Three key pillars in processing sector’s 2025-2030 strategic plan

Australia’s red meat processing industry will focus on three key pillars in its 2025-2030 five year strategic plan released this week. The strategic plan aligns with similar documents released by MLA and RMAC over the past week. ..Read More

Beef Central, 03/07/2025

Weekly property review: Recently completed sales

Two NQ cattle stations change hands for $20m | Local expands with New England’s Eulabah Aggregation | NT Government secures Silkwood | Toowoomba’s impressive Stanton sells under the hammer | North Burnett’s Lochaber passes-in at auction..Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, 02/07/2025

Movement at the Station: Recent QLD property listings

Desert uplands breeder block runs 1500 breeders | NQ floodplain grazing country well grassed | FNQ portfolio could make $9m-$10m | $10.5m for fully exclusion fenced grazing ..Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, 02/07/2025

Properties for sale – NSW and WA

$50m+ for WA’s The Oaks | Picturesque New England grazing country has development potential | Historic Mylora lists as two separate assets..Read More

Property editor Linda Rowley, 02/07/2025

Angus feeder prices on par with Wagyu F1s, as mid-tier market strengthens

The market for Angus feeder steers is now level-pegging with F1 Wagyu, as the southern drought creates a shortage of Angus cattle while tough conditions for the Wagyu market persist…Read More

Eric Barker, 02/07/2025

Millungera EOI will test market for corporate-scale cattle holdings, could make $200-$250m  

One of Northwest Queensland’s showcase breeding and backgrounding properties will test the property market during an upcoming expressions of interest campaign, and could fetch north of $200m, if a buyer can be found…Read More

Jon Condon, 02/07/2025

Q&A with Michael Crowley: New MLA five-year plan, Value Based Marketing, changing tack on CN30 and elevating the industry’s story

The barriers standing in the way of plans to shift Australia’s red meat industry to a Value Based Marketing payment model, what’s next after CN30 was abandoned last week, and MLA’s plans to elevate industry communication efforts with consumers and the community are among the big ticket items Beef Central discussed with the MLA MD following the release of the new five-year strategic plan yesterday…Read More

James Nason, 02/07/2025

AI is coming for agriculture, but farmers aren’t convinced

What do the people working the land make of articificial intelligence? We interviewed dozens of Australian farmers about AI and digital technology, and found they had a sophisticated understanding of their own needs and how technology might help – as well as a wariness of tech companies’ utopian promises…Read More

Tom Lee, University of Technology Sydney, 02/07/2025

Research reinforces importance of spelling, managing stocking rate

If you’re managing tired paddocks and wondering how to bring them back to life, research from the long-running Wambiana grazing trial offers some clear answers. It’s not high-tech or expensive — it’s about resting your country or spelling…Read More

Beef Central, 25/06/2025

What is the New World Screwworm and what can be done about it?

A flesh-eating parasitic fly is invading North and Central America. The consequences could be severe for the cattle industry, but this parasite is not picky – it will infest a wide range of hosts, including humans and their pets…Read More

The Conversation, 20/06/2025

Roma sale 1 July 2025: Prices heat up

The market dearer for most steer and bullocks categories heifers were dependent on quality and type and weight and cows marginally dearer…Read More

Beef Central, 02/07/2025

Weekly genetics review: Overcoming ‘optimism bias’ at sale time

Although it may be subtle, one of the factors at play during bull sales is the influence of ‘Optimism Bias’ among both bull breeders and purchasers. The phenomenon has been the subject of some interesting recent research in the United States..Read More

Genetics editor Alastair Rayner, 01/07/2025

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