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Large Victorian cattle saleyard to close mid-2024

Victoria’s fourth largest cattle saleyard by throughput will close in June 2024, with escalating land taxes at its location on Melbourne’s eastern metropolitan fringe forcing the decision according to its owner, the privately-owned Victorian Livestock Exchange. The Pakenham Victorian Livestock Exchange transacts about 100,000 store and prime cattle a year, drawn mainly from Gippsland properties […]

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2000 conservation volunteers sign up to investigate land clearing

CONCERNS have been raised about the approach of the Australian Conservation Foundation after a letter was sent to a New South Wales producer enquiring about some “potentially illegal” land clearing. As first reported in The Australian, ACF volunteers detected the clearing on a satellite and sent a letter to the producers asking if had a […]

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Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 21 November 2023

A SERIES of low pressure troughs dominated parts of northern, central and eastern Australia, triggering isolated showers and locally severe thunderstorms, with hail, strong winds, lightning and flash flooding. Weekly rainfall totals between 10 to 25 mm were recorded in southern and northern Western Australia, western Tasmania, southern and central areas of South Australia extending […]

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Weekly kill: Rain impact may be too late to influence grid prices

A CHANGE in the weather pattern since early November may have come too late to have any material impact on direct consignment slaughter cattle offers for the remainder of this year. Recordings of 25-75mm were reasonably common across parts of southern and southeastern Queensland and northwestern NSW over the past week, adding to earlier falls. […]

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Thousands protest buybacks

Simultaneous rallies across the southern Riverina today drew thousands of people to protest proposed changes to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan that would allow waterbuybacks. Click to check the original article.

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2023 beef processing plant seasonal closures and 2024 opening dates

MOST Eastern Australian beef processors have now finalised their 2023 seasonal closure and 2024 season opening dates. Listed below is a preliminary schedule – subject to weather disruptions, as always. The overwhelming majority of processors will close their 2023 seasons on Monday 18 December. Note that some dates represent last kill shift, others last boning […]

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Beef 2024 accepts Ultrablacks and Ultrareds as a separate breed for stud cattle judging | Queensland Country Life

Judith Maizey has worked as a journalist and communications specialist for more than 30 years mostly throughout Queensland including Townsville, Longreach, Emerald, Rockhampton, Toowoomba and Brisbane. Working for the North Queensland Register, she is always up for a chat and loves a good story. Contact 0417 546 616. E: [email protected] Judith Maizey has worked as […]

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