Ninety two years after the business was established as a cattle producer-owned cooperative, the Northern Cooperative Meat Co near Casino in northern NSW has competed its transition into becoming an unlisted public company…Read More
The 2025 Meat Business Women conference kicks off in Brisbane tomorrow, having been postponed from its early March slot due to flooding in southeast Queensland…Read More
Beef Central, 14/05/2025
As direct consignment slaughter cattle bookings continue to extend under heavy supply, many export processors are now offering space bookings only for slaughter stock, with prices to be negotiated closer to processing date. It makes over-the-hooks pricing a little harder to pin down, as plants extend space bookings into even July in some cases…Read More
Beef Central, 13/05/2025
Both direct consignment and saleyard-sourced slaughter cattle have come under price pressure this week, as meatworks types try to hit the market in heavy numbers. Queensland grid prices have slid another 10-20c/kg on top of earlier falls, as processors fill available slots deep into June and even early July. ..Read More
Jon Condon, 06/05/2025
The beef production heartland area of Central Queensland has become a pinch-point in the slaughter cattle supply-demand equation, with direct consignment bookings starting to mount up significantly heading into May. Some grids in the region are back another 10c this week, while the rest of eastern Australia sees direct consignment rates mostly unchanged..Read More
Jon Condon, 29/04/2025
Australian researchers trialling an electronic tongue – or ‘e-tongue’ – report that instrumental taste measurements successfully detected spoiled vacuum-packed mince…Read More
Sue Webster, 23/04/2025
There are sharp corrections evident in direct consignment slaughter cattle grid prices this week, as stock access improves after earlier wet weather in some regions and the last of the backlog of rain-delayed process cattle is cleared…Read More
Jon Condon, 22/04/2025
Big improvements were noted in lowering Green House Gas emissions, water utilisation, water quality, energy use and waste to landfill in a two-yearly Environmental Performance Review of Australian red meat processing released last week…Read More
Beef Central, 22/04/2025
RESEARCHERS working at the Australian Country Choice beef processing plant in Brisbane have successfully trialled new technology taking some of the guesswork out of grading beef carcase traits at the..Read More
Beef Central, 22/04/2025
National seven-day slaughter hit a six-year high for the week ended Friday, reaching 152,180 head, but earlier rain and flooding impact was a big factor. Some direct consignment grids have risen 10-20c/kg over the past fortnight, but export meat market signals remain confused, in the wake of Trump tariffs…Read More
Beef Central, 15/04/2025
Vietnam is rapidly becoming a hot-spot for offshore investment in meat processing infrastructure, with Brazilian meat giant JBS the latest to join the trend…Read More
Beef Central, 09/04/2025
It’s no surprise that last week’s drenching across large parts of QLD and NSW has delivered monumental logistical headaches for processors this week. Cancellations of slaughter cattle have been common since Friday, as roads become impassable, rail services cancelled and paddocks too wet to muster. Several Central and North QLD plants are already scheduling lost days this week due to logistical problems…Read More
Jon Condon, 01/04/2025