Perth, Australia, June 16, 2008 - (ABN Newswire) - Stirling Products (ASX:STI) advises shareholders it has signed an agreement in principle with the private Western Australian company Cocky Smart Pty Ltd for the Australian and international rights to its novel parasiticide for the prevention of flies and ticks primarily with applications in livestock.
The first hint of summer weather, coupled with a shortage of sheep shearers, spells problems for many British farms. Millions of sheep sporting heavy fleeces are sweating in the sunshine and may have to endure the discomfort for many more weeks.
The wool industry's official deadline for a halt to mulesing is 2010, but it was made clear in Glen Innes this week that even now, "mulesing as usual" is not in the industry's interests.
June 2 (Bloomberg) -- Australian farmer Bruce Nutt holds a freshly shorn sheep against his leg and points to a pink scar on the animal's bottom where folds of wrinkled flesh were cut away when it was a lamb.
Q: We have those horrible shiny blue or black flies occasionally. Do they serve any useful purpose at all? A: The flies you describe are blowflies. These are very important, beneficial insects that should not be killed if possible. They serve many valuable
There will be a mulesing alternatives exhibition and information presentation on April 21 at the Nyngan Showground during the show. This presentation will bring woolgrowers up to date on the alternatives to mulesing.
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