MV Ocean Drover ALMOST 13 years since a Julia Gillard-led Government banned the live cattle trade to Indonesia, the Federal Government has decided not to pay out a settlement offer on a class action which found the ban to be illegal. The decision was the latest point in the long-running timeline since the class action […]

FORMER Australian Agricultural Company chief executive Hugh Killen has started the year in a new position, leading a New South Wales-based asset management company. Mr Killen has started as the chief executive officer of Armidale-based Impact Ag Partners, which has more than 200,000ha under management across Queensland, NSW, Western Australia and in the United States. […]

ALL eyes this week are on the prospects of Cyclone Kirrily disrupting processing operations across Queensland over the next ten days or so. The cyclone threat, together with the holiday-shorted week for Australia Day on Friday has also stopped phones ringing for cattle bookings in Queensland this week, processor contacts said this morning. “Nobody’s really […]

NORTHERN Australia was affected by extensive thunderstorm activity due to an active monsoon trough that extended across the Top End of the Northern Territory to Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, and a Tropical Low (03U) that remained stationary over the base of the Top End of the Northern Territory during the week and slowly moved […]

The Australian Government has released grant guidelines for the next funding round under Stage 3 Round 2 of the Methane Emissions Reduction in Livestock (MERiL) program. A total of $9 million in grant funding is available (with $1 to $3 million available per project). The grants are to support development of methane reducing solutions for grazing livestock. […]

THERE’s been a sharp spike in feeder cattle and grainfed cattle prices in the early stages of trading this year, driven by the dramatic seasonal turnaround that’s occurred since November. Click on image for a larger view Heavy flatback feeders in southern Queensland that were making 315-320c towards the end of last year are today […]

Cattle Australia has committed to developing a national framework to international reporting requirements for land management practices in the nation’s beef production systems following a meeting of more than 50 industry leaders from across the supply chain in Rockhampton last November. On Thursday, January 18, Cattle Australia hosted a Webinar to provide producers the opportunity […]