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Exclusive AI breeding could boost Australian beef production

There’s potential for Australian beef producers to accelerate the genetic improvement of their herds and boost production by breeding exclusively with artificial insemination (AI) and embryo transfer (ET) systems. Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging (ICMJ) team member Austin Smith toured the US in January for a series of training events and competitions and also spent time […]

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MLA seeks sheepmeat and northern cattle skills in board search

Meat & Livestock Australia has launched a selection process that will lead to the appointment of two directors to the industry service delivery company’s board at the end of the year. Under the selection process, the MLA board selection committee nominates two chosen candidates to fill the vacant seats, with stakeholders either endorsing or rejecting […]

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Cell-based meat could emit 25 times more than retail beef, study

RESEARCHERS from a renowned university in the United States say traditional meat production is likely to have less of an environmental footprint than producing meat in a lab. The group from University of California Davis recently did life-cycle assessments on lab-grown meat and compared it to the warming potential of conventional meat. It has released […]

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A Modern Take on European Stoves for Wood Heating

The Nectre Form 1 is a thoroughly modern rethink of how a compact wood heater should be, inspired by the past. Taking inspiration from classic European stoves of the 1940s, and adapting to the Australian climate, Nectre Form 1 has a narrow, deep firebox that firewood can be loaded lengthways into – which means that […]

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Three WA/QLD abattoirs put to market

The Geraldton Meat Export plant, located about 400km north of Perth   THREE smaller sheepmeat and beef processing plants in Western Australia and Queensland have been placed on the market this month – all for sale by expressions of interest. The fact that red meat processing is again moving back into profitable margins, and global […]

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