From tightly-held improved pasture in the south to extensive natural pasture cattle country in the north and west, a budget of $25 million buys very different grazing assets depending on the location. This week’s property review compares the scale, carrying capacity, water security and infrastructure available at that price point across the nation…Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, 15/07/2026
Questions about emergency animal disease preparedness and national industry representation were among key issues discussed at one of the first face-to-face consultation meetings held for Cattle Australia’s grass-fed Cattle Transaction Levy review which have kicked off this week…Read More
James Nason, 15/07/2026
Vertically-integrated beef producer Bindaree Food Group is about to launch a plan to sell and lease back its large Myola feedlot in Northern NSW…Read More
Jon Condon, 15/07/2026
Dung beetles are quietly performing a vital climate change mitigation service for the livestock sector, slashing methane emissions from cattle manure by a staggering 85pc, a new study has found. The study is the first in Australia to quantify dung beetles’ direct impact on greenhouse gas emissions…Read More
Beef Central, 15/07/2026
An innovative north Queensland family have built a smaller version of the Stressless loading ramp, pioneered by John Lethbridge, successfully using it to load cleanskin scrub cattle at a property north of Hughenden…Read More
Jane Phillips, 15/07/2026
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
New research and financial analysis have identified opportunities to increase herd profitability while reversing land condition decline in northern Australia. ..Read More
Roma’s yarding yesterday climbed substantially to +11,500 head. Buyers took advantage of the quality and large runs available and prices responded accordingly…Read More
Beef Central, 15/07/2026
This week’s genetics review considers the recent seasonal conditions across northern NSW and southern Queensland and whether widespread herd reductions are likely to influence demand for bulls this spring. Rather than assuming weaker demand, it explores why quality genetics may remain strongly sought after despite smaller breeding herds..Read More
Genetics editor Alastair Rayner, 14/07/2026
This article looks beyond average prices and clearance rates to consider what sale results can and can’t tell us about the genetic value ultimately flowing into commercial herds, exploring the limitations of using sale-day figures as a measure of long-term genetic impact…Read More
Genetics editor Alastair Rayner, 14/07/2026
Every second conversation in the cattle industry this month seems to remark on the mildness of winter conditions this year, with many susceptible cattle areas yet to see a frost. The effect, in some cases, has been to push cattle processing commitments back, as cattle continue to gain weight at a time that they would normally be starting to slip…Read More
Jon Condon, 14/07/2026
A recently released strategy recognising livestock as “critical infrastructure” in the European Union has been lauded as a major shift in the continent’s approach to agriculture – after a decade of largely looking at livestock as a source of emissions…Read More
Eric Barker, 14/07/2026