The four-year GirlPower project reinforces the importance of clear structured management for heifers supported by timely and effective phosphorus in rangelands and northern areas. The value can accumulate to around $29/AE, and if genetic selection improvement is going to be worthwhile, we need to get the base performance sorted first…Read More
Genetics editor Alastair Rayner, 24/06/2025
Big price differences between lighter feeder steers and heifers this year have motivated a large swing towards feeding heifers for Coles and Woolworths supermarket supply. While heifers typically perform worse that steers in the feedyard and in the chillers, cheaper feeder purchase cost has been a big factor. ..Read More
Jon Condon, 24/06/2025
Lab-grown meat is now allowed to be consumed in Australia, what impact could that have on the red meat industry? ..Read More
Despite a few slaughter cattle now being held back by vendors until July delivery for tax reasons, last week’s national beef kill hit another five-year record at 153,442 head…Read More
Beef Central, 24/06/2025
MLA has released two new livestock market indicators – the National Feeder Heifer Indicator and the Online Sheep Indicator – marking a significant step forward in livestock market transparency and decision-making support…Read More
Beef Central, 24/06/2025
AgForce is calling for a pause on finalising key emissions-related policies until the next generation of calculators is complete and peer-reviewed. CEO Mike Guerin argues we must get this right — not just for fairness — the credibility of the entire system depends on it.
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Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) is proud to announce that its 2025 Summer Lamb campaign, The Comments Section, has won a Silver Lion at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity, marking the first-ever Silver Cannes Lions win in the Film category for Australian Lamb in the campaign’s 20-year history…Read More
Beef Central, 24/06/2025
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
A series of cold fronts and low pressure systems brought widespread showers to southern areas of the country this week, particularly across western and southern parts of Western Australia…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, 24/06/2025
Two speeds have emerged in Australia’s feeder cattle market, with prices increasing in the south pushing some lotfeeders towards lighter cattle to fill pens and a steady flow of cattle contiuing in the north…Read More
Eric Barker and Lydia Burton, 23/06/2025
Australian rural landholder group Property Rights Australia says the Australian Conservation Foundation has crossed the line in its latest campaign against Australian cattle producers and has called for its tax-free status as a registered charity to be withdrawn…Read More
Beef Central, 23/06/2025
The first of a series of grainfed beef showcases held at a top Brisbane restaurant last week underlined the momentum in grainfed beef production and export that’s happened in recent times. Here’s what people at the event had to say ..Read More
Jon Condon, 23/06/2025