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Weekly genetics review: Presenting EBVs in a sale catalogue

Editor’s note:  Tonight’s genetics review is the last for the Autumn 2023 bull selling season. Columnist Alastair Rayner will return in late June to preview the Spring 2022 bull selling period, and will continue to file weekly reports through to the end of the year. In the meantime we thank the many bull breeders Australia-wide […]

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mRNA project aims to rapidly produce cattle disease vaccines

MEAT & Livestock Australia has funded a project to produce and test mRNA vaccines that can be rapidly mass produced in Australia in the event of a lumpy skin disease or other exotic disease outbreak. Here, MLA’s Program Manager for Animal Wellbeing, Michael Laurence explains more about this project and what it will deliver. “This […]

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NVLX Wodonga 2 May 2023: Cow prices vary with selective buying

Selling action at Wodonga. Yarding 1500 Change + 300 Numbers lifted substantially with half the offering cows in all weights and grades. All of the usual export and domestic buyers were at the sale and processors were extremely selective on what types they would bid on. This caused big price variations, particularly in the cow […]

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Weekly kill: Qld grid prices steady, some rises in southern states

SOME regions of southern Australia have seen direct consignment grid prices kick 20c/kg this week, while there has been no substantive change in offers in Queensland. Best offers we have seen among the concentration of processors in southern Queensland this morning is 565-605c/kg on four-tooth grass ox (10c more on some grids for no HGP), […]

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Australian Export Award applications now open

The long-running awards program recognises the outstanding and invaluable contribution our exporters make to Australia’s economic prosperity. Since the inaugural awards in 1963, the program has recognised more than 2000 Australian businesses. “Our economy is stronger when global trade flows freely. We want more trade, not less,” Mr Farrell said. “That’s why we are encouraging […]

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Inverell agency merges with AWN, expanding the network

AWN has today announced the expansion of its network with Inverell-based livestock and property agency, C.L. Squires & Co, trading as AWN Squires. The agency has serviced Northern New South Wales and Southern Queensland for over fifty years. Operating out of the Inverell Livestock Exchange (IRLX) weekly, the team also hold monthly store sales, bull […]

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