Imagine a 200,000 head cattle feedyard processing more than 500,000t of corn each year, where the heavily-automated feedmill is manned by just a single employee. It sounds like a piece of fiction speculating about the grainfed industry’s distant future, but in reality its already exists, on the sweeping plains of Nebraska in the US, as explained by project co-founder Kee Jim…Read More
Jon Condon, 25/09/2026
‘Complacency is poison’, the beef industry has a good story to tell, invest in that reputation and get out there and sell it, former Federal minister Chris Pyne tells BeefEx 2026. ..Read More
Lydia Burton, 25/09/2026
Feedlot operators received the shock their lives earlier this year, when the Strait of Hormuz was shut and fuel distributors told them they were unable to fill their tanks…Read More
Eric Barker, 25/09/2026
Politics is the biggest hurdle ahead of any prospect of Australian feeder or breeder cattle being live exported to the US to help fill the void left by a US beef herd at 70-year lows, a speaker at yesterday’s BeefEx conference says. ..Read More
The individuals and operations leading the industry forward to shape its future were honoured at the BeefEx Gala Dinner with the prestigious Australian Feedlot of the Year and the ALFA Young Lot Feeder of the Year award winners announced. ..Read More
Lydia Burton, 24/09/2026
A new Life Membership was awarded at last night’s BeefEx Gala Dinner, recognising an industry leader for his exceptional, significant and sustained contribution to the Australian feedlot industry and ALFA…Read More
Beef Central, 24/09/2026
More than 1200 grainfed beef industry stakeholders from across Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia will focus attention on opportunities in fields like productivity, innovation and market access during a major industry event being staged on the Gold Coast this week. ..Read More
Beef Central, 23/09/2026
Australian agriculture needs to be careful not to assume that the Chinese market will solve all of our future demand problems – whether that be for chilled and frozen beef, or other commodity exports…Read More
Jon Condon, 23/09/2026
There’s an old saying that for lotfeeders to make a buck, they need two of the three key variables – feeder steer price, ration price and finished grainfed slaughter cattle price – to be working in their favour. Unfortunately in Beef Central’s latest 100-day grainfed trading budget calculated on Friday, all three appear to be working somewhat against them…Read More
Jon Condon, 21/09/2026
Dry conditions, including some widespread frost, have been the domestic contributors to a lift in values for wheat and barley this week…Read More
Liz Wells, 21/09/2026
Some feeder cattle grids have increased in the past fortnight as seasonal conditions remain mostly strong and numbers slowly increase…Read More
Eric Barker, 14/09/2026
Wheat and barley prices have fallen in the south in the past week, while northern rates have firmed as quality and production prospects deteriorate for the southern Qld crop…Read More
Liz Wells, 14/09/2026