Opinion

Opinion: Industry should focus on biosecurity budget, not levy

No one likes extra taxes but Australian farmers are major beneficiaries of a robust well funded Biosecurity system…Read More

Markus Rathsmann, 19/03/2024

Opinion: How red tape makes communities less safe at times of fire

We should not face the rest of this fire season, and the ones yet to come, with rules and regulations that prevent communities from being able to properly prepare to defend themselves from the harsh realities of life in the bush, writes Lachlan Clark from the Insitute of Public Affairs…Read More

Lachlan Clark, 10/11/2023

Opinion: A powerful voice representing cattle producers and beef lovers

As custodians of 51% of Australia’s agricultural landmass, and the single largest contributor to the nation’s $95 billion farm sector, the grass-fed cattle industry is an economic and social powerhouse that has, for too long, had its voice muffled and diluted through its own inability to work collaboratively in advocacy and representation…Read More

Cattle Australia Director and Interim CEO, Adam Coffey, 16/10/2023

Opinion: Food is fundamental to Australia’s security

The release of Australia’s defence strategic review in April was a defining moment. But for a document that points squarely at the need for every part of Australia to pitch in, it was disappointing that the unclassified version didn’t mention food or agriculture, contributor Andrew Henderson says…Read More

Andrew Henderson, 13/10/2023

Skin Deep Issues: Understanding LSD and Australian relationships with Indonesia

The current situation in Indonesia is already having a huge impact on Australian producers in the north, and underlines an ongoing failure by Australia to understand how Indonesia, and Asia in general, works, writes Dr Michael Patching in this opinoin piece for Beef Central. ..Read More

Dr Michael Patching, 06/09/2023

Opinion: CN30 was a poor decision and should be replaced with Climate Neutral

The way Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) and the Australian Government are approaching cattle methane does not align with how the natural world functions, writes farmer and Carbon Grazing principle author Alan Lauder. ..Read More

Alan Lauder, 30/08/2023

Opinion: Yawning gap between retail and livestock price information disadvantages producers

A lack of collection of retail price data means producers have no information on what consumers are paying and what should be a fair price for their livestock, writes NSW producer Andrew Dunlop in this opinion piece…Read More

Andrew Dunlop, 04/07/2023

Opinion: The Carbon Dioxide ‘problem’ will be gone in ten years

The green policy is illogically limiting the amount of food available to civilisation in an environmentally destructive way, and the mathematics of their policies are even more concerning, NSW cattle producer George King writes in this contributed opinion piece. ..Read More

George King, 09/06/2023

Chris Howie: Season changes and pricing follows

As the season has changed so has the feel around pricing, Chris Howie writes in this month’s wrap of cattle and sheep market trends from around Australia…Read More

Chris Howie , 04/04/2023

Opinion: Guilt-free animal protein

As protein producers, we have 98 percent of the population who we should be engaging with…Read More

George King, 23/03/2023

Sun sets on Cattle Council of Australia

FORTY-three years of history as Australia’s national grassfed cattle producer representative body formally ended with a simple vote of the members of Cattle Council of Australia present at its final annual general meeting this morning…Read More

James Nason, 12/12/2022

He’s an outspoken advocate for balance in livestock science. Now he is under attack.

Despite his work with the livestock industry to reduce environmental impacts, Professor Frank Mitloehner has recently been singled out for attack in “coordinated hit pieces” by the New York Times and Greenpeace…Read More

James Nason, 24/11/2022

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