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Hancock Ag outlays about $150m on Wee Waa aggregation

GINA Rinehart’s Hancock Agriculture has purchased three irrigated cropping properties in the Wee Waa region of New South Wales, in a transaction reportedly worth around $150 million. Industry sources have told Beef Central that Hancock Ag purchased the 6856ha aggregation from the Findley family, who have lived in the area for three generations. The transaction […]

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Indonesian live cattle trade at the crossroads

The live cattle trade between northern Australia and Indonesia has been an amazingly successful international trade phenomenon for most of the last 30 years. The resilience of the business model has been demonstrated on two separate occasions when the trade suddenly halted. The first was the Asian financial collapse in 1997/98, followed by the Australian […]

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Seasonal climate outlook Nov 2022-Jan 2023

Rainfall is likely to be above median for most of eastern Australia, with the highest probabilities occurring in November. Below median rainfall is likely for large parts of Western Australia. For the fortnight 31 October to 13 November, above median rainfall is likely for most of eastern Australia This increases to very likely for north-east […]

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