Goat Production
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Australia's goat industry goes from feral to farmed
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A growing global appetite for goat meat has driven prices to record highs, prompting efforts to improve productivity on Australian goat farms.
Topics: goat-production, livestock, rural, qld, eulo-4491
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A Big Country: Lawn mowing goats are weed busters Audio
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Leo Phelan from Queensland's Sunshine Coast is hiring out herds of goats to control weed infestations in difficult-to-access areas. Read more
Topics: livestock, goat-production, pest-management, nambour-4560
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Leo Phelan discusses his passion for using goats in land management. Audio Feature
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Leo Phelan discusses his passion for using goats in land management.
Topics: goat-production, livestock, rural, agribusiness, weeds, environment, pests, pest-management, nambour-4560
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Two separate herds of 'Eco-goats' are currently working on development sites near Brisbane and Ipswich. image Feature
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Topics: goat-production, livestock, rural, agribusiness, weeds, environment, pests, pest-management, nambour-4560
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Every afternoon the mother goats are reunited with their hungry kids. image Feature
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Topics: goat-production, livestock, rural, agribusiness, weeds, environment, pests, pest-management, nambour-4560
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Leo Phelan uses goats in land management and has a passion for sharing information about farming. image Feature
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Topics: goat-production, livestock, rural, agribusiness, weeds, environment, pests, pest-management, nambour-4560
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'Whisky' the kid is being hand reared. image
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Topics: goat-production, livestock, rural, agribusiness, weeds, environment, pests, pest-management, nambour-4560
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Living lawnmowers best for weed management, expert says Feature
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A Sunshine Coast man who hires out goats as weed busters urges more people to consider getting a living lawn mower.
Topics: goat-production, livestock, agribusiness, weeds, nambour-4560
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Ranger the Maremma sheepdog is always keeping an eye on the kids. image Feature
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Topics: goat-production, livestock, rural, agribusiness, weeds, environment, pests, pest-management, nambour-4560
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Maremma sheepdogs guard the young goats in the fields at Rosemount CSA farm. image
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Topics: goat-production, livestock, rural, agribusiness, weeds, environment, pests, pest-management, nambour-4560
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Stockland has hired Eco-Goats to tackle grass on a development site. image Feature
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Topics: goat-production, livestock, rural, agribusiness, weeds, environment, pests, pest-management, nambour-4560
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Irrigated agriculture now worth more than $15 billion
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The value of irrigated agricultural production in Australia has hit more than $15 billion.
Topics: rural, sheep-production, goat-production, dairy-production, beef-cattle, crop-harvesting, wool, wheat, viticulture, vegetables, sugar, rice, oilseeds, herbs, grain, fruits, fruit, flowers, cotton, agricultural-prices, bundaberg-4670, wa, vic, tas, sa, qld, nt, nsw, act
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Aboriginal Land Council eyes export market for Wilcannia goats
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An Indigenous group with plans to ramp up goat farming activity in outback New South Wales has its eyes firmly set on the export market.
Topics: rural, livestock, goat-production, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, regional, regional-development, wilcannia-2836
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Voluntary tags for rangeland goats in Victorian livestock tag changes
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Goat industry relieved it won't be forced to handle and tag feral animals under Victorian mandatory tagging policy.
Topics: goat-production, pest-management, pests, livestock-welfare, livestock, mildura-3500, melbourne-3000
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Wellard posts disappointing result on the ASX
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Australia's largest livestock export company Wellard says it needs to regain the confidence of the investment community after a tumultuous eight months on the ASX.
Topics: beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, sheep-production, rural, agribusiness, markets, stockmarket, business-economics-and-finance, goat-production, industry
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Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, rural-youth, rural-women, sheep-production, poultry-and-egg-production, pig-production, miscellaneous-animal-production, goat-production, equine-production, dairy-production, beef-cattle, food-processing, agricultural-machinery, agricultural-shows, wheat, vegetables, cotton, fruit, grain, brisbane-exhibition-4006, brisbane-4000
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What a winner image
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Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, rural-youth, rural-women, sheep-production, poultry-and-egg-production, pig-production, miscellaneous-animal-production, goat-production, equine-production, dairy-production, beef-cattle, food-processing, agricultural-machinery, agricultural-shows, wheat, vegetables, cotton, fruit, grain, brisbane-exhibition-4006, brisbane-4000
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Produce at the Ekka 2016 image
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Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, rural-youth, rural-women, sheep-production, poultry-and-egg-production, pig-production, miscellaneous-animal-production, goat-production, equine-production, dairy-production, beef-cattle, food-processing, agricultural-machinery, agricultural-shows, wheat, vegetables, cotton, fruit, grain, brisbane-exhibition-4006, brisbane-4000
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Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, rural-youth, rural-women, sheep-production, poultry-and-egg-production, pig-production, miscellaneous-animal-production, goat-production, equine-production, dairy-production, beef-cattle, food-processing, agricultural-machinery, agricultural-shows, wheat, vegetables, cotton, fruit, grain, brisbane-exhibition-4006, brisbane-4000
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QCH ekka 2016 gallery
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Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, rural-youth, rural-women, sheep-production, poultry-and-egg-production, pig-production, miscellaneous-animal-production, goat-production, equine-production, dairy-production, beef-cattle, food-processing, agricultural-machinery, agricultural-shows, wheat, vegetables, cotton, fruit, grain, brisbane-exhibition-4006, brisbane-4000
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Topics: rural, women-in-agriculture, trade, dairy-production, goat-production, mundubbera-4626
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You're kidding: Demand for live dairy goat exports rising
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Demand for live dairy goats from Australia is growing, according to the Dairy Goat Society of Australia's federal export officer.
Topics: rural, women-in-agriculture, trade, dairy-production, goat-production, mundubbera-4626
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Topics: rural, women-in-agriculture, trade, dairy-production, goat-production, mundubbera-4626
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Topics: rural, women-in-agriculture, trade, dairy-production, goat-production, mundubbera-4626
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Topics: goat-production, markets, agricultural-prices, animals-and-nature, animals, weather, drought, mount-isa-4825
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