According to the latest USDA Cattle on Feed report published last week, feedlot inventories were below year-ago levels for the fifth consecutive month. There was an estimated 11.70 million head of cattle on feed as of February 1, 4% lower than February 1, 2022. For perspective, February 2022 feedlot inventories were historically large, partly explaining […]
NCBA is pleased to announce the hiring of Rebecca Barnett as director of animal health and food safety policy in its Washington, D.C. office. Barnett will be working on issues such as traceability, Dietary Guidelines, animal welfare and food safety. Barnett is from a small California ranching community in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. She received […]
Providing ample, high-quality grazing delivers many far-reaching benefits — from reduced feed costs to a healthier, more productive herd. But whether due to too little or too much moisture, our grazing lands have taken a beating. They need recovery. And that takes time. An emphasis on rebuilding pastures during 2023 will pay off as market […]
Fatty acids, like amino acids, minerals and vitamins, are nutrients required by beef animals for a lot of physiological functions including energy, cell membrane integrity, immune health and most notably reproductive performance. “Fatty acids play numerous roles in the body,” said Ethan Schlegel, director of Research and Nutrition for New Generation Supplements. “From the simplest […]
ATAR dux Chelsea Mulcahy, from Narrogin, studied ATAR English, Maths Methods, Human Biology and Chemistry and was the school’s only student last year to complete the advanced, maths specialist course, which was her one online School of Isolated andDistance Education (SIDE) course. Click to check the original article.
A total of eight Merino operations entered their ewe flocks in the 43rd Annual Don Brown Memorial Merino Ewe Competition, with their gates open on February 21. Click to check the original article.
“Mostly it’s been young cattle going south to finish – it’s not like the old days when 700 or 800 head were walked in to load at Gilliat,” he said. “People are putting more crops in now, and that will finish cattle up here, with grain and cotton seed, so going forward, I think the […]
Toowoomba Regional Council moves to “alert” due to the fast moving fire burning west of Dalby. Click to check the original article.
There are few issues that raise the ire of regional communities as passionately as loss of services. Click to check the original article.
Gina Rinehart, with some of Hancock’s growing Wagyu herd THIS week’s property review looks at reasons behind the change in direction for Gina Rinehart’s two pastoral businesses – Hancock Agriculture and the S. Kidman & Co joint venture – and some interesting developments in the property space concerning the companies. Nobody has been more active […]
With the $26,000 top-priced Charolais bull Venturon Start The Party S97 (by Venturon Hamish H6) purchased by the Holzwart family, Bauhinia Park Charolais stud, Emerald, Queensland, at the third annual Venturon Livestock on-property bull sale at Boyup Brook last Friday were Nutrien Livestock, Boyup Brook agent Jamie Abbs (left), Nutrien Livestock, Manjimup representative Laurence Grant, […]
“This is the reality of coal seam gas expansion – once-beautiful farming districts are irreparably degraded and industrialised due to the drilling of many hundreds of gas wells, access roads, and wastewater treatment plants,” Lock the Gate national coordinator Ellen Roberts said in a statement. Click to check the original article.