The next in a series of webinars hosted by the Intercollegiate Meat Judging Association being held this Wednesday, is set to tackle the challenges of adopting DEXA into the lamb supply chain, and what’s next in new technologies to measure yield in beef and lamb carcases…Read More
Scrutiny of procotols governing COVID-19 outbreaks on livestock export vessels continues as a cluster of positive test results from a cattle and sheep carrier docked in Fremantle grows to nine…Read More
Many sectors of agriculture have operated for several decades under a market where demand for a wide range of skills has exceeded supply. But what implications can we expect due to the rise in national unemployment attributed to coronavirus?..Read More
Cold, close-quarters working conditions have been blamed for COVID-19 clusters in meat processing establishments in a dozen countries around the world…Read More
The Aussie dollar is more or less recovered from COVID-19 impacts, which saw the currency plunge 15 percent to below US57c in March…Read More
Some processor grid offers in Queensland have risen this week, while southern Australian saleyards cow prices continue to fire on all cylinders. Flow of cattle into southern Queensland plants is looking tighter this week, and there are suggestions that at least one large export plant may skip days next week, as a result…Read More
Entries are now open for the Royal Queensland Show’s (Ekka) Prime Beef Competition, which will take place in a new location this year following the cancellation of the 2020 Ekka…Read More
A suggestion made this week by US president Donald Trump that his country should consider banning live cattle imports surprised many across the US beef industry, and has been dismissed by the National Cattlemens Beef Association…Read More
Global meat processor JBS has announced a donation worth the equivalent of about A$188 million to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the communities in which its employees live and work around the world…Read More
Four key factors would drive cattle and sheepmeat prices for 2020 and 2021, independent meat and livestock industry analyst Simon Quilty told a webinar hosted by NSW Local Land Services this week…Read More
