CASINO developer Star Entertainment Group has secured a 170 hectare parcel of farmland in South-East Queensland to help manage its future carbon emissions reduction and to support biodiversity and native forest regeneration. The Star will use the land near Gympie as its first carbon credits project, as well as create a nature-based farm partnering with […]

INDEPENDENT meat and livestock industry analyst Simon Quilty thinks Meat & Livestock Australia’s recent 2023 beef herd estimate may be close to three million head too high. Mr Quilty, from Global Agritrends, is one of a number of industry stakeholders who have raised questions about the herd estimate over the past week. “I cannot overstate […]

A SLOW-MOVING surface low trough brought heavy falls and thunderstorms across eastern New South Wales, and eastern and central Queensland. Weekly totals greater than 100 mm were recorded in the tropical north of Australia, with weekly totals of more than 300 mm recorded in some pockets. The highest weekly total at a Bureau gauge was […]

Yarding 3724 Change -1552 Roma combined agents yarded a total of 3,724, down by 1,552 head. Most cattle were sourced from local areas alongside two consignments from western NSW. Overall quality of yearling cattle was fairly mixed and while restockers were the main buyers of medium weight cattle, they operated selectively, and most categories of […]

In a captivating and thought-provoking presentation to the Societal Role of Meat conference in Dublin, Dr Candace Croney, director of the centre for Animal Welfare Science at Purdue University in Washington DC, was asked to talk about ethical considerations surrounding meat consumption. Dr Candace Croney addressing the Societal Role of Meat conference in Dublin. The […]