This week’s genetics review looks at what we know about British genetics being used in northern programs, particularly where daughters are retained. It works through what the available performance information can and cannot tell a producer about how those daughters will breed under northern conditions…Read More
Genetics editor Alastair Rayner, 21/07/2026
This article describes the limits of visual appraisal, where the eye can pick up a structural problem but we can’t tell how much of it is inherited and how much comes down to nutrition, growth rate or injury. For bull breeders, it means recording structure across the whole calf drop and the reason each bull was culled…Read More
Genetics editor Alastair Rayner, 21/07/2026
The supply of store and feeder cattle has had a significant rejig this year, as thousands of cattle left the production powerhouse of Northern New South Wales in the first quarter and headed across the country to greener pastures…Read More
Eric Barker, 21/07/2026
There’s little change evident in direct consignment slaughter cattle price offers this week, as the typical mid-winter southern cattle supply lull is counter-balanced by rapidly deteriorating meat export trading conditions…Read More
Jon Condon, 21/07/2026
New figures released for National Farm Safety Week reveal 53 lives were lost and a further 182 people were seriously injured on Australian farms in 2025, bringing the nation’s farm death toll to 427 lives since 2019, more than one person every week for seven consecutive years…Read More
Beef Central, 21/07/2026
The beef industry is one step closer to breeding highly productive cattle that produce lower methane emissions thanks to a collaborative research project leading to a research EBV for methane, likely to be released for use during 2027-28 . ..Read More
Beef Central, 21/07/2026
Marble High brings together the combined offering of four of Australia’s leading Fullblood Wagyu seedstock programs: Arubial Wagyu, Sahara Park Wagyu, HP Wagyu and Macquarie Wagyu. Rather than showcasing a single stud, the upcoming Marble High Sale offers commercial and stud breeders the opportunity to access proven genetics from four highly regarded breeding programs in one place…Read More
Sponsored Content, 20/07/2026
Cattle producers around Ballarat in Victoria, Launceston TAS and Sale in SA are reminded about the opportunity to take part in discussions this week about the current review of the $5 transaction levy and how it is invested on behalf of the industry…Read More
Beef Central, 21/07/2026
Weekly totals up to 10 mm were recorded about the south-east with locally higher totals of 10 to 50 mm about western Tasmania and southern and alpine regions of Victoria…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, 21/07/2026
All major buyers were active for steady competition where feeder cattle were sought after while most other grades held firm or were slightly cheaper…Read More
Beef Central, 21/07/2026
Vytelle has confirmed its return as title sponsor of the Droughtmaster Queen of the Ring, the prestigious female genetics showcase held on the eve of the Droughtmaster National Bull Sale..Read More
Beef Central, 21/07/2026
Livestock producers without a tax impact statement risk losing up to 20pc of their balance sheet post-federal Budget, a succession lawyer told last week’s LambEx conference in Adelaide…Read More
Sue Webster, 21/07/2026