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How to make the ultimate Bloody Mary prawn cocktail

Country Life’s kitchen garden cook Melanie Johnson shares a sensational recipe which makes the most of the cherry tomatoes now in season. ‘Cherry tomatoes are genetically related to wild currant tomatoes, which explains their delightful sweetness,’ says Melanie Johnson. They can be deployed in the simplest of manners, particularly with pasta. Add cherry tomatoes, a […]

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FutureBeef website has funding renewed for another four years

The FutureBeef program has been renewed for four years, ensuring the northern Australian beef industry continues to get the support it needs to deliver high-quality, sustainably produced products to consumers around the world. The $3.66 million program is a partnership between the Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australian governments, Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and […]

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Growing out young stock comes out on top in beef gross margin calculation

BEEF enterprises growing-out young stock continue to provide the best returns under New South Wales conditions, a long-running gross margins calculation carried out again in April this year has shown. Todd Andrew speaking at at earlier Wagyu conference NSWDPI Beef Development officer Todd Andrews in April carried out gross margin calculations on five different cattle […]

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Why the Webb family decided to start a soil carbon project

Precision Pasutres’ Hamish Webb explains some of the ins and outs of soil carbon farming. Photo: Mike Terry WHEN Hamish and Jess Webb purchased Myanbah on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, the property was in the middle of the 2019 drought, suffering a series of nutrient deficiencies and stocking rates were low. It […]

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All red meat industry participants can add value through ICMJ

Hugh Dawson asks a question the ICMJ Rockhampton event earlier this year. MY predisposition is to jump at anything that sounds like an opportunity, but when I first heard of ‘meat judging’ I had to stop and think… Like most producers, my experience was isolated to production systems and my knowledge of the post-farm-gate supply […]

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