Winter cereal prices have dropped by up to $20/t in the past week in response to softer global markets, welcome rain in SA and Vic, and transfers out of warehousing…Read More
Liz Wells, 24/06/2024
Recent research has shown that a 1979 vintage equation used to determine the levels of enteric methane emissions from feedlot cattle may overestimate the numbers…Read More
Beef Central, 18/06/2024
Dry conditions in SA and western Vic have boosted demand for feed barley to lift up-country prices above weakening export values…Read More
Liz Wells, 17/06/2024
Consumer expectations, animal welfare and the standoff between renewable energy infrastructure and food production will feature among the hot topics being explored at this year’s biennial BeefEx 2024 grainfed beef industry conference being staged in October…Read More
Beef Central, 11/06/2024
A flurry of grower selling and correcting global markets have seen prices for wheat and barley ease in the past week to end the rally seen throughout May…Read More
Liz Wells, 10/06/2024
A scholarship exposing young students studying agriculture to the forage and silage industry is set to open again this year…Read More
Typical feeder cattle entering an export grainfed program this week would represent an $71 a head trading loss, while better performers would be closer to break-even, Beef Central’s latest grainfed trading budget suggests…Read More
Beef Central, 05/06/2024
Widespread rain over much of Australia’s grain-growing areas has seen prices dip by $3-$5/t in recent days, but values are nonetheless above where they were a week ago…Read More
Liz Wells, 03/06/2024
GrainCorp could soon be producing more meal products for the stockfeed sector as it reveals plans to open a new oilseed-crushing refinery as soon as 2026, with potential to build more crushing plants in the future…Read More
Emma Alsop, 03/06/2024
Numbers on feed across the Australian grainfed industry hit a new record high during the March quarter, totalling 1.354 million head. The new milestone adds a further 60,000 head on top of the previous December quarter record…Read More
Beef Central, 30/05/2024
In a mostly dry week for growers, wheat, barley and sorghum prices have rallied, despite an uptick in selling from growers who are mostly in the last week or two of sowing…Read More
Liz Wells, 27/05/2024
Feedlot businesses and their staff are encouraged to showcase their talent and be positioned as industry leaders by applying for a variety of awards run by Australian Lot Feeders’ Association…Read More
Beef Central, 22/05/2024