Big declines in live export cattle values since January have seen the live export and domestic slaughter cattle market prices for certain descriptions in northern parts of Australia draw closer together than they have been for some years. As can be seen on Beef Central’s home page Industry Dashboard graphs, there’s been a big plunge […]
Country Life’s cultural commentator Athena looks at the sad plight of Britain’s seaside towns, but has hopes that things may be heading in the right direction. On a train heading from London to the South-West recently, Athena found herself surrounded by American visitors travelling to the World Heritage Site that is Bath. How many of […]
Hailing from the Kingaroy area, Meryl grew up on cattle properties before taking a job as a governess after completing high school, which took her to stations at Alpha, Augathella, and her final posting at Mt Isa, where she first worked in a kitchen. Click to check the original article.
Peter Gill from Mourilyan has developed an enviable reputation for his unique home made jams. Click to check the original article.
More than a year on since sentinel bees at Port of Newcastle were first detected with a Varroa mite infestation, the destructive small arachnid which targets bee hives and can lead to hive collapse, has been found on a Central West property, leading to the 23 hives being euthanised at Gumble, west of Molong. Click […]
Farmers have given a mixed report card to this week’s meetings of agriculture ministers from across Australia in Perth – on one hand greeting the signing of Australia’s first National Statement on Climate Change and Agriculture, but also expressing concern at the silence on the live sheep export phase out and lack of acton on […]
Agriculture Minister Murray Watt says the Federal Government is taking “firm action” to ensure the integrity of Australia’s agricultural and veterinary chemicals regulation system, following the release of a report detailing serious allegations concerning the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA). The APVMA is the regulator of Australia’s agricultural and veterinary chemicals, up to […]
Police said the vehicle was allegedly involved in at least five separate traffic crashes and gained entry to three school grounds by driving through the gates. Click to check the original article.
The merits and drawbacks of permanent shed cover, soil carbon issues and automation are all on the agenda of the lotfeeding industry’s 2023 SmartBeef conference at Elders’ Killara Feedlot this year. Registrations have opened for the conference to be held in Tamworth this October. SmartBeef is run on alternative years to BeefEx and focuses on […]
The Southern Australia Livestock Research Council (SALRC) invites expressions of interest from livestock producers to assist in guiding the Research Development and Adoption (RD&A) agenda in south-eastern Australia. A number of positions across all seven regions (Northern NSW, Southern NSW, Central and Western NSW, Central Vic, Western Vic, South east Vic & Tasmania, and South […]
In the heifer section of the sale, only 103 were offered, of which 62 head were under the 200kg weight. These ranged in price from 200c/kg to 266c/kg, averaging 232c/kg. There were 34 heifers in the 200kg to 280kg range, priced from 210c/kg to 276c/kg, for an average of 259c/kg. Click to check the original […]
Industry and government are teaming up to increase exports of key produce. Click to check the original article.