Sundowners during the NBRUC meet and greet on the Darwin foreshore last night More than 200 delegates from across the meat and livestock and land management research community, extension personnel, industry advisers, agribusiness representatives and producers are gathered in Darwin today for the 2023 Northern Beef Research Update Conference. The event is the pre-eminent conference […]
For the first time an iconic Queensland steak trophy has gone south of the border. Click to check the original article.
Nimble on-shore research and development is exactly the kind of value-added push that is being supported by Federal Labor’s manufacturing fund which aims to work with private investment to tap into a potential $30b. The aim is to build new factories in places like Dubbo and Tamworth. Within the fund are allocations of $3b for […]
A successful sire in the United States, Mill Brae Benchmark 9016’s first progeny sold on our shores, 3RLS New Standard T112, stole the show, securing top priced lot by a whopping $12,000 from the next best, and was purchased by Koojan Hills Angus, Albany, Western Australia. Click to check the original article.
Minnesota District Court Judge John R. Tunheim has dismissed without prejudice a beef antitrust lawsuit against Cargill, JBS, Swift Beef Company, Tyson Foods and National Beef Packing Company wherein three cow-calf ranchers alleged the companies conspired to suppress fed cattle prices, which in turn caused the prices of cows and calves to collapse. Plaintiffs James […]
By Lionel Dawson, Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine Preputial injuries in bulls can cause considerable economic loss and significantly impact a producer’s breeding plans. Understanding the severity of a prepuce injury is critical to the outcome of the condition. Bulls with pendulous sheaths and polled breeds have a high incidence of preputial injuries. […]
The London Homebuilding & Renovating Show takes place at ExCeL in London from 22-24 September, and Country Life readers can attend for free. Home improvement projects can come in all shapes and sizes, from simple repairs to full-scale renovations. And with so many of us now opting to renovate as opposed to relocate, we need […]
The North Dakota State University Department of Animal Sciences is hosting a beef field day at the NDSU Beef Cattle Research Complex on Sept. 18. The field day will showcase beef cattle research and programs being conducted by researchers and Extension specialists. “The department is excited to share more about our mission of creating and […]
LAWD’s Tim McKinnon, Danny Thomas and Enda Foley at the company’s Brisbane Ekka gathering IN the oft-quoted, much-loved John O’Brien poem parodying pessimism in the Australian bush, the canny Scot, Hanrahan, repeatedly says, “We’ll all be rooned, before the year is out.” Despite the current forces at work on Australian commodity prices, seasonal conditions and […]
The Teacher Farm Experience Program aims to increase the knowledge and confidence of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), digital technology and agriculture educators to allow them to incorporate food and fibre production into their teaching programs. Click to check the original article.
Mike Pearson takes a look at the latest report out from the U.S. Meat Export Federation and the good news it has for pork producers. American pork is very popular across the globe right now. Exports are up 14 percent overall. Mexico exports $180 million in meat since the beginning of the year. Variety meats […]
Results were up from last year’s top of $24,000 but down on the $11,325 average. Click to check the original article.