Southern beef processor Australian Meat Group has received confirmation of China market access for the company’s large Dandenong beef facility in Victoria. Dandenong becomes the first new Australian red meat plant to gain access to the China market since 2017…Read More
Beef Central, 04/07/2024
Senior management and operations changes at JBS northern | MLA senior management moves | Remembering Sydney butchery personality, Terry Wright | Former Rabo, MLA economist joins agtech pioneer | New managers for Santa Gertrudis, Herefords..Read More
Jon Condon, 04/07/2024
While the cattle industry is currently working its way through vegetation management legislation being imposed by companies and export markets, some have been asking “isn’t this a job for the Government?”..Read More
Eric Barker, 04/07/2024
The effect of a drop of up to 70 percent in cattle prices on producer incomes has been underscored in a new report released by ABARES this week…Read More
Beef Central, 04/07/2024
The National Farmers’ Federation has welcomed the Coalition’s announcement showing bipartisan support for a mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct and significantly increased penalties for breaches by retailers…Read More
Beef Central, 03/07/2024
Researchers from UNE have unsparingly laid out the uncomfortable paradox experienced by women who marry into intergenerational family farming businesses…Read More
Beef Central, 03/07/2024
Australia’s next generation of meat industry professionals has embarked on five days of intensive industry education at the ICMJ National Conference in Wagga Wagga today…Read More
Beef Central, 03/07/2024
The Victorian Farmers Federation’s (VFF) livestock biosecurity and welfare initiative, Stock Sense, is experiencing record high attendance at its Victorian events and workshops, reflecting a growing appetite amongst producers and the community for its resources…Read More
Beef Central, 03/07/2024
A series of Queensland community renewable energy forums will kick off in Miles next week, with more to regional events to follow…Read More
Partitioning slaughter cattle drawn from separate paddocks on separate vendor declarations before consignment, and avoiding overnight lairage before slaughter were listed among a bunch of handy tips to help mitigate dark cutting in slaughter cattle offered to producers recently. The University of New England’s Dr Peter McGilchrist told a producer audience that there were a number of methods to try to reduce dark cutting penalties in cattle sold weight and grade…Read More
Jon Condon, 01/07/2024
Cattle Australia has been urged to go “toe-to-toe” with environmental groups on deforestation targets, as the organisation works towards developing a definition of deforestation in the Australian context…Read More
Eric Barker, 01/07/2024
‘It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future’, is a maxim (attributed to Yogi Berra, an American baseball player and coach) that I subscribe to. Another is Warren..Read More
Ian McLean, Bush Agribusiness, 01/07/2024