In this contributed article, Western Qld producer Judy Treloar explains why she recently went to Canberra to send a message to MPs about carbon farming…Read More
Guest Author, 18/09/2026
James Henderson is a producer from Monto in Central Queensland and a co-founder of carbon and natural capital advisory IsidoreAg. In this contributed article, he argues that the Federal Government’s new environmental laws combined with a tightening of carbon and natural capital opportunities is pushing landholders to clear more trees than necessary…Read More
The cattle transaction levy should be increased to strengthen biosecurity, research adoption and industry systems, but only if it is accompanied by reforms that give grassfed producers greater ownership, oversight and value from their investment, former Cattle Council of Australia president Markus Rathsmann writes…Read More
Markus Rathsmann, 07/09/2026
In this contributed article, outgoing NAPCo cheif executive officer Allan Cooney gives insight into how he reads markets and explains why he thinks the female slaughter ratio is outdated…Read More
Outgoing NAPCo CEO Allan Cooney, 20/08/2026
As Australia’s cattle transaction levy undergoes a major review, former Cattle Council chief David Palmer looks back at the debates and compromises that created it, and the lessons they hold for reform today…Read More
David Palmer, 19/08/2026
The Australian National Audit Office’s (ANAO) damning audit of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s (DAFF) biosecurity cost recovery program has severely eroded industry confidence in the department’s ability to deliver a fair, transparent and credible outcome through its current review of export cost recovery arrangements…Read More
ALEC CEO Mark Harvey-Sutton, 11/08/2026
Australia is taking responsibility for increased warming it is not causing, and the consequences stretch far beyond the farm gate, according to a recently published paper…Read More
Beef Central, 10/07/2026
Why practical land management knowledge deserves a greater place in public discussions about Australia’s landscapes…Read More
James Nason, 07/07/2026
As new Federal environmental laws take effect next week, many producers still don’t know what could trigger costly referrals, investigations or fines…Read More
James Nason, 23/06/2026
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
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
Andrew Freshwater, 30/03/2026
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