CATTLE listings lifted sharply this week, rising 29pc to 17,265 head – the largest offering seen since the NSW drought fuelled turnoff period in late April when yardings peaked..Read More
Beef Central, 17/07/2026
NOAA has declared an El Nino, formed in June and tipped to strengthen into 2027, and across Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines governments have moved from watching to spending | A dry year’s feed and disease stress lands on the part of the Indonesian trade already squeezed between a capped feedlot price and dearer Australian cattle | Manila is building home-grown foot-and-mouth and swine fever vaccine capability…Read More
Dr Michael Patching, 17/07/2026
Settlement has been reached this afternoon for the sale of the Shearer Smith family’s large Smithfield feedlot located near Proston in Queensland’s South Burnett region…Read More
Jon Condon, 17/07/2026
Leather and hides are set to be carved out of the European Deforestation Regulation, with the continent’s new import laws for several commodities (including beef) set to come into play later this year. ..Read More
Eric Barker, 17/07/2026
The world’s largest meat processor, JBS, says it will walk back a key part of its “net zero by 2040” target, bringing the focus to reducing its own operational footprint…Read More
Beef Central, 17/07/2026
The United States Government has announced a new 25 percent tariff on imports from Brazil to start next week, with beef on the exemption list…Read More
Beef Central, 17/07/2026
With the heavy emphasis given to meat quality and MSA index traits in genetics assessment, it’s sometimes easy to overlook the contribution that carcase weight plays in optimising revenue in the beef industry. In today’s heavily saturated bull market, we believe that Raff Angus maintains its unique point of difference…Read More
Sponsored Content, 10/07/2026
A talent pipeline for management isn’t complicated in principle, this week’s recruitment article emphasises. It’s about maintained group of people who could be right for upcoming management roles in your agribusiness: identified, kept warm, and understood well enough that when a management vacancy opens you’re not starting from zero…Read More
Beef Central, 17/07/2026
If the Australian feedlot industry were to be shut down or regulated out of existence how would the economy be impacted?..Read More
Beef Central, 17/07/2026
Numbers were back by 670 for a mixed yarding of 2310. The few feeder steers yarded were close to firm while the feeder heifers were 10-20c/kg cheaper…Read More
David Monk, NLRS, 17/07/2026
Looking to historical trends, market analytics, season and opportunities is how most of us form an opinion on what we should do when buying and selling livestock, Chris Howie writes in this month’s column. “We can never have all the information, but a good ‘gut feel’ with a bit of science and focus on animal health tends to be about 80pc right most of the time,” he says…Read More
Michael Finucan joins NAPCo in intensive production/sales management role | Casino chairman passes | New look Markets Information team at MLA | Other MLA appointments, departures | Transition on Livecorp board as Prue Bondfield steps down | Austrade veteran on secondment to AMIC | New valuation path for Doug Knight | New business for former Dalby property agent | Leadership changes at Bentleys | Progressive farm operators saluted for land stewardship | Vale Angus matriarch, Joan Woodruff..Read More
Jon Condon, 16/07/2026