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Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 5 Mar 2024

A low pressure system and associated monsoon trough generated showers and isolated thunderstorms across the Top End of the Northern Territory through to the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland. During the week, a series of troughs moved across Western Australia, Queensland, the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales, generating widespread showers and some […]

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AMIC launches Migrant Worker Employer Code of Conduct

THE Australian Meat Industry Council has announced the establishment of the Migrant Worker Employer Code of Conduct, in a bid to underscore the red meat industry’s commitment to the fair and ethical treatment of migrant workers. The Voluntary Code of Conduct is an independently audited certification program used by livestock processors and other employers in […]

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ABARES tips cattle price recovery in 2024-25

A 24 percent lift in forecast saleyard prices next financial year is the headline forecast for beef producers in ABARES’s latest annual outlook statement released today. ABARES predicts robust export prices and strong restocker and processor demand to drive the nominal average saleyard price for cattle to 599 cents per kilogram carcase weight in 2024-25. […]

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Steers top at 398c at Biggenden

Cattle were drawn from Gogango, Theodore, Eidsvold, Mundubbera, Gayndah, Goomeri, Murgon, Wheatlands, Kilkivan, Tiaro, Hervey Bay, Bundaberg, Miriam Vale, Rosedale and all local areas. Click to check the original article.

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GRDC Grains Research Update in Perth breaks records for attendance. | Farm Weekly

GRDC chairman John Woods spoke at the beginning of the first day of the conference, highlighting the importance of national partnerships and collaborations with members of the grain industry such as Grains Australia, Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre and WA grower groups Grower Group Alliance, Stirling to Coast Farmers, Facey Group, Liebe Group, Mingenew-Irwin Group, […]

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