One feedlot in Indonesia, filled with Australian cattle, supports more than 12,000 Indonesian families. The large number of households the trade supports is often overlooked. ..Read More
Several years after the Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry ceased night-time biosecurity inspections for returning vessels – a move that industry has estimated has cost live cattle exporters up to $26,000 per shipment – an independent report prepared for the Department has found no definitive scientific evidence supporting the daylight-only inspection policy…Read More
James Nason, 25/05/2026
Vietnam seeks emergency approval to import SAT-1 FMD vaccines as cross-border disease risk rises | Indonesian meat processors continue to lobby for their 2026 private beef quota to be restored from 30,000 to 180,000 tonnes | Sea freight stays under pressure, with Singapore bunker fuel at USD 850/mt still nearly double January’s USD 480/mt…Read More
Dr Michael Patching, 22/05/2026
The Indonesia Live Cattle Industry Taskforce is a strategic advisory body designed to enhance collaboration, guide investment and strengthen outcomes in Australia’s most important live cattle export market…Read More
Beef Central, 20/05/2026
The Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association says nothing in today’s Federal Court judgment in the 2011 Live Cattle Export Brett Cattle Company Class Action changes the 2020 finding that in the then Federal Government acted unlawfully when it shut down live cattle exports to Indonesia in 2011…Read More
Beef Central, 15/05/2026
Northern cattle industry leaders say Heytesbury’s acquisition of the Livestock Express fleet is one of the most significant votes of confidence in Australia’s live export trade in years, securing critical shipping capacity underpinning both northern export markets and broader national cattle prices…Read More
James Nason, 13/05/2026
Australian cattle exports rose to 65,755 head in April as northern mustering rounds gained momentum following a wet and delayed start to the year…Read More
Beef Central, 13/05/2026
Eleven livestock vessels have been sold to Heytesbury in a significant transaction that places a major part of Australia’s live export supply chain into Australian hands…Read More
James Nason, 12/05/2026
New research has shown Australia cattle exports meet the demand for beef from more people in Indonesia than the entire Australian population…Read More
Beef Central, 05/05/2026
Leaders from the Australian and Indonesian livestock industries gathered in Jakarta this week to strengthen their long-standing partnership on food security, economic development and animal welfare…Read More
Beef Central, 01/05/2026
More cattle from the Northern Territory are beginning to move as one of the most active wet seasons in memory gives way to the northern dry season…Read More
James Nason, 30/04/2026
Post-Eid prices stay high, margins crushed | Zero tariff proposal draws fierce industry opposition | SAT-1 FMD threat tightens Thai cattle border | Australia dominates beef imports, US trade deal looms..Read More
Dr Michael Patching, 21/04/2026