THE nation’s second largest beef processor will pass into US hands following a surprise announcement this morning that Teys Investments Pty Ltd will sell its 50pc stake to joint venture partner Cargill…Read More
Jon Condon, 05/06/2025
Brett Cattle Co secures Augathella’s Valera Vale | Chinese-owned Qld aggregation splits two ways | Circa $25m+ for landmark northern NSW holding | Miles family pays $15m for Goulburn Valley aggregation | Flinders Ranges lease sells locally | Local expands with Moonie district backgrounding country | NSW Golden Triangle property makes $10m | G&G’s Cashmere West goes under offer..Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, 04/06/2025
Retirement prompts sale of NQ blue ribbon grazing country | O’Sullivans offer CQ’s Lucie Station | Two New England grazing properties list separately | EOI for South Burnett aggregation | Versatile Banana block heads to auction..Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, 04/06/2025
How much does weather impact slaughter cattle prices? A recent statistical and economic analysis highlighted the significant influence of weather on Australian cattle and lamb markets, suggesting that up to 54pc of cattle price and 32pc of lamb price variability can be attributed to weather, over the long-run…Read More
Jon Condon, 04/06/2025
Data generated from online trading activity captures the recent momentum in cattle from drought-impacted regions of southern Australia heading north into areas blessed with some feed. Beef Central asked AuctionsPlus this week for statistics on cattle movements out of three drought impacted regions, and a selection of more northerly buyer destinations, and the results show some interesting patterns…Read More
Jon Condon, 04/06/2025
With a wide range of side-by-side vehicles on show at this year’s FarmFest in Toowoomba, Beef Central and Grain Central hit the stands to do some home work for those keen to strike a deal before the end of the financial year…Read More
Lydia Burton, Emma Alsop, Eric Barker and James Nason, 04/06/2025
Australia is still sleepwalking into a national crisis due to a dangerous lack of fuel security, with significant implications for the country’s food supply and economy, national security expert Air Vice-Marshal John Blackburn (Ret’d) has warned…Read More
Livestock are still proving to be a hard sell to corporates investing in “natural capital”, according to observations from a recent ag investment forum in the United States…Read More
Eric Barker, 04/06/2025
Global economic prospects are weakening, with substantial barriers to trade, tighter financial conditions, diminishing confidence and heightened policy uncertainty projected to have adverse impacts on growth, according to OECD’s latest Economic Outlook…Read More
Beef Central, 04/06/2025
Visitors from across southern Queensland and beyond turned out in their thousands for the opening day of FarmFest, which this year is celebrating its 50th birthday…Read More
Liz Wells, 03/06/2025
A smaller yarding of just over 4600 head were offered at Roma store sale yesterday, with all regular processors, backgrounders, and lotfeeders present and actively bidding. Values were similar to last week, with the exception of cows, which could not maintain previous levels as well as bullocks…Read More
Beef Central, 04/06/2025
Growing southern processor competition and smaller yardings following rain have pushed slaughter cow prices sharply higher in eastern states saleyards over the past week, but bookings already held by processors have seen direct consignment cow prices resist the trend – for the timebeing, at least…Read More
Jon Condon, 03/06/2025