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Cattle Australia director spotlight: George King

After a long-running industry restructure process which culimated late last year, a national board of directly-elected cattle producer representatives is now charged with providing leadership and direction for the Australian grassfed beef cattle industry. The inaugural Cattle Australia board is made up of seven representatives elected by its members, with a further two skills-based directors […]

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Feedgrain Focus: North consolidates at drought levels

A storm in the Junee region of southern NSW on Tuesday afternoon caused some localised hail damage. Photo: Carolyn Baxter ANOTHER dry week in the northern region has seen barley and wheat prices consolidate at levels last seen in the drought years of 2018 and 2019. While Australia’s barley export program to China is reanimating […]

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Warning after cattle producers defrauded over $100k in email scams

Cattle producers and livestock agencies are being urged to double check bank account details before paying invoices, following a rise in reports of rural businesses losing substantial financial sums to online invoice fraud. Scams involving simple adjustments to bank account details on  otherwise legitimate invoices are behind an increase in losses for farming and livestock […]

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No move to go ‘paperless’ with mandatory eNVDs, saleyards conference told

MLA ISC project manager – adoption, Demi Lollback. THE electronic version of Australia’s livestock National Vendor Declaration is not being made mandatory, saleyard managers were told in Bendigo yesterday. At the Australian Livestock Saleyards Association conference, Integrity Systems Company project manager  for adoption, Demi Lollback, said the eNVD and the eNVD app were not being […]

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