Other better sales included 100 July-shorn ewes, sired by Mt Beckom Border Leicester rams from western-bred Merino ewes, sold for $172 on account PW and KM Little, Grong Grong; a second pen of 185 July-shorn ewes sold by the Kember family, Ganmain, made $164 and P and M Burden, Colinroobie, received $160 for their pen […]
It’s official – the BoM have declared an El Nino event is underway in the Pacific Ocean. Click to check the original article.
Cattle clearance slipped to 40 per cent and value over reserve rose to $74/head. Click to check the original article.
A mega blaze that tore through the Northern Territory and threatened remote towns could have been deliberately lit. Click to check the original article.
THE launch last November of the satellite-based Australian Feedbase Monitor is providing valuable new tools for beef producers to use in decision-making around drought management this spring. A joint project between Cibo Labs and Meat & Livestock Australia, the Feedbase Monitor offers producers a tool to accurately assess pasture biomass at a property and […]
File picture of selling action at Wodonga. Yarding 1250 Change +118 Numbers lifted and familiar turnout of buyers were in attendance. Buyers representing feedlots or restockers displayed a lack of enthusiasm, leading to a noticeable trend of reduced prices. Instances of active bidding were infrequent, contributing to a big decline in prices. Feeder steers, falling within […]
The Nioa RL Pastoral sale was well-attended this year. Click to check the original article.
Charles Downie (left), a Nuffield scholar from Tasmania, spoke practically about how hes managed a labour and skills shortage on his farm. WA scholar Kathryn Fleay expressed the importance of working with people who dont come from an agricultural background, at a time where labour is in short supply. Click to check the original article.
Australian livestock finance company Agrifunder is operating under new management and hiring for key positions, following the resolution of an issue that saw the holding company under which it operates placed into administration earlier this year. Incoming Executive Chair and acting CEO Dale Champion told Beef Central this week that the business has not been […]
Source: DAFF AUSTRALIAN cattle exports dropped 20 percent in August following Indonesia’s ban on several key export yards in northern Australia. The ban was imposed in late July and eventually lifted on September 8, after ongoing testing showed no trace of the disease in Australia. A cattle export ship drawing alongside at the Port of Darwin. […]
Sally Gall Senior journalist – Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I’ve raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region – its history, tourism, education and communications. Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I’ve raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and […]
With biosecurity front of mind for many farmers, a significant amount of the agriculture money is dedicated to issues such as electronic identification for sheep and goats, Varroa mite and feral pig control, but, much of the allocated finances mentioned were from pre-promised initiatives. Click to check the original article.