THE market for Australian Carbon Credit Units has reached a four-month high after weeks of small price fluctuations and low numbers traded. According to Jarden, ACCUs closed Monday at $32 per tonne of CO2 or equivalent – which is the highest the price has been since July. The market has been hovering around the $30 […]

ELDERS Killara feedlot general manager Andrew Talbot started his address at Beef Central’s Primex field day seminar last week with a question: If the Eastern Young Cattle Indicator on Friday was 1019c/kg, where would it be in six months time? The majority in the crowd chose a range between 900c and 1000c/kg, with a smaller […]

A HUMID northerly flow, combined with surface troughs, generated isolated showers and thunderstorms through central, eastern and south-eastern Australia on many days. At the end of the week, a surface trough associated with a low pressure system brought thunderstorms and widespread rainfall, with high daily totals in north-eastern Victoria, south-eastern New South Wales and areas […]

The Young Livestock Exporters Network (YLEN) has a new look executive leadership team after holding its fourth Annual General Meeting in conjunction with the LIVEXchange conference in Darwin last week. From left to right: Hugh Dawson (on banner), Hamish Shannon, Oliver Thorne, Chloe Grant and Munro Hardy. Picture courtesy of Sally Gall, Queensland Country Life. […]

Cattle Australia board nominees are: (Top row left to right): Adam Coffey, David Foote, Haydn Sale, Lyn French and Pat Gleeson (Middle row left to right): Justin Dyer, Bryce Camm, George King, Fiona Conroy, Allister Watson (Bottom row left to right): John (Mac) McArthur, Elke Cleverdon, Robert MacKenzie, Garry Edwards and Mark Horan. SIX of […]

A wide cross section of the cattle, sheep, grains and cane membership of Agforce Queensland celebrated a successful 2022 Annual General Meeting and Industry Update Forum with a Members Networking Dinner last night at the Mount Isa Racecourse Function Centre. Some of the key topics addressed at the annual industry forum earlier in the day […]