They have also pointed out that the quota is 90 per cent pup based - nursing pups still suckling on mothers milk, and which pose no threat to fish consumption. Another recommendation by Cabinet - to advise the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources to consider granting exploratory rights as part of the total allowable catches (TAC) to harvest only pups on smaller existing nearby colonies - has also not been well received by the activists. Brink also said then that the concessionaires...

Mexican gray wolves almost certainly have been scavenging on cattle dying of non-wolf causes, keeping the wolves in an area where cattle are vulnerable. Their carcasses in this severely grazed area of mixed public and private land have attracted numerous Mexican gray wolves in years past, helping habituate the wolves to cattle and thus begin preying on them. Federal agents have been on the scene to protect the wolves from this illegal trapping, and Center for Biological Diversity...

He said nobody wanted to have to overcome the problems that had been found with beef in marketing of sheep, with "black holes" and "lost stock" occurring in the early identification of cattle. But the Victorian initiative had been looked upon as premature until saleyards had technology with a capacity to identify numbers of sheep at any place and time. According to NSW grower bodies and processors in particular, they want flock-based sheep tags until they adopt standards for electronic...

But his grandfather had to sell the family farm in the early 1980s to pay off debt, and Bluck is struggling to return to the land in a changing agriculture industry. Yet it also will be filled with part-time farmers; those who get into small niche markets such as raising hormone-free beef cattle, growing organic produce or operating vineyards; and middle-aged career changers with business experience. To keep farmland from being gobbled up by larger farms or sold to developers, more than...

The consignment comprised 33 pedigree cattle from four herds and 17 commercial cattle for slaughter and marketing as certified Aberdeen-Angus beef to leading restaurants in South-east Italy. Browse classifieds categories. Irish export 50 cattle to the Italians. IRISH Aberdeen-Angus breeders have achieved a breakthrough with the export of 50 pedigree and commercial Aberdeen-Angus cattle to Italy. We are delighted to have secured this business and we are hopeful that the buyer will return in...

Readings over 50% in the ISM diffusion index indicate that more firms are growing than contracting. The ISM tracks the breadth of growth across firms, asking purchasing managers if business is better this month than last. Economists believe the economy may have grown faster than 3% in the just-concluded second quarter and may be slowing to about 2. High input prices and the continuing corrections in the housing and automotive sectors remain the biggest concerns for manufacturers, ISM said....