Congratulations to the Horsham and Warracknabeal saleyards for successfully seeking funding for saleyard upgrades. The Horsham roof represents the first sheep dominated saleyard to build a roof in Victoria.
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This weeks Horsham sheep and lamb sale reached the milestone 10 million head sold at the facility in they last 20 years. This was during the Elders sale run.
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ALSA will be conducting its annual summer workshop on FRiday FEb 16 at the Ag Vic offices in Attwood. Open to all members. Topics include Transport, industry data, OH&S and sheep RFID/ animal welfare plans. (more…)
The ACCC has recently released an update on progress in relation to the recent red meat industry study.
DORIS – D18-10613 Cattle and beef market study – 12 month update – letter seeking feedback – Australian Livestock Saleyards Association – 25 01 2018 (more…)
The Victorian Government has recently released a draft animal welfare plan.
A number of ALSA members took part in a tour of the UK and Holland in March this year to consider the sheep RFID system in both countries. This has been operating for 6 years. The tour was funded by the Food Source program operated by Regional Development Victoria.
The ALSA President Mr Stuart McLean has received a OAM as part of the Queens birthday awards. This is a well deserved award for decades of community service for a multitude of organizations.
The details for the annual conference 2017. A big focus on sheep RFID as expected this year.
