If we select for longevity, does that risk holding back a beef herd genetically? After looking at some research in both beef and dairy, the message is that longevity is valuable, but mainly because it is evidence of fertility, adaptation and profitability – not because longevity itself creates production…Read More
Genetics editor Alastair Rayner, 23/06/2026
Queensland cattle producers can claim up to $75,000 for embryo transfer costs under Disaster Recovery Grants. But the window to act is now, before the season closes…Read More
Beef Central, 23/06/2026
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
Controversial changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing are set to pass the Senate, with Labor and the Greens announcing they have struck a deal this morning…Read More
As new Federal environmental laws take effect next week, many producers still don’t know what could trigger costly referrals, investigations or fines…Read More
James Nason, 23/06/2026
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
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
Just one in seven farmers can easily access mental health support, new data presented at this morning’s NFF-Suicide Prevention Australia (SPA) Parliamentary Breakfast reveals — even as psychological distress and..Read More
Beef Central, 23/06/2026
An Australian meat judging team member says the US beef-on-dairy crossbreeding experience could become a blueprint for Australian producers…Read More
Beef Central, 23/06/2026
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
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
A smaller but better-quality offering attracted solid buyer support, with feeder steers and lighter restocker lines trending dearer…Read More
Beef Central, 23/06/2026