Solid to excellent seasonal conditions, recovering cattle prices and strong inquiry for quality breeder country are helping underpin North Qld’s grazing property market. According to valuer Roger Hill, the region’s grazing property market is showing resilience in 2026, with values for improved coastal country holding firm and buyer confidence still evident across well-presented breeder and backgrounding assets…Read More
Property editor Linda Rowley, 03/06/2026
Consignments of Australian export beef for the China market have now effectively ground to a halt, in anticipation of the triggering of the harsh 55pc out of quota tariff in the next couple of weeks. The result has been an immediate and sharp decline in domestic wholesale beef prices, as the China tap turns off ..Read More
While Murray Watt says his new environmental laws were not designed to interrupt routine agricultural practices, a spate of recent land clearing investigations and a closer look at the legislation suggests the complete opposite…Read More
Eric Barker, 03/06/2026
Australia’s beef exports surged to their highest monthly level on record in May, driven by high levels of production, export quota/tariff pressures adding urgency in some markets, and underlying global protein demand…Read More
Jon Condon, 03/06/2026
Emissions discussions must move beyond isolated accounting measures toward a broader understanding of food production systems, ag industry stakeholders speaking at Protein 2026 in Dalby noted, while also advising that farmers still need to understand their own emissions profiles…Read More
James Nason, 03/06/2026
In this contributed opinion piece Farmers for Climate Action director Peter Holding says Australia’s livestock industries cannot afford to sit out the methane debate, arguing the sector’s future will depend on whether producers reduce emissions, rely on offsets, or let climate impacts dictate outcomes…Read More
Beef Central, 03/06/2026
Producers are being asked to care about emissions, but Collin Kramer argues chasing the wrong number could come at a real cost. In this opinion piece, he identifies the figure that really matters…Read More
Collin Kramer, C-Lock Inc, 03/06/2026
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is reminding primary producers to prioritise the maintenance of their heavy vehicles to prevent critical mechanical failure…Read More
Beef Central, 03/06/2026
A major export agreement to supply Australian-bred Wagyu and dairy genetics into China is marking the first export of Australian cattle semen into that market for five years. Five years..Read More
Beef Central, 03/06/2026
Quality remained good and most categories of restocker steers held firm to slightly easier however heavy feeders improved by 5c and grown steers to the processor remained firm…Read More
Beef Central, 03/06/2026
Some of the biggest slaughter cattle price increases seen since the 2022-23 era when cattle supply was greatly hampered by herd rebuilding have been seen this week…Read More
Jon Condon, 02/06/2026
ONE of Australia’s longest-serving voluntary rural property rights advocates believes landholders may only gain meaningful certainty about what they can and cannot legally do on their properties under the amended EPBC Act when somebody is forced to defend themselves in court (+ VIDEO)..Read More
James Nason, 02/06/2026