AN over-supply of slaughter cattle continues to depress the eastern states direct consignment market, with larger Queensland processors either withdrawing quotes altogether this week, or dropping rates again. One contact said he was shocked at how many cattle his company had forward booked, yesterday. Southern Australia has been less impacted, primarily because recent rain has […]
Can you truly understand the countryside if you’ve not walked through it in the nude? Well, probably, but our columnist wasn’t taking any chances as he strips off to find out for certain. Some years ago, on a partridge day, I met a very nice and very successful businessman who had made the mistake of […]
A cattle trucker, the chair of the north west health board and two former Mount Isa and Cloncurry police officers were among those from the region celebrated in the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours list. Click to check the original article.
Juanbung and Boyong is a large-scale cattle backgrounding and timber harvesting enterprise. Click to check the original article.
Juanbung and Boyong is a large-scale cattle backgrounding and timber harvesting enterprise. Click to check the original article.
File picture of selling action at Wodonga. Yarding 759 Change -141 Numbers declined slightly with just over 300 cows penned. Most of the usual buyers were at the sale however processors struggled to find well finished stock. Competition was subdued despite a few pens of grain finished young cattle. Secondary types lacked support from buyers, […]
In contrast to last year’s freezing conditions, patrons took advantage of the warm days, especially on the racing afternoon, to explore the many exhibits on display for the property and around the home. Some 230 tickets were sold to the Stockplace cocktail party on Friday night. Click to check the original article.
Jake Curr’s Team Queensland continued their bull riding State of Origin dominance by completing a fourth series win on home soil on Saturday night. Click to check the original article.
There was a reduced yarding of 282 head at Moreton sale. Click to check the original article.
As someone who grew up on a property outside Winton, the topic held particular interest for herself, as it did for the others working on the project with her, Professor Lennie Barblett, who taught distance education from Meekatharra in Western Australia, and PhD student Pip Amery, who has teaching experience at the Wallumbilla State School. […]
Singapore racing set to close in 2024. Click to check the original article.
AS the drought impact continues to roll on across US cattle producing areas, US cow-calf operators are beginning to experience a price boom in young cattle not unlike that seen in Australia during similar conditions in 2021 and 2022. In its daily livestock report issued overnight, analyst Steiner Consulting suggests that cow-calf returns for cattle […]