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NT buffalo and cattle abattoir opens early, releases first grids

THE Northern Territory’s only significant abattoir has opened its doors early this year, releasing its first price grids for 2023. Owned by Central Agri, the Rum Jungle abattoir reopened in 2020 after being shut since 2003. While the abattoir has been operational in the past three years, it struggled to attract staff last year and […]

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Cricket: Cavaliers through to grand final

Cavaliers have booked a spot in the grand final of the Mount Isa Cricket Association’s A Grade competition after heavy rain forced desperate players on to the pitch with blow dryers. Click to check the original article.

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Top 25 Lotfeeders: No. 17 Elders Killara Feedlot

Location: Killara, Quirindi NSW One-time capacity: 22,000 head Annual turnoff: 65,000 head 2015 position: 10; 2003 position: 5 (Killara and Charlton combined).   WHETHER it is reducing reliance on antibiotics, reducing emissions or finding new markets for cattle, Elders’ Killara feedlot has seen plenty of innovations in recent years. The yard feeds cattle for a […]

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Top 25 Lotfeeders: No. 16 Elders Killara Feedlot

Location: Killara, Quirindi NSW One-time capacity: 22,000 head Annual turnoff: 65,000 head 2015 Top 25 position: 10; 2003 position: 5 (Killara and Charlton combined).   WHETHER it is reducing reliance on antibiotics, reducing emissions or finding new markets for cattle, Elders’ Killara feedlot has seen plenty of innovations in recent years. The yard feeds cattle […]

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Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 15 Mar 2023

A tropical low produced weekly totals of 300 to 600 mm over the Gulf Country in north-west Queensland; this is about 2.5 to 5 times the March average for these areas. This heavy rainfall produced record flood levels along the Nicholson, Gregory and Leichhardt rivers, and significant flows into the Lake Eyre basin. Widespread weekly […]

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Roma sale 14 Mar 2023: Numbers fall with rain

Yarding 1600 Change -4040 Some good falls of rain across the supply area caused numbers to fall to 1600 head of cattle at Roma this week. Quality was mixed with mostly local cattle penned alongside one large consignment of high content heifers from NSW. Despite additional orders from Western Queensland prices remained firm on last […]

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Assistance for flood-affected producers – Beef Central

Category B disaster financial assistance activated for primary producers Producers in six Local Government Areas can apply for concessional loans of up to $250,000 Loans of up to $100,000 for working capital to continue doing business, and freight subsidies of up to $5,000 are also available. ADDITIONAL financial recovery assistance is available for primary producers impacted […]

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Tribute King wins 2023 Hannam Vale Cup for trainer Paul Shailer | The Land

Starting from an outside barrier, the eight-year-old gelding by Redoute’s Choice horse Tickets, Listen To The Band, ridden by Jake Pracey-Holmes, made it four successive wins when defeating the Brett Robb, Dubbo, trained Sizzle Minizzle, which spilt Lundholm’s third-placed Smooth Esprit and fourth, Hit The Rim. Click to check the original article.

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