The dramatic decline being seen in rates of slaughter as the 2020 year draws to a close was reflected in beef exports for September, which were down 31 percent compared with the same period last year. DAF figures released yesterday show exports to all markets last month reached just 72,619t – the lowest monthly volume seen in at least a decade, except for the December-January period when many processing plants close for holidays…Read More
Former Wellard Limited boss Mauro Balzarini, a naval architect by training who had design input into all of Wellard’s livestock carriers, has added his views to the discussion about the safety of livestock carriers in the wake of the Gulf Livestock 1 tragedy…Read More
Cattle Council of Australia’s 2020 Annual General Meeting will go ahead online, as the ongoing coronavirus response limits face to face gatherings…Read More
Victoria’s regional meat processors are no closer to knowing if or when workforce restrictions will be further eased, as the state government yesterday announced that regional Victoria will move to step three of its coronavirus reopening plan from midnight tonight…Read More
While prices of Australian agricultural land are at record highs in many regions, the market is entering a new phase, with little or no growth in median prices forecast over the next 18 months, according to a new industry report. The robust growth in agricultural property prices witnessed over the past five years has slowed, with 2020 signalling “the beginning of a new phase in land markets across the country,” Rabobank suggests…Read More
Australia and Indonesia are separated geographically by only a few thousand kilometres of sea but culturally by a far greater gulf that has caused continuous misunderstandings and headline conflicts over the past decade. However it is a relationship that has perhaps never been more important to Australia, particularly as ties with China continue on a downward spiral…Read More
Despite facing a range of domestic and global challenges Australia’s red meat industry is in good shape, according to the latest “State of the Industry” report released today…Read More
Claims continue to fly around this week about distortions in livestock competition brought on by COVID JobKeeper subsidies. So which processors are currently benefiting from Jobkeeper wages support, and which are not?..Read More
Does the recent slight easing in Darwin feeder steer prices represent a temporary dip in a market still heavily influenced by tight northern cattle supplies, or a sign the market has peaked and set to fall further from here? ..Read More
Heavy rain in parts of Australia in recent months has raised hopes Australia’s protracted drought is finally over. But determining whether a region has recovered from drought is a complex undertaking…Read More
