunteer country firefighters, a childhood trauma propelled him into action.

A South Australian landowner has spotted elk on her property, outside containment lines of deer farms. There are no known established wild elk herds in this state. 

Amid the red dirt and flies of an outback stockyard, thrillseekers with a passion for horses learn about a quintessential Aussie sport. 

As the cost of each kilometre food travels explodes, growers and consumers are looking for ways to shorten the supply chain.

Fuel costs have not stopped thousands of people from descending upon Broken Hill for the biannual Agfair. 

For over a century, farmers have used ear marking pliers to distinguish ownership of their sheep and cattle.  Meet a pair of brothers, fourth-generation craftsmen who are master makers of the tool.

Workers in road-reliant industries are calling on the federal government to provide urgent funding to repair the NT's road network, which was severely damaged by floods.

More than 500,000 head of cattle have already been sold across New South Wales this year, with Scone seeing its biggest sale in 20 years.

Registered Highland cattle breeders have more than tripled in Western Australia in the past five years. The shaggy Scottish breed is gaining popularity across WA, with more breeders interested in taking on the cattle and strong demand from agritourism.

While many teenagers spend their spare time online gaming or playing sport, 14-year-old Max Lye hangs out with a bunch of chooks and dreams of owning his own egg farm.

Queensland farmers gripped by a dry spell are turning to drastic and inventive measures: offloading most of their livestock and laying kilometres of water pipelines.

The owner of a farm in South Australia's south-east is convicted and fined for clearing 112 hectares of bushland, but the penalty is much less than the $2.2 million he would have had to pay for a permit for the work.

Hailed as a win for the environment, $200 million has been spent purchasing new national parks in outback NSW — but not everyone is celebrating.

The lack of investigation into deaths at the $700 million beef business has been described as "completely unacceptable" by a legal expert who argued industry had captured government regulators.

Soaring fuel costs and interest rates are forcing some South Australians to change their travel plans as a small producer says he has struggled to put food on the table.