Legendary Queensland stock and station agent Stan Wallace – known to his thousands of friends and colleagues as ‘Old son’ – has passed away overnight, following a short illness…Read More
Jon Condon, 19/06/2025
Southern export buyers were included in the buying panel along with the regular feed and trade operators. Restocker buyers operated selectively on yearling steers and heifers under 300kg with the steer portion 8c cheaper and the heifers over 30c/kg less…Read More
Beef Central, 19/06/2025
This week’s property review continues our two-part examination of the impact of the Federal Government plans to tax unrealised gains in superannuation for rural landholders. This week, three senior financial advisors and accountants add their perspective to the likely impact of the tax on rural landholders…Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, 18/06/2025
With lighter cows under considerable price pressure in parts of eastern and southern Australia over the past six months, there’s evidence that some cows have been directed into grain-assist programs, either in commercial feedlots or using self-feeders in the paddock. Much of the current momentum in grain-assisting light cows is built on the strong global demand for manufacturing meat, particularly into the US and China. ..Read More
Jon Condon, 18/06/2025
Chinese-owned Australian-based red meat processor and exporter Kilcoy Global Foods has filed for a public listing in the United States, in a move designed to raise capital for strategic investments and acquisitions, expanded production and greater automation…Read More
The Qld Government’s foreign ownership land tax is forcing companies to divest in the sunshine state and purchase farms in other states. ..Read More
Kerry Lonergan and Lydia Burton, 18/06/2025
Soil carbon service provider, CarbonLink, has commenced early-stage trials of emerging soil sensing technologies, aiming to make soil carbon measurement faster, more affordable, and more accessible for Australian producers…Read More
Sponsored Content, 17/06/2025
The Federal Government has taken the next step in the development of a new savanna burning carbon methodology, with the release of a tool that calculates the carbon credit opportunities on potential project areas…Read More
Beef Central, 18/06/2025
With good rain across most of Victoria, farmers may be looking to return stock to paddocks following months of containment feed, but they are being urged to consider the potential impacts of returning stock to deep-rooted perennials too early…Read More
Beef Central, 18/06/2025
Finished bullocks well sought after as well as cows which improved on last sale…Read More
Guest Author, 18/06/2025
Given much of Australia’s grazing land is technically classified as rangelands – much of it in arid and semi-arid landscapes where it is harder to manage the environmental impact on production, genetic selection becomes even more important. A paper delivered during the recent Rangelands Congress in Adelaide provided a neat summary of some learnings on this, and how they apply…Read More
Genetics editor Alastair Rayner, 17/06/2025
With this year’s winter-spring bull sales underway, as with any investment, it’s important to consider how to best protect assets and maximise productivity. When it comes to bulls, particularly virgin bulls, one of the largest threats is balanoposthitis – or inflammation of the penis and prepuce…Read More
Beef Central, 17/06/2025