Weekly kill: Qld grids slip 20-30c/kg, on meat trade pressure and supply momentum

There are some big slides evident in Queensland direct consignment grid offers this week, as the combined effects of export meat market price pressure and some momentum in bigger pastoral turnoff takes effect…Read More

Jon Condon, 23/06/2026

Paraquat, diquat escape APVMA ban in good news for growers

The APVMA’s long-awaited decision on paraquat and diquat has banned neither herbicide, but has imposed greater restrictions to their use…Read More

Grain Central, 23/06/2026

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 22 June 2026

During the week, a cold front and complex low pressure system crossed southern Australia and linked up with a cloudband containing moist tropical air, bringing widespread rain, with storms, to the south coast of mainland Australia, western Tasmania, and parts of the interior…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, 23/06/2026

Livestock transporters cautiously welcome fuel excise cut extension

Livestock transporters have cautiously welcomed the Albanese Government’s plan to gradually walk but its cuts to the fuel excise and heavy vehicle road user charge…Read More

Eric Barker, 22/06/2026

Feeder cattle market: Prices move quickly as Angus shortage grows

Angus feeder cattle prices have continued to climb in the past fortnight as feedlot buyers work hard to keep pens full…Read More

Eric Barker, 22/06/2026

Wagyu producer Laird Morgan buys Gina’s Rockybank aggregation

Prominent Queensland Wagyu producer Laird Morgan and family have purchased the majority of Gina Rinehart’s substantial Roma district backgrounding and breeding property aggregation, Rockybank…Read More

Jon Condon, 22/06/2026

The cattle costing you the most money are probably not the ones you think

The cattle costing the most to run are not always the ones that look like poor performers, with new tools now helping cattle producers to measure feed efficiency at an individual level…Read More

Sponsored Content, 22/06/2026

H5 bird flu lands in Australia, putting livestock sectors on alert

Australia’s livestock industries are on heightened alert following confirmation on Friday that the globally circulating H5 bird flu strain has been detected on the mainland for the first time, in what farm leaders say is a significant biosecurity event extending well beyond poultry…Read More

Beef Central, 22/06/2026

RMAC begins process to appoint new chair, CEO

The Red Meat Advisory Council will shortly begin the process of appointing a new independent chair, as current chairman John McKillop nears the end of his six-year term. At the same time, a new CEO will be appointed, as incumbent Susan Wakeford has decided to move on…Read More

Beef Central, 19/06/2026

Views sought on future of grassfed cattle transaction levy

The Cattle Transaction Levy Review Committee is encouraging grassfed cattle producers and industry stakeholders to have their say on where the Cattle Transaction Levy can deliver the greatest value into the future…Read More

Beef Central, 22/06/2026

Feedgrain Focus: Prices ease as warehousing clock ticks

A consolidating start to the season has encouraged some northern growers to sell wheat into the easing market, while the south soaks up more rain. ..Read More

Liz Wells, 22/06/2026

Feeder steers edge higher in online trading; lighter steers ease

Heavy feeder steer values continued to edge higher in online trading this week, while most other steer weight categories were softer in c/kg value…Read More

Beef Central, 19/06/2026

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