BLUE chip south-west Queensland properties Undabri and Yambocully have been listed for sale for around $100 million by their Chinese owners. Located near Goondiwindi, in the Border Rivers region, the aggregation has a history of growing summer and winter crops in addition to supporting a cattle enterprise. Close to cotton gins, grains receival sites and […]

WITH millions of hectares of Northern Australia currently on fire, the role of grazing animals for fire mitigation and avoiding associated emissions has been creating discussion. Large parts of the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland have all burnt in the past two months – with many of those blazes still active. With the fires […]

IN a stark reflection of the tough trading conditions for beef processors last year, the Northern Cooperative Meat Co in northern NSW has announced an $11 million after-tax loss for its 2022-23 financial year, ended June 30. The result – the worst in at least ten years – followed a $7.9 million loss the year […]

Yarding 3393 Change -157 Interim report. The number of cattle penned at Dalby increased over 1,000 head to 3,550. A small sample from South Australia was included in the lineup along with 129 head from New South Wales and 763 from far Western Queensland plus 2,645 from the local supply area. A fair panel of buyers […]

An unprecedented campaign against anti-farming policies has been launched today by new NFF President David Jochinke in his first day in the role. Speaking in Canberra at the National Farmers’ Federation National Conference, Mr Jochinke called on parliamentarians to stand up against policies which threaten to slash billions from farm production. “Farmers have always put […]

THE calm scene of a rider and horse slowly threading through a pen of feedlot cattle masks the complexity of interactions and diagnostic calls taking place. From their vantage point in the saddle, Elders Killara Feedlot’s Billie-Jean Svenson and Jorjia Edwards provided a masterclass in pen riding techniques to an attentive audience of feedlot owners and […]