In this episode of The Week in Beef:

• Rain has boosted the EYCI to its highest point this year, Chris Howie joins us from the Dubbo saleyards.
• Beef Central’s Jon Condon shares what impact the rain is having on cattle supply for processors.
• As the vote for Cattle Australia’s levy review nears, James Nason takes us into the peak body’s annual conference.
• The new head of RMAC, Andrew Henderson explains his new role in the industry and why it cannot become complacent about fuel security.
• The number of the week looks at how fast you need to be going when driving through a plague of locusts, saleyard throughput in New South Wales, tick outbreaks in Queensland and how much a Captain in the Strait of Hormuz earns.

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Previous Week in Beef episodes

22 October – Producer’s biggest rain in three years | Market rallies | Meet the Aussie butcher team

15 October – Anticipation drives market rally | Cold storage shortage | The rise of the hump

8 October – Return ticket for NSW cattle | Behind proposed levy increase | Bargains at the butcher