Tom Nixon selected for ABL program
Tom Nixon of Devon Court Hereford is one of 20 participants selected in the 22/23 Advancing Beef Leaders program. Click to check the original article.
Search on for Indigenous Rodeo riders | The North West Star
Events in the first Mount Isa Mines Indigenous Rodeo Championships include – Bull ride, Saddle Bronc, Bareback Bronc Team Roping, Rope and Tie, Steer Wrestling, Barrel Race, Breakaway Roping, Junior Steer and Poddy Ride. There will be one round in each event and prize money will pay to the top four places. Entries will be […]
Wagyu Progeny Test Program genetics tender closes Friday
The Australian Wagyu Association’s global benchmarking project is currently mid-way through its second annual PTP semen sale. The catalogue features 36 sires represented in the AWA’s annual Progeny Test Program, now in its second year, putting leading Wagyu genetics on offer to the test. The week-long sale, being held online via AuctionsPlus, concludes at 5pm […]
Nominations open for 2022 Howard Yelland Award
The Australian Beef Industry Foundation (ABIF) and Marcus Oldham College are inviting nominations for the ABIF-MOC HOWARD YELLAND AWARD 2022. The award honours the contribution of Howard Yelland, who championed objective measurement and performance recording for improved animal selection in the Australian Beef Industry. This 2022 Award seeks to recognise an individual who has made […]
Weekly kill: Same old pattern, same old impact
AT the risk of sounding like a cracked record, rain disruptions and sickness among staff from COVID and common flu reducing staffing levels are again impacting beef processing across eastern Australia this week. It’s a theme which has characterised much of the first half of Australia’s 2022 slaughter season, since most plants got back to […]
Paddock grain testing company working on soil carbon tool
Hone has developed in-field testing technology which can be used by growers. Photo: Hone AN AGTECH company, which is building a name for its paddock grain testing tool, is developing similar devices for leaf and soil carbon levels. Hone Ag uses spectroscopy to determine leaf, grain and soil quality in the paddock. The tool was […]
CSIRO study shows biochar reduces livestock methane less than hoped | The Land
The CSIRO study tested 14 different, unnamed biochars in five in vitro experiments to see what might be fit for purpose, eventually selecting the two best ones and giving cattle different doses to see what might maximise productivity and minimise emissions, and be incorporated into a palatable diet. Click to check the original article.
‘Around the world 93 times’: Ocean Drover marks 200 voyages
LAUNCHED twenty years ago as the M/V Becrux, the M/V Ocean Drover, as it was renamed in 2009, was the first large livestock vessel designed from the ground up to carry livestock. Described as the “workhorse” of the Wellard livestock shipping fleet, the Drover has just completed its 200th voyage, carrying 14,000 cattle on a […]
Queensland community groups encouraged to apply for grant funding
The community grants aimed to support a diverse range of community projects. Click to check the original article.
McDonald’s makes second attempt with plant-based burger pattie
Global burger giant McDonald’s is making a second attempt to introduce a plant-based burger pattie to its Australian menus, under what it describes as a limited trial launched yesterday. Under the trial, only Macca’s customers in the company’s 270 restaurants across Victoria have the chance to try the new McDonald’s McPlant burger through to the […]
Sneakerboy goes into voluntary administration
A luxury shoe retailer has gone into administration following years of controversy and multiple angry customers. Luxury shoe retailer Sneakerboy has gone into voluntary administration following a wave of controversy. The business, which sells shoes like Balenciaga and Canada Goose for well north of $1000, has faced scandals and multiple wind up orders in recent […]
RBA opts for double hike, lifts cash rate to 1.35pc
The Reserve Bank has lifted interest rates by 50 basis points. Click to check the original article.