The pioneering, industry-initiated Pasturefed Cattle Assurance Scheme (PCAS) will cease to exist at the end of this year. Over the last 12 years that the program has run, it has helped reposition quality Australian grassfed beef, including the establishment of hefty premiums for the right cattle ..Read More
IT has been 16 years since Australian cattle producers were last formally asked for their views on the $5 per head Cattle Transaction Levy, and soon they’ll be asked again…Read More
James Nason, 25/06/2025
Boosting biosecurity was a central feature of both the Queensland and New South Wales 2025-26 budgets released on Tuesday, with a combined $184.9 million in extra funding announced across the two states…Read More
Emma Alsop, 25/06/2025
Friends and colleagues of larger-than-life Queensland stock agency identity Stan Wallace are invited to attend a gathering to mark his life in Brisbane early next month…Read More
Beef Central, 25/06/2025
LEADER of The Nationals David Littleproud is calling for Universal Service Obligation (USO) reform, as a mobile phone outage in the Western Downs continues to cause havoc. Mr Littleproud said..Read More
Beef Central, 25/06/2025
Big price differences between lighter feeder steers and heifers this year have motivated a large swing towards feeding heifers for Coles and Woolworths supermarket supply. While heifers typically perform worse that steers in the feedyard and in the chillers, cheaper feeder purchase cost has been a big factor. ..Read More
Jon Condon, 24/06/2025
Lab-grown meat is now allowed to be consumed in Australia, what impact could that have on the red meat industry? ..Read More
Lydia Burton and Eric Barker, 24/06/2025
AgForce is calling for a pause on finalising key emissions-related policies until the next generation of calculators is complete and peer-reviewed. CEO Mike Guerin argues we must get this right — not just for fairness — the credibility of the entire system depends on it.
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Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) is proud to announce that its 2025 Summer Lamb campaign, The Comments Section, has won a Silver Lion at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity, marking the first-ever Silver Cannes Lions win in the Film category for Australian Lamb in the campaign’s 20-year history…Read More
Beef Central, 24/06/2025
Australian rural landholder group Property Rights Australia says the Australian Conservation Foundation has crossed the line in its latest campaign against Australian cattle producers and has called for its tax-free status as a registered charity to be withdrawn…Read More
Beef Central, 23/06/2025
If your entire understanding of how cattle properties are managed came from conservation groups, it would be easy to form the impression that Australian cattle producers enjoy nothing more than tearing down virgin forest and destroying threatened species…Read More
James Nason and Eric Barker, 20/06/2025
Australia’s biggest saleyards are set to undergo a $4.2m upgrade, with work to be done to ramps, walkways, fences, footpaths and the truck wash at the Roma facility…Read More
Beef Central, 20/06/2025