This week’s column uses weaning results as the starting point and looks at why producers often put poor performance down to either nutrition or genetics, when both can be factors. It draws on CashCow and the 2025 Northern Genomics analysis, and builds on genomic prediction and Days to Calving material we discussed in an earlier column…Read More
Genetics editor Alastair Rayner, 29/09/2026
What can other intensive livestock industries teach cattle lotfeeders about responding to community expectations? Egg industry leader Rowan McMonnies provided some sage advice during last week’s BeefEx conference…. ..Read More
Jon Condon, 29/09/2026
A sharp contrast is emerging between slaughter cattle and feeder prices, relative to the lighter restocker descriptions which are currently falling rapidly in the saleyards system…Read More
Jon Condon, 29/09/2026
Pre-entry vaccination against respiratory diseases has been the biggest mover in cattle health in feedlots and is paying dividends to lotfeeders, the delegates at BeefEx 2026 were told last week…Read More
Lydia Burton, 29/09/2026
From an app for pen riders to flood recovery efforts – this year’s BeefEx conference recognised excellence in innovation, research, education and community leadership. ..Read More
Finn Pickering and Lydia Burton , 29/09/2026
Agriculture, for all its economic importance, still asks young people to accept a level of isolation, uncertainty and capital risk that most other industries do not, without always offering a correspondingly clear path to leadership or ownership in return. Are we doing enough to retain the next generation?..Read More
Trent Thorne, Hamilton Locke, 29/09/2026
Losing young bulls to breakdown was once a major cost for an Esperance (WA) cattle producing family – but 20 years of vaccinating virgin bulls before joining has helped them reduce losses and improve their confidence in investing in better genetics…Read More
Beef Central, 29/09/2026
Weekly rainfall totals of 10-100 mm were recorded across large parts of southern WA, much of western Tasmania, eastern parts Victoria and much of the NSW coast over the past week. Moist onshore winds brought scattered showers to parts of the north-eastern coast of Queensland and parts of the Top End coast of the NT, with totals of 15-50 mm across parts of northern tropical coast in Queensland…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, 29/09/2026
It was a generally dearer market at Gunnedah this morning, where the yarding of 2150 head dropped about 1200 on last week. Cows were dearer with prime heavy drafts ranging from 370-397c/kg…Read More
Beef Central, 29/09/2026
Grain marketing advisory firm Market Check has launched a new education platform aimed at demystifying grain markets for anyone involved in the ag industry, from growers through to bankers, agronomists, feedlotters and graduates just starting out in agribusiness…Read More
Sponsored Content, 21/09/2026
Feeder cattle prices are facing some downward pressure as numbers start to come forward in the south and the north waits for some early rain…Read More
Eric Barker, 28/09/2026
What will an Australian feedlot look like in 2040? That question was posed to attendees during one of the most thought-provoking sessions at BeefEx 2026…Read More