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
After challenging Beef Central readers with his recent article “What is the cost of doing nothing?”, Andrew Freshwater today follows up with a second article asking, as farmers, can we still afford to do something?..Read More
Victorian beef and lamb producer Andrew Freshwater provides some thoughts and numbers based on a modelled farm in Northeastern Victoria, where a ‘do nothing’ fertiliser and soil improvement strategy could cost the business $3.13m over a few years … ..Read More
Guest Author, 13/03/2026
The arrival of Lumpy Skin Disease in Bali is a timely reminder that biosecurity risks are not going away; they are just getting closer, and the risk of incursion is increasing…Read More
Markus Rathsmann, 29/01/2026
While mining steadily “drips water on a stone” to shape public understanding, Australia’s red meat sector still relies largely on an ad hoc approach and volunteers to tell the $77b industry’s story…Read More
James Nason, 04/12/2025
The Federal Government yesterday shocked many in the cattle industry when it announced it had done a deal with the Greens to overhaul the country’s environmental laws…Read More
Eric Barker, 28/11/2025
Australia’s livestock producers know that risk isn’t a side-effect of the job – it is the job. Every decision – when to buy, when to sell, when to feed, when to wait – comes with uncertainty. But right now, that uncertainty feels sharper than usual, writes Legacy Livestock CFO Sophia Benedetti…Read More
Sophia Benedetti, CFO and Co-founder, Legacy Livestock, 07/11/2025
Australian beef producers manage approximately 50 percent of Australia’s land mass and play a key role in sustainably managing our environment – so it is incredibly concerning that in the Federal Government’s proposed reforms of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conversation (EPBC) Act have little consideration of agricultural stakeholder views…Read More
Dr Chris Parker, Cattle Australia Senior Policy Advisor, 30/10/2025
With the ink not even dry on the latest study recommending a reduction in meat consumption, activist groups are wasting no time in their efforts to prevent any voices opposing the study…Read More
Eric Barker, 10/10/2025
For millions of years red meat has fed human beings, yet modern “anti-meat” studies increasingly dismiss its proven nutritional value and instead focus on ways to force people to give it up – from retail nudges to extreme proposals that involve engineering ticks to spread meat allergies…Read More
James Nason, 25/08/2025
The outbreak of lumpy skin disease in Europe is another wakeup call for Australia’s cattle industry, as the risk of the disease entering remains very real…Read More
Cattle Australia head, Dr Chris Parker , 28/07/2025
The Australian Conservation Foundation last week launched its latest attack on Australian beef producers, with several media outlets quickly turning around the conservation giant’s allegations of illegal land clearing with little scrutiny – forcing the industry to defend itself. But with a quick online search and thorough read of the report, more scrutiny was warranted…Read More
Eric Barker, 27/06/2025