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Have Australian feedlot emissions been overestimated?

AUSTRALIA’S growing feedlot sector is set to play a major role in the beef industry’s quest to become carbon neutral, with its efficiency in bringing large numbers of cattle to slaughter weight and large-scale trials on the use of methane suppressing feed additives underway. But the methodology used to measure feedlot emissions is being put […]

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Weekly rainfall update + rain outlook 7 September 2022

TROPICAL moisture combined with weather systems over the week to produce significant rainfall over large parts of the country. Weekly rainfall totals exceeding 100 mm were recorded in inland areas of Western Australia and southern Queensland as well as along the northern coastline of New South Wales. Monthly daily records were exceeded at many sites […]

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Tasmanian winner in AgriFutures National Rural Women’s Award

Stephen Hannan (Westpac), Kimberley Furness (National Runner Up), Senator the Hon. Murray Watt, Stephanie Trethewey (National Winner), Kay Hull AO (Chair, AgriFutures Australia), Tania Motton (Westpac). TASMANIAN beef producer, podcaster and founder of Motherland Australia, Stephanie Trethewey has officially been named as the 2022 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award Winner for her work in providing services, […]

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