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Groups applaud Congressional action on animal health

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and National Pork Producers Council announced their support for legislation introduced in the House and Senate to amend the Animal Health Protection Act. The Foreign Animal Disease Prevention Surveillance and Rapid Response Act of 2023 would provide additional funding for three farm bill programs established in 2018. They include the […]

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BQA audit results yield homework for cattle industry

Results from the 2022 National Beef Quality Audit showed that the cattle industry has made great progress on past key areas of focus, but it also shed light on issues that need addressing. “The audit is a snapshot of where we are in the industry; it gives us an idea of some things we need […]

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Montana welcomes Chilean cattle trade delegation

Continuing the focus on expanding Montana’s agricultural contribution to international trade and highlighting the diversity in Montana’s agricultural ecosystem, Christy Clark, director of the Montana Department of Agriculture (MDA) visited Ehlke Herefords in Townsend, Mont., to welcome a delegation of cattle producers from Chile as part of a MDA cattle genetics trade mission. Mark and Della […]

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Giles Quarme Architects: Realising dreams

Giles Quarme Architects — or GQA — has a formidable record both of breathing new life into listed buildings and designing new ones, as John Goodall discovers ‘You can transform your old house. You just need someone who knows what they’re doing,’ enthuses Giles Quarme. He should know. The founder of GQA in 1987, his long-standing […]

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Finding the opportunity in cattle marketing

Before Covid and my daughter’s basketball schedule took up so much of my time I would go to estate auctions. Even though I was there to buy tools I would pay attention as other items were auctioned off. A lot of these would sell off coins and old dollars. While I knew nothing about these […]

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Property Talk: What the Renters’ Reform Bill means for renters, landlords and the property market as a whole

The government unveiled a major overhaul of the rental sector this week. So what could be in store for landlords and tenants? Annabel Dixon takes a look. You’d be hard-pressed to miss headlines this week that the government has introduced the long-awaited Renters’ Reform Bill in Parliament. It’s been billed by National Residential Landlords Association […]

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Rosedale Charolais 34th Annual Bull Sale tops at $23,000 | The Land

This included bidders from Swan Hill, Vic, in the south and into Queensland, who collectively pushed the Charolais bulls to a $23,000 top to and $10,718 average for 39 sold at auction from 50 offered, two yearling Charolais bulls from three offerd to $18,000 to average $12,000, 12 black composite bulls to $8000 to average […]

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