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US imported beef tariff relief plan gains some clarity

The White House has overnight provided some greater detail about President Donald Trump’s announcement last Saturday about tariff relaxation on imported beef…Read More

Jon Condon, 27/08/2026

NT cattle producers raise serious concerns over buffel grass economic assessment

The Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association says it has identified serious concerns with the methodology, calculations, assumptions, stakeholder balance and quality assurance processes underpinning a recently released Economic Impact Assessment of Buffel Grass…Read More

Beef Central, 27/08/2026

Podcast: Channel Country turn-off begins | Latest tariff changes explained | EYCI rallies

In this episode: What is driving up the EYCI? How will changes to tariffs in the US impact Australian beef? And big numbers of cattle are starting to move out of the Channel Country this week. ..Read More

Lydia Burton, 27/08/2026

Sampling cattle helps ‘superbug’ battle

A Queensland feedlot is helping an Australian start-up with antimicrobial resistant expertise to fight a common cattle disease…Read More

Sue Webster, 27/08/2026

National Biosecurity Week: AirAgri launches purpose-built farm biosecurity service

An Australian agtech company has launched what it believes is the world’s first purpose-built farm safety and biosecurity service delivered through WhatsApp and capable of operating over commercial satellite-to-mobile connectivity…Read More

Beef Central, 27/08/2026

Critical minerals Bill passes Qld Parliament amid landholder concerns

New laws designed to accelerate major resources and critical minerals projects in Queensland have passed State Parliament, but rural landholder groups have warned that last-minute concessions to agriculture did not go far enough to protect agricultural businesses from potentially far-reaching ministerial powers…Read More

Beef Central, 27/08/2026

Kimberley Meat Co renamed and set to start processing in 2027

Western Australian meat processor Kimberley Meat Co has been renamed Pindan Beef Co ahead of re-opening next year, after it was purchased by a Canadian super fund manager in 2025…Read More

Lydia Burton, 26/08/2026

‘Power always sits with the levy payer’: Littleproud

Former Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud has urged the cattle industry to revisit an opt-in or opt-out membership model developed before the 2022 Federal election as it considers how to sustainably fund national producer representation through the current Cattle Transaction Levy review…Read More

James Nason, 26/08/2026

Woolworths delivers strong financial year sales and profit growth, despite challenging economic conditions

National supermarket retailer Woolworths this morning announced a financial year net profit of $1.138 billion, up a whopping 18pc on the previous year, while group-wide sales rose to $71.5b, a 3.6pc increase year-on-year…Read More

Jon Condon, 26/08/2026

Farrell parries Nationals call for EU free trade agreement changes

Coalition opposition to the Australia-European Free Trade Agreement has prompted Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell to appeal for business support for its ratification by Federal Parliament…Read More

Terry Sim, 26/08/2026

Registrations open for CA’s Cattle Connect 2026 event in Wagga

Registrations are open for Cattle Connect 2026, with the national beef event moving onto a working agricultural campus for the first time when it lands at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, NSW, on 22 and 23 October 2026…Read More

Beef Central, 26/08/2026

Global culinary leaders to experience Victoria’s beef industry firsthand

Twenty-one of the world’s leading chefs, food professionals and food influencers have arrived in Victoria for an immersive eight-day tour from 26 August to 2 September, designed to strengthen global demand for premium Australian beef…Read More

Beef Central, 26/08/2026

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