Vale Stan Wallace: “The biggest of big personalities, well-known & well-liked”

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

Dalby sale 18 June 2025: Southern exporters add to competition

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

Weekly property review: How the Federal Govt’s proposed super tax will impact rural landholders

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

Trend towards shortfeeding cows may have come to a close

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 processor Kilcoy files for US public listing

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

Jon Condon, 18/06/2025

Foreign ag companies divesting in Qld because of land tax surcharge

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

CarbonLink trials new soil tech to lower carbon farming costs

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

Federal Govt makes steps towards new savanna burning carbon method

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

Restocking after rain: Don’t sacrifice your perennial pastures

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

Roma sale 17 June 2025: Solid market for 8232 head

Finished bullocks well sought after as well as cows which improved on last sale…Read More

Guest Author, 18/06/2025

Weekly genetics review: Gauging maternal productivity in the rangelands

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

Beware of bull breakdown this sale season

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

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