Diverse perspectives on show
Themed sessions demonstrated how soil is a crucial component of many aspects of life. Click to check the original article.
Why the luxury international property market is heading for balance in 2023
Mickey Alam Khan, President of Luxury Portfolio International, shares his views on the latest in the international property market leaned from LPI’s network of more than 250 independent luxury estate agencies worldwide. How has the luxury property market across the world changed this year? Our net takeaway is that not that much has changed at […]
Funding of $1.2m to push goat meat as a sustainable industry | The Land
“It will provide NSW producers with a framework to guide future investment in reproduction, grazing management, genetics and animal health, ensuring continuity of supply and sustained commodity value for goat producers, particularly in the western parts of our State. Click to check the original article.
Confinement feeding considerations for beef
Confinement feeding may be an alternative as cattlemen face the tough decision between feeding or herd liquidation. Karla Wilke, professor and cow-calf and stocker management specialist at the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff, says proper management considerations and taking advantage of feedstuffs opportunities can make for a healthy herd and […]
‘By the time I reached chapter seven I was nauseated by the sheer volume of stuff I owned’
Jonathan Self’s chance encounter with a book shifts the way he sees his belongings… but how long will his urge to declutter last? You can’t judge a book by its title. I have no idea how Possessed by Bruce Hood made its way onto my bedside table, but there it has been lurking, unread, for […]
Tremendous result in Pine Creek's first sole female sale
Offering females at live auction for the first time in over 20 years, Pine Creek Angus, Woodstock, had a full clearance of pregnancy-tested-in-calf heifers in their Pine Creek festive Female sale with buyers from across NSW, Queensland, and South Australia securing stud females. Click to check the original article.
Charleville’s Ed Wade moves into grazing goats thanks to QRIDA first start loan | Queensland Country Life
However, a desire to seek alternative incomes sources led him to successfully apply for a first start loan from the Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority, which helped him move into goats as well as install inclusion fencing and a new dam. Click to check the original article.
CSIRO report backs ag-based carbon methodologies
AUSTRALIA’S national science agency CSIRO has published an assessment of twelve carbon sequestration technologies and the role they could play in helping Australia reach net zero emissions. The report, prepared for the Climate Change Authority with co-funding from the Clean Energy Regulator, looks at a range of carbon sequestration options for supporting Australia’s national emissions […]
MLA’s 2022 cattle market year in review
BUYER demand, a greater selectivity on quality and wet weather were the hallmarks of a historically momentous 2022 year for Australia’s cattle industry. Australia’s cattle market continued to experience exceptional operating conditions on-farm in 2022, with above-average weather patterns supporting improved long-term confidence. However, the wet weather also hampered cattle performance in both the paddock […]
17-year-old gives back so the show can go on
Saleyard obsession steers South Burnett boy into the cattle industry. Click to check the original article.
Unity, sense of purpose keys for new Cattle Australia board
New CA chairman David Foote, flanked by his six northern and southern zone directors at last night’s CA launch in Brisbane THE broader beef industry got its first chance to get a bead on freshly-minted Cattle Australia chair, David Foote, and his board during the new grassfed cattle industry peak council’s official launch held […]
Senate inquiry recommends biosecurity import levy
What does Swiss Cheese have to do with biosecurity? This illustrative infographic developed by Dr Aaron Dodd of the University of Melbourne, and highlighted in the senate inquiry report, shows how multi-layered biosecurity strategies work: – “Biosecurity is like a block of swiss cheese,” Dr Dodd explains. “Every slide has holes, but when those holes […]