Weekly Grill podcast host Kerry Lonergan this week sits down with Cattle Australia’s acting chief executive, Queensland beef producer Adam Coffey. Adam and Jacynta Coffey The pair discuss Cattle Australia’s bedding-down over its first 12 months, progress on plans to fund the grassfed industry representative body, and CA’s recent call to shift the beef […]
Negotiations are continuing on Dell Brae, a 330 hectare high performance grazing property at Niangala. Click to check the original article.
Wandoan-based stud principals Kasey and Daniel Phillips of Murgona Santa Gertrudis along with invited vendors Susan Michell and Murray Smith, Doorabeeba Santa Gertudis stud, Wee Waa, NSW were pleased with the results of their second sale at Taroom on Friday. Click to check the original article.
William Edge, Shutterstock Australia’s plan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 relies heavily on carbon credits. These credits are awarded to projects that avoid the release of greenhouse gases or remove and “sequester” (store) carbon so it’s no longer warming the atmosphere. Farmers can be awarded credits for increasing soil carbon content. […]
Yarding 5430 Change +830 It was a very mixed yarding with some top cattle in all sections along with large numbers of plainer conditioned cattle as people continue to sell off due to the continuing dry conditions. Most of the usual buyers were operating along with additional restocker orders from the north and south. Young […]
The search is on for the next generation of game-changers who are making a difference in agriculture, with applications now open for the 2024 Zanda McDonald Award. The trans-Tasman Award, now entering its ten-year milestone, is seen as the most coveted prize of its kind in Australasian agribusiness. The award is open to Australian and […]
A partnership between Australia’s livestock export industry and Indonesia’s cattle industry is helping to build the capacity of Indonesian smallholders to protect their livelihoods from lumpy skin disease (LSD). LiveCorp is funding a project being led by the Indonesian Society for Animal Science (ISPI) to increase the vaccination rate for local cattle by providing information […]
“As far as our domestic market goes I find it hard to understand where it is at,” Mr Tyas says, pointing out supply forecasts had long tipped supply increase from new plantations. However exports targets will be exceeded this year, having grown from 2pc five years ago. Click to check the original article.
AUSTRALIA’S strong livestock sustainability story was shared during the first Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock, staged in Rome this week by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation. The Federal Government’s agriculture trade group deputy secretary, Nicola Hinder, told the conference the Australian red meat industry had reduced emissions by 65 percent since 2005, […]
“I love the physical work involved, being around animals all day and constantly learning about different parts of the supply chain and animal health.” Click to check the original article.
Central west Queensland property Linamar remains on the market after being passed in at auction for $10.1 million. Click to check the original article.
The ways in which western United States cattle ranchers are dealing with challenges like uneven grazing distribution, drought and monitoring livestock that are not seen for months on end could well provide some nuggets of wisdom for northern Australian beef producers preparing to head into the dry conditions El Nino will deliver. Click to check […]