Global burger restaurant giant McDonald’s bought 89,000 tonnes of Australian grinding beef in 2025, cementing the food service operator as easily Australia’s largest single beef customer…Read More
Jon Condon, 13/08/2026
In this episode: Rabobank’s Stefan Vogel talks about the cattle market outlook; Jon Condon unpacks to JBS/Indonesia deal and; Will Evans gives an update on the levy review…Read More
Eric Barker and Lydia Burton, 13/08/2026
Residents, landholders, businesses and community members across the Western Downs and Maranoa are invited to attend one of two free public information forums in early September to discuss potential oil and gas exploration in the region…Read More
Beef Central, 13/08/2026
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