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When North Queensland turned P!NK

The capital of North Queensland became “Pinksville” as (very full) trains, planes and automobiles, not to mention dusty utes, Toyota wagons and bush buses, poured in from all corners of the north for the final two concerts of singing superstar P!NK’s 2024 national Summer Carnival tour…Read More

Roger Desailly, 20/03/2024

National Feedbase Summary 28 March 2024

On a national basis, there has been a largely positive trend to biomass accumulation and growth…Read More

Al Rayner, Cibo Labs, 28/03/2024

Recruitment: Four ways to help retain valued employees

In the lead-up to Easter, there’s been another avalanche of new and exciting jobs listed in our recruitment section this week. Click on this item to view latest listings, and read this week’s HR article offering advice on ways to help retain good staff…Read More

Beef Central, 05/02/2016

Australian-focused definition of deforestation to be launched at Beef 2024

Cattle Australia says it hopes to have a definition of deforestation in the Australian context across the supply chain ready for launch at Beef 2024. It comes amid a recent ramping up of reporting requirements across suply chains, which Rabobank’s Angus Gidley-Baird covered in detail at last week’s NTCA annual conference. ..Read More

James Nason, 27/03/2024

JBS reports full year pre-tax earnings of $US3.5b, down 49pc    

THE world’s largest animal protein producer, JBS, has filed its full year results for the year ended December 31, reporting global business net revenue of US$73 billion – much the..Read More

Jon Condon, 27/03/2024

Biosecurity levy on farmers a ‘free kick’ for importers: NFF

Labor’s current biosecurity protection levy proposal would give food importers a “free kick” against Australian agriculture, National Farmers Federation president David Jochinke said this week…Read More

Terry Sim, 27/03/2024

Senate inquiry to probe Glencore’s proposed GAB carbon capture

A Senate inquiry will be set up to probe a controversial proposal from mining giant Glencore to truck waste carbon dioxide from a Southern Queensland power station and pump it into an aquifer of the Great Artesian Basin…Read More

Beef Central, 26/03/2024

Lift in confidence, herd size evident in industry’s trail-blazing Beef Producer Intentions Survey

While the variances are modest, a comprehensive national beef producer survey released today suggests the Australian beef herd is growing moderately this year – not declining, as suggested in MLA’s recent 2024 Industry Projections report. In what was considered a strong response, 3767 grassfed beef producers from across the nation participated in the inaugural annual survey back in November…Read More

Beef Central, 25/03/2024

NTCA 2024: Unity plea as livestock sector faces “fork in the road”

A tangible sense that the livestock sector is at a critical juncture and faces an unprecendented challenge to secure the industry for future generations permeated several speeches at the Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association’s 40th annual conference in Alice Springs last Friday…Read More

James Nason, 25/03/2024

Rural Commodities Index continues its steady climb north 

The NAB Rural Commodities Index* increased 2.2% month-on-month in February, and is now back up around levels last seen in April 2023…Read More

Beef Central, 25/03/2024

NTCA 2024: NT producers celebrate 40 years of a ‘formidable organisation’

The Federal Government came in for scathing criticism from outgoing Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association president David Connolly this morning as more than 400 people gathered in Alice Springs to celebrate the association’s 40th anniversary…Read More

James Nason, 22/03/2024

Beef processor profitability returning to normal range, after October spike

After spiking briefly late last year when cattle prices went into free-fall around October, beef processor profit margins are again back within the normal range, a recent analyst calculation shows…Read More

Beef Central, 22/03/2024

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