Lotfeeding

Feedgrain Focus: Wheat, sorghum firm amid thin trade

Wheat has firmed in response to thin selling from growers, while barley has traded sideways to lower as packers call for containerised sorghum…Read More

Beef Central, 18/03/2024

Feedgrain Focus: Prices plumb new lows

Prices have plumbed new lows for the season as thin export demand allows values to sink in line with hefty falls overnight in futures values…Read More

Liz Wells, 11/03/2024

Animal wellbeing focus delivers results for WA lotfeeders

Western Australia’s 7000-head Kylagh Feedlot is a testament to how best practice management to create a low-stress environment for cattle delivers results – with shade one of the key ingredients…Read More

Beef Central, 04/03/2024

WA watching eastern states closely says young lotfeeder

A young Western Australian feedlot feed manager says the west is watching the east closely, while working through some of its own unique challenges, as the local grainfed scales up…Read More

Eric Barker, 29/02/2024

Feedgrain Focus: Slow fert access, low prices stifle selling

Grower selling of wheat and barley has slowed to a crawl as the southern market plumbs new lows for the current crop year, and the northern market’s attention turns to sorghum…Read More

Liz Wells, 24/02/2024

Numbers on feed hit new record of almost 1.3 million head

Cattle numbers on feed across the grainfed beef industry have set a new record, with the December quarter feedlot survey showing just short of 1.3 million head. The result was up more than 36,000 head or 3pc from the September quarter, and 150,000 more than this time last year…Read More

Beef Central, 23/02/2024

Feedgrain Focus: Prices ease despite FAW threat

A softening in global values has seen eastern Australian feedgrain prices ease in the past week amid subdued demand from export and domestic customers…Read More

Beef Central, 19/02/2024

Date claimer: Grainfed industry’s BeefEx event returns to Brisbane

The grainfed beef industry’s showcase biennial conference event, BeefEx 24, returns to Brisbane in October this year…Read More

Beef Central, 16/02/2024

Grainfed margins remain negative, but improving as feeder prices soften, trading budget shows

A softening in feeder steer prices over the past week has pushed margins on 100-day grainfed cattle a little closer to breakeven – but the numbers remain mostly in the red, for the timebeing…Read More

Jon Condon, 14/02/2024

Take a virtual feedlot tour, to see what makes grainfed industry tick

The Australian Lot Feeders Association has launched its latest educational resource – a virtual feedlot tour – that promises to deliver an immersive ‘on farm’ experience of feedlot operations and..Read More

Beef Central, 12/02/2024

Feedgrain Focus: Prices soften amid thin export demand

Growers with wheat and barley to sell are watching bids drift lower in a bearish global market, and ample coverage on the domestic front…Read More

Liz Wells, 12/02/2024

Feedgrain Focus: Red Sea troubles set south’s firmer tone

Interest in Australian wheat has increased as Asian consumers and global traders react to uncertainty about getting southbound wheat safely through the Suez Canal…Read More

Liz Wells, 29/01/2024

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