Cattle

Cyber-attack on JBS, world’s largest meatworks, temporarily shuts Australian operations

The ransomware attack, believed to have been carried out by Russians, halted work at 47 JBS sites across Australia

Josh Taylor and wires

02, Jun, 2021 @6:12 AM

‘It’s been a long time out in the cold’: Australian farmers on a UK trade deal

Some breeders are eager to export more to Britain, but others have their hands full keeping up with domestic demand

Kate Banville in Townsville

23, May, 2021 @8:45 AM

‘Dingoes were here first’: the landowners who say letting ‘wild dogs’ live pays dividends

Some farmers see a vicious pest that should be shot on sight, others a native species that plays a vital role in Australia’s ecosystem

Adam Morton

21, May, 2021 @8:00 PM

Australia’s largest pastoral landowner received $6.7m in jobkeeper as profits soared

AACo boss described payments as ‘appropriate’ despite operating profit of $23.5m in six months

Ben Butler

17, May, 2021 @8:00 PM

Australia’s biggest landholder is Gina Rinehart, controlling 9.2m hectares

Others with substantial holdings include Andrew and Nicola Forrest in WA, SA’s MacLachlan family and the Brook and McDonald families in Queensland

Ben Butler

16, May, 2021 @8:00 PM

Who owns Australia?

Complex web of data reveals large swathes of country controlled by small number of billionaires and large companies

Calla Wahlquist , Josh Nicholas, Andy Ball and Nick Evershed

16, May, 2021 @8:00 PM

Budget’s $371m biosecurity boost will put ‘protective ring’ around agriculture, PM says

Measures to be announced on Tuesday come three years after Coalition’s failed attempt to introduce biosecurity levy on industry

Sarah Martin, chief political correspondent

03, May, 2021 @5:30 PM

Best served chilled: green tech keeps the cool on India's dairy farms – photo essay

Photographer Prashanth Vishwanathan captured a network of community dairies helping off-grid farmers in Maharashtra keep milk fresh as temperatures rise. All pictures are from Climate Visuals and Ashden

Prashanth Vishwanathan

06, Apr, 2021 @5:30 AM

A flood-hit farmer's lament for his lost cows: 'It's the helplessness of hearing them bellowing'

NSW landowners and vets describe the heartbreak of livestock losses – and one miraculous calf rescue

Justine Landis-Hanley and Matilda Boseley

23, Mar, 2021 @9:30 AM

Stranded cattle ship ordered to dock in Spain after 'hellish' three months at sea

Almost 180 bulls believed to be already dead as campaigners call for surviving animals to be humanely slaughtered on arrival in port

Sophie Kevany and Ashifa Kassam

18, Mar, 2021 @11:34 AM

Cows might fly: Ireland to jet calves to Europe to cut travel time

Expanding dairy herds have seen surplus male calves shipped to the continent for veal, but there is unease over welfare conditions

Ella McSweeney

06, Mar, 2021 @7:00 AM

Cattle stranded on ship to be destroyed in port as second vessel returns to Spain

Spanish officials say animals must be put down after two months at sea as owners struggled to find buyer because of disease fears