The most recent drought monitor, released on October 27th, shows the majority of the United States dealing with drought or abnormally dry conditions. While I hope some of those regions received some much needed rain recently, I do think this presents an opportunity to discuss Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage (PRF) Insurance. PRF insurance provides an […]
The Nicholls family, Rukenvale near Kyogle, has sold their Holstein milking herd to three local Norco operations. Click to check the original article.
The beers were flowing in Toompine during an exciting week for the small outback community. Click to check the original article.
Grass fed restockers drive November store market at Clarence Valley cattle sale. Click to check the original article.
Check out some of the harvest action across the regions. Click to check the original article.
Melanie Johnson’s chocolate bundt cake is a perfect mix of indulgence and using up leftovers. ‘Pumpkins are the perfect seasonal decoration and their flesh will never be wasted in my kitchen’ says our kitchen garden chef Melanie Johnson. The simplest way cooking them is to dice into half-inch cubes and roast for 20 minutes — […]
An international traveller has been fined $2,664 and refused entry to Australia after attempting to bring six kilograms of meat products into the country, in a serious breach of Australia’s biosecurity laws. Australian biosecurity officers uncovered the undeclared meat during a baggage inspection at Perth Airport last Tuesday morning, October 18. The traveller failed to declare 3.1 […]
WORMS, ticks and buffalo flies have all been the beneficiaries of repeated wet years across the east coast – prompting many to ramp up their treatment programs. Buffalo fly have already been sighted well south of Queensland border and worms have been creating issues all winter on the back of relentless rain. But concerns have […]
BOARD nominations for the grassfed cattle industry’s new peak representative body are set to open tomorrow, with elections to take place before the end of the year. The transition to the new peak body was given the greenlight at a Cattle Council meeting last month, with a resolution to adopt the proposed constitution of Cattle […]
JBS sustainability manager Sam Churchill THE world’s largest meat processor, JBS, has highlighted some of the major hurdles the company will need to overcome to reach its environmental target of “net zero emissions by 2040”. JBS is currently going through the baselining phase of its target, taking stock of all its emissions across the supply […]
IMPACTS of greater climate variability and heat load events on livestock performance was a theme explored in several sessions during the TropAg 2022 research conference held in Brisbane this week. Dr John Gaughan The discussions on projects around better understanding grazing behaviour and the association with calf loss in open downs regions on Monday came […]
Queensland heads the job push with Toowoomba and South West leading nationally. Click to check the original article.