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October beef exports reach four-year high, headlined by US trade

IN LINE with growing production momentum over the past two months, Australian beef exports for October reached 105,131 tonnes – their highest monthly level since the end of the drought liquidation cycle in December 2019. Most major export destinations saw rises, headlined by shipments to the United States, which hit their highest monthly level since […]

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Chocolate Hills red tag ewes make $252 | Farm Weekly

The Broun family, JP & JL Broun, Chocolate Hills, Beverley, achieved the $252 top price in last weeks Nutrien Livestock Maternal Ewe Sale which was held on AuctionsPlus. The Brouns line contained 100 red tag (1.5-year-old) UltraWhite ewes. The line was purchased by Nutrien Livestock Breeding representative and sale co-ordinator Roy Addis for a client […]

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October red meat exports hit a four-year high | The Land

Mr Jackson said this means that so far in 2023, Australia has exported 171,587t of beef to mainland China, which puts Australia on-track to go over the 196,349t quota-free limit set out in the Australia-China Free Trade Agreement before the end of the year, which would trigger the quota safeguard and impose an additional tariff […]

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Multi-disciplinary project aims to predict stress in cattle

Oklahoma State University researchers have launched a $1 million, four-year, multi-disciplinary project to study stress in cattle using artificial intelligence and sensor technologies. “I had a theory that some of these animals may be genetically predisposed to becoming dark cutters or having heart failure or being less efficient due to physical stressors and animal-environment interactions,” […]

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