Tag: beef cattle

• Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 02:39 UTC

  Falklands farms will try to finish cattle with feed imported from Uruguay

  

  In his report for the FLH (Falklands Land Holdings) board meeting on June 7, General Manager John Ferguson predicted that, by the end of the financial year on 30 June, FLH will have sent 20,792 sheep and 118 cattle to FIMCo in 2022/23.

• Wednesday, May 30th 2018 - 08:29 UTC

  New Zealand to cull 150.000 cows to eradicate outbreak of Mycoplasma bovis

  

  New Zealand, which produces three percent of the world’s milk, announced this week its plan to cull about 150,000 cows to eradicate the disease Mycoplasma bovis. The largest mass animal slaughter in the country’s history will cost some US$ 612 million. If successful, it would be the first time an infected country has eliminated the disease-causing bacteria.