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How ‘levelling-up’ in the Arts has backfired for regional theatres: ‘It’s the guillotine, not the salami-slicer’

London and the South of England have long been the primary beneficiaries of Arts funding, but is the Government’s latest plan to ‘level up’ actually doing the opposite? Claire Jackson investigates. There was an inevitability to the recent announcement that Glyndebourne would not undertake its usual tour this autumn. The East Sussex-based opera company, which […]

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What the critics of GWP star are saying

THE GWP star metric of measuring livestock-related methane emissions has been gaining plenty of attention recently, with one of its biggest proponents touring Australia. Well-known scientist, from University of California Davis, Frank Mitloehner recently visited the southern states and Western Australia and took time to speak to Beef Central. (Articles linked at the bottom) Prof […]

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Top 25 Lotfeeders: No. 24 North Australian Pastoral Co, Wainui

Locations (1): Wainui feedlot, Bowenville QLD One time capacity: 14,145 SCU, currently feeding 18,268 head 2022 cattle turnoff: 58,000 head 2015 Top 25 position: 14  2003 position 19 (7200 head).   The North Australian Pastoral Co’s Wainui feedlot on Queensland’s Darling Downs is part of a vertically integrated grainfed beef business, with 90 percent of […]

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S3 Ep5: Live export industry pioneer Rick Trivett

Welcome back to the 2023 third series of Beef Central podcasts, the Weekly Grill, with host Kerry Lonergan. This week’s podcast features an interview with live export industry pioneer Dr Rick Trivett. Austrex’s Dr Richard Trivett As the head of Austrex, Rick has ridden the peaks and troughs of the Australian live export industry, pioneering […]

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