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Cow feeding trend re-emerging in feedlots, as drought grip tightens

THERE’S a small, but growing trend happening in commercial feedlots feeding light cows to add weight and condition before slaughter. The trend was last seen during the 2019-20 drought, and was also commonly seen during the previous drought cycle back in the early 2010s. Northern-bred composite cows on shortfed programs in a Darling Downs feedlot […]

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How to make honey chicken and sweetcorn flatbreads

Fresh sweetcorn is an annual treat that is at its best; Melanie Johnson shares a recipe to make the most of it. ‘Delicate kernels burst with sweet, buttery flavours of golden sunshine,’ says our kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson of sweetcorn. The recipe below makes a fine use of them, but you may well just […]

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Dalby sale 6 Sep 2023: Yearling steers 10-15c lower

 Yarding 3375 Change -1388 Most of the regular export buyers were in attendance and operating selectively, however one major feed and trade buyer was absent from the buying panel. Yearling steers to restockers and feed averaged 10c to 15c/kg less. Light weight yearling heifers to returning to the paddock held firm while the medium […]

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Farmers return serve to activists in battle of the billboards

  RURAL communities are returning serve after animal activists used regional billboards to campaign against livestock production earlier this year. Property Rights Australia is producing a series of billboards to explain the reality of what is happening in rural and regional landscapes, president Jim Wilmott said. “The time has come to rally rural and regional […]

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Millennials leaving Australia’s capital cities for country communities

RAI CEO Liz Ritchie said the Big Movers 2023 report has found an additional 54,000 millennials headed for the regions during the latest Census period (2016-2021) compared to the previous Census period (2011-2016). “For so many years we’ve heard stories about young people from regional communities leaving the country to undergo further study and take up […]

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