One month into a nationwide series of producer meetings, some clear messages are emerging about the future of the cattle transaction levy, with major reform for the first time in two decades potentially on the table…Read More
From the outside, Darren and Len Henschell’s cattle operation in Southern Queensland seems pretty modest. The father and son own 100 cows and have spent most of their lives working on the floor at the Oakey meatworks. But to look at the leaderboard of the Wagyu section at last week’s Paddock to Palate competition, the cattle bred by the Henschells are anything but modest…Read More
Eric Barker, 12/08/2026
A leading market researcher says there are two main factors that will drive Australia’s cattle market in the near future – factors he labelled the two w’s…Read More
Lydia Burton and Eric Barker, 11/08/2026
Global protein producer JBS swung to a US$102m net loss in its second quarter ended 30 June, despite reporting significant revenue growth. Australian operations again performed strongly, notwithstanding a 24pc increase in cattle prices, year-on-year…Read More
Beef Central, 11/08/2026
Two championships and four first-and-second overall placings marked a remarkable Paddock to Palate debut for the Noller and Daley families now carrying the Palgrove Charolais legacy forward…Read More
James Nason, 11/08/2026
A new Federal guide designed to give farmers clarity about their obligations under Australia’s reformed environmental laws has instead been criticised by farm groups for creating more confusion, paperwork and uncertainty around routine land management…Read More
Beef Central, 10/08/2026
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
Lifeflight will throw open the hangar doors in Roma next month for the return of its popular Canapés in the Cockpit fundraiser, raising money to help keep the lifesaving aeromedical service flying across South West Queensland.
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THE implications behind JBS’s surprise announcement on Friday night that it plans to sell 25 percent of its Australian and NZ business to Indonesia’s Danantara sovereign fund (click here to..Read More
Jon Condon, 10/08/2026
Australia’s top young beef cattle judges and paraders aged 15-25 have been crowned on day one of the 2026 Agricultural Shows Australia National Young Judges and Paraders Championships at Brisbane’s Royal Queensland Show last week…Read More
Beef Central, 10/08/2026
The Regional Tech Hub will wrap up after Australian Government funding for the program ended and efforts to secure an alternative funding source were not successful…Read More
Beef Central, 10/08/2026
Global protein giant JBS will sell a 25 percent stake in its Australian and New Zealand operations to an Indonesian sovereign fund for the equivalent of A$3.57 billion, the company announced a few minutes ago…Read More
Jon Condon, 07/08/2026