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Measuring What Matters: The $375 million blind spot in Australian beef

Why has Australia never properly measured or paid for carcase yield? There is potentially $375 million a year on the table, hidden inside carcases that nobody is measuring.
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Lydia Burton, 09/09/2026

Call for Inquiry after Prime Minister’s ‘social licence’ pledge for renewables

Nationals leader Matt Canavan is calling on the Labor Government to support Senator Ross Cadell’s motion today to investigate the impacts of large-scale renewables on agricultural landholders and rural, regional and First Nations communities…Read More

Beef Central, 09/09/2026

Angus Australia and Red Angus Society join forces

Australia’s Angus and Red Angus breed organisations will come together from 1 January, creating one unified organisation representing Angus cattle and breeders across Australia…Read More

Beef Central, 09/09/2026

2027 Nuffield Scholars announced at National Conference in Darwin

From land ownership models to farm safety, Nuffield Australia’s latest crop of scholarship recipients have officially been announced. ..Read More

Beef Central, 09/09/2026

‘Someone knows something’ the logistics in stealing 5500 sheep worth $1.7m

“Someone out there should know or have seen something, which will lead us eventually to the location of where these sheep have gone and the culprits responsible.”..Read More

Lydia Burton, 08/09/2026

Opinion: A bad time to be a tree in Queensland

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

James Henderson, 08/09/2026

Graeme Acton Beef Connections project national producer survey asks: Is agtech worth it?

Why do beef producers adopt – or reject – agtech? Graeme Acton Beef Connections program member Millie Unthank this month launches a national producer survey as part of her research project, to find out.

This month marks the official launch of my national producer survey as part of it.

The survey is the centrepiece of my project titled  Is Agtech Worth It? How Values Define Value…Read More

Millie Unthank, 08/09/2026

AA Co Showcases Premium Australian Beef Through MasterChef Asia Partnership

AACo’s Darling Downs Pure Australian Wagyu is the exclusive branded beef partner of the highly anticipated MasterChef Asia, which premieres this month…Read More

Beef Central, 08/09/2026

Will getting kids on farm help the red meat industry’s social licence?

Queensland beef producer Michelle Lyons is on a mission to bridge the gap between food producers and the public through immersive, educational experiences…Read More

Beef Central, 08/09/2026

Nationals introduce bill aiming to repeal Labor’s firearms laws

Federal Member for Maranoa David Littleproud has introduced a Bill into the House of Representatives today being seconded by the Member for Dawson Andrew Wilcox to repeal Labor’s firearms laws…Read More

Beef Central, 07/09/2026

Opinion: Increase in the cattle levy should be tied with reform

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

Pyrograzing turns ordinary livestock into fire prevention heroes, so why isn’t it used on public lands more often?

In grasslands across the American West, four-legged fire prevention crews are busy at work, helping keep wildfire risk under control. These cattle, goats and sheep stomp down tall grasses as they munch their way through plants that could otherwise burn, lowering the risk of catastrophic fires in the process…Read More

Briana Swette and Kelly Hopping, Boise State University, 07/09/2026

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