WHILE the Australian beef herd rebuild is maturing and exports are beginning to rise, our main export competitors continue to face challenges. This has ultimately improved our trading outlook and highlighted the strength of Australian beef in the global market, MLA says. Australian beef exports for the first three months of 2023 totalled 220,828 tonnes […]
Locations: Prime City feedlot, Tabbita NSW; Riverina Beef feedlot, Yanco NSW; Caroona feedlot, Caroona NSW; Yambinya feedlot, Burraboi NSW; Beef City feedlot, Purrawunda, QLD; Mungindi feedlot, Mungindi QLD. Capacity: 154,000 SCU. Top 25 lotfeeders rank in 2015: 1; in 2003: 1 (AMH/Swift & Co) Annual turnoff: More than 300,000 head Angus cattle on feed […]
From 1pm onwards, the Mount Isa Irish Club will also be hosting games of two-up, the beloved Anzac day gambling tradition in which two coins are placed on a small piece of wood and tossed into the air while bets are laid on the outcome of the coin flip. Click to check the original article.
The Australian Defence Force’s ability to protect the nation has been undermined by its ongoing use in responding to devastating natural disasters, a major review has found. Click to check the original article.
Curr, who is ranked number four on the Australian national standings, secured a mammoth 86 points in round two at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre on Saturday to help his state to a win in Origin 1. Click to check the original article.
A number of other Queenslanders were also named in the 2023 Horzion scholars cohort, including Ella Fleming, Bachelor of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland; Imogen Morison, Bachelor of Agribusiness, University of Queensland; and Isaac Halling, Bachelor of Agricultural Engineering (Honours)/Bachelor of Science (Plant Agricultural Science), University of Southern Queensland. Click to check the original article.
COMMUNITY leaders from the flood-devastated Gulf of Carpentaria have travelled to the Queensland State Parliament to plead the case for recovery and resilience funding. L-R: Dan McKinlay CEO Burke Shire Council, Deputy Mayor Tonya Murray Burke Shire Council, Mayor Ernie Camp Burke Shire Council, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Robbie Katter State Member for Traeger and Anne […]
WHILE much of the methane-reduction focus has been centred on seaweed asparagopsis and 3NOP, scientists from the University of Queensland have found some interesting results in a suite of other additives. Meat & Livestock Australia, which funded the study, put an open call out to companies producing feed additives for methane reduction – some commercially […]
AgForce is calling for an urgent step change in ag education, following the controversial sale of Longreach Pastoral College. As industry and rural communities wait to find out who has acquired the State Government facility, the organisation is pushing for greater emphasis on industry education. Tenders for the Longreach Pastoral College were awarded on Friday. […]
Sally Gall Senior journalist – Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I’ve raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region – its history, tourism, education and communications. Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I’ve raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and […]
Highlights from the day included a number of local producers offering up quality females, including Bullrush Pastoral Pty Ltd, Nebo, selling Brangus cows for 285c/kg, weighing 611kg, to return $1743/hd, Santa Gertrudis cows offered by the Michelmore Family, Fort Cooper Past Co, Nebo, selling for 281c/kg at 640kg, returning $1800/hd, and Blenheim Station, Nebo, who […]
The Thompsons family, Venturon Livestock stud, Boyup Brook, had another sensational showing at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, including exhibiting the grand champion and senior champion bull. With Venturon Start the Party S97, which claimed the two awards, were Venturon Livestock principals Harris (left), Andrew and Anne Thompson, judge Kirrily Johnson-Iseppi, GK Livestock, Cecil Plains, […]