Booming prices being recorded for Australian lean frozen beef trimmings being sold into the US suggest slaughter cows being sold in the early stages of 2025 may currently be 50-100c/kg under-priced, recent data suggests…Read More
Jon Condon, 15/01/2025
Australian food labelling standards and how they should apply to so-called “fake meats” are again in the sights of Australia’s peak cattle producer body…Read More
Beef Central, 15/01/2025
A map of available phosphorus across Queensland has recently been updated to include the Cape York, Northern Gulf and Southern Gulf catchments, and to more accurately reflect local areas of deficiency. In this BeefConnect webinar, stakeholders can catch up on latest learnings about P deficiency..Read More
Beef Central, 15/01/2025
Farmers have been urged to report mobile phone service changes since the 3G network shutdown as the National Farmers Federation flagged rural connectivity as a federal election issue…Read More
Beef Central, 15/01/2025
Just shy of 5000 cattle were yarded with all regular processors, backgrounders and feedlotters present and actively bidding on a mixed-quality yarding…Read More
Guest Author, 15/01/2025
There’s been a sharp rise in direct consignment cattle offers from export beef processors as the 2025 slaughter season gets underway…Read More
Southern weaner sales have kicked off with a bang this year, with prices and numbers increasing from last year…Read More
Eric Barker, 14/01/2025
The Aussie dollar has sunk to 22-year lows relative to the US currency this week, adding considerable wind to the sails for Australian red meat exporters in international markets. ..Read More
Jon Condon, 14/01/2025
The sale of its final vessel has marked the end of an almost 50-year journey in the global livestock export trade for Wellard Limited…Read More
James Nason, 14/01/2025
Cold fronts and associated troughs during the week brought widespread showers and scattered storms, some severe, to the New South Wales and Queensland coasts, eastern Victoria, Tasmania, and southern parts of Western Australia…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, 14/01/2025
There’s been an avalanche of new jobs listed on our popular AgJobs Central recruitment platform since we paused for our Christmas/New Year break. New listings cover a vast spectrum of disciplines across the red meat and livestock supply chain, reflecting the growing diversity of skills required in modern agriculture. Here’s a sample…. ..Read More
Beef Central, 14/01/2025
A couple from Kallista east of Melbourne has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty offences under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 (POCTA) at the Wonthaggi Magistrates’ Court recently, both receiving a fine of $2000 without conviction…Read More
Beef Central, 14/01/2025