Resident cry foul over bird farm
Residents opposed to Baiada Poultry's 900,000 bird broiler farm, 15 kilometres north-west of Tamworth, have met to discuss their concerns.
View ArticleResidents put case against bird broiler farm
A Joint Regional Planning Panel (JRPP) has heard the environmental impact statement for Baiada's planned 900,000 bird broiler farm on the outskirts of Tamworth is fundamentally flawed.
View ArticleChicken farm approved despite objections
A joint regional planning panel has approved a massive chicken farm near Tamworth in north-west NSW, despite objections from local farmers.
View ArticleTRC weighs in on Baiada operations
Tamworth Regional Council will make a submission to the Joint Regional Planning Panel ahead of a decision about increasing operations at the Baiada Poultry facility.
View ArticleBaiada set to expand
Baiada's application to expand poultry processing operations at its Tamworth facility has been approved by the Joint Regional Planning Panel.
View ArticleWestern Plains and Central West rural report, Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
Senate inquiry in Narrabri
View ArticleBreast is best for Christmas turkey buyers
Consumers are gobbling up the chance to have traditional turkey on the Christmas table, but it's not whole turkeys that they're buying.
View ArticleTrying to determine a happy hen
Australians are increasingly shifting towards buying free-range eggs as consumers make ethical choices. But are free-range hens happy birds?
View ArticleBig dollars expected at chook auction
Who knew a good lookin' chook was worth so much money?
View ArticleThe history of the pecking order
Tracing the branches of the chicken family tree using stands of ancient DNA
View ArticleTamworth's eggciting egg history
While Tamworth maybe the country music capital of Australia, some say it was eggs that put the region on the map.
View ArticleTurkeys grow twice as fast as they used to
Nine months of hard work is starting to pay off for turkey growers who are now facing their busiest time of year.
View ArticleLearning to be a Christmas chef
With so much Aussie produce on offer, we're spoilt for choice when it comes to Christmas lunch.
View ArticleStrict conditions for extra poultry shed at Attunga
Tamworth Regional Council has approved an extra shed to house nearly half-a-million broiler chickens at Attunga.
View ArticleGreens' say free-range egg offer not good enough
The New South Wales Farmers' Association is suggesting a standard definition for free-range egg production.
View ArticleThe chicken comes first in Tamworth
Today Bush Telegraph broadcasts from Tamworth in the New England region of northern NSW.
View ArticleChicken producer defends intensive farming
Growing consumer demand has led to a big expansion in chicken meat production around Tamworth.
View ArticleH7 avian flu threatens 400,000 hens in Central West
There's been an outbreak of the H7 avian influenza at a commercial egg-layer farm in Young.
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