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Weaner steers make 568.2c/$1053 at Mareeba | North Queensland Register

Steers under 200kg reached 568c to average 538c, steers 200 – 300kg sold to 588c, averaging 515c, steers 300 – 400kg topped at 490c and averaged 392c. Mickeys under 200kg sold to 220c, averaging 195c, mickeys 200-300kg sold to 428c, average 307c, and mickeys 300-500kg sold to 460c, average 311c. Heifers under 200kg topped at […]

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Ag and processing leaders appointed Fed Govt workforce group

Murray Watt A NEW tripartite Agricultural Workforce Working Group, established during the Jobs and Skills Summit, has met for the first time today to help tackle agricultural workforce challenges. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Murray Watt said the working group was designed to bring employer groups, unions, and government together in the spirit of […]

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Shedding option being explored in trial at Teys Charlton feedlot

Shed structure in place beside existing feedlot pens at Teys Charlton When cattle arrive at the Teys Australia Charlton feedlot in Victoria, they are now divided for scientific purposes. There’s nothing new about sorting arrivals at a feedlot, but this specific drafting is set to provide data to answer a vital industry question: To shed […]

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Regulatory hurdles plaguing beef processing venture, Rural Press Club told

REGULATORY hurdles are forcing her family’s newly-built Central Queensland meat processing facility to send cattle interstate to secure vital export sales, vertically integrated beef producer Josie Angus told a Queensland Rural Press Club lunch held in Brisbane yesterday. Finished steers destined for the Angus family’s Signature Onfarm branded beef export clients are being sent 1000km […]

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