AUSTRALIA’S second largest lotfeeder has laid out its plans to significantly expand as it grapples with new challenges in staffing the operation. Mort & Co livestock manager Brett Campbell presented at today’s Australian Brahman Breeders’ Association conference in Rockhampton – running through the future direction of the company and facing questions about many issues, including […]
WITH Europe passing laws to prevent the import of goods linked to deforestation, a group of Queensland producers is hoping to use a recent visit from burger chain McDonalds to help form fairer legislation. Beef is one of the products Europe has named on its new non-tariff trade barrier – requiring producers to prove they […]
Top price at $32,000, Hazeldean S84 – Nick Harton, Jim Hindmarsh and Son, Braidwood, Ed Bradley, Hazeldean, buyer Kim Dyson, Masterton Pastoral Co., Goulburn, Jim Litchfield, Hazeldean, auctioneer Hamish McGeoch, Nutrien, EWagga Wagga, and Bea Litchfield, Hazeldean, Cooma. Click to check the original article.
‘Have Your Say’ consultation is now open on a redraft of existing legislation that underpins Australia’s agricultural levy system. The legislation is being simplified and streamlined after 30 years in operation. Agricultural levies are for industry, led by industry and have been a key contributor to the continuing success of Australia’s agriculture, fisheries and forestry […]
THE official countdown to Beef 2024 is underway, with tomorrow marking 12 months to go until the nation’s largest beef industry exposition. Bryce Camm Beef Australia chairman Bryce Camm said with the event taking place from 5 to 11 May 2024, anticipation is building for what promises to be a spectacular showcase of the […]
Yarding 3887 Change -2988 All the usual export buyers were in attendance and operating on reduced prices in the cow section. Light weight yearling steers and heifers returning to the paddock averaged 25c to 30c/kg less. Yearling steers to feed were firm to marginally cheaper. Yearling heifers to feed were firm to 8c/kg cheaper and […]
CATTLE Australia is calling on the Federal Government to provide permanent and sustainable funding for biosecurity in next week’s federal budget. Australia’s biosecurity system is not fully funded on a permanent basis, and it relies on annual funding decisions to get the resourcing it needs. The grassfed beef cattle industry has been calling for sustainable […]
“Bank branch closures have occurred all over the Flynn electorate in communities such as Gladstone, Tannum Sands, Moura, Biloela, Theodore, Emerald, Springsure, Capella, Mundubbera, Gin Gin, Gayndah, Gracemere, Taroom, Wondai, Monto and Mount Morgan,” he said. Click to check the original article.
In a major coup for Western Australia, Perth has been selected as the new host for evokeAG 2024 Click to check the original article.
Scampi evokes easy pasta dishes or deep-fried pub grub, but call them langoustines and you have a dish fit for a king — or, indeed, The King, says Tom Parker Bowles. What a difference a name makes. On the one hand, there’s scampi, breaded and deep fried, yours for less than a tenner, preferably presented in a […]
Other charity animals included a 415kg Angus steer donated by the Diemel family, sold for $3100, a black baldy steer, 360kg, donated by Wantagong, Holbrook, sold for $2600, a black baldy steer, 300kg, donated by DW and CM Phegan, Walla Walla sold for $2500 and another black baldy steer, 280kg, donated by Mick Lumby, Barranduda, […]
A search and rescue operation is under way for a missing paddler after an outrigger canoe was found about 100 metres offshore from Thursday Island in Far North Queensland. Click to check the original article.