New safety requirements soon to be introduced for quad bikes won’t prevent all deaths, but they will prevent many, writes ACCC agricultural commissioner Mick Keogh. ..Read More
Guest Author, August 7, 2020
SIGNIFICANT potential exists to increase the quality grade of carcases from aged cows by putting them on feed programs for a period before slaughter, recent research has shown…Read More
The potential revival of commercial harvesting of feral pigs faces significant business and market challenges, according to a new National Feral Pig Action Plan report…Read More
Beef Central, July 30, 2020
The first seedlings from a research project to develop a sterile leucaena variety were transplanted at secure sites at Carnarvon, Broome and Kununurra recently…Read More
Beef Central, July 29, 2020
The Australian Government has provided a grant of $600,000 to Plant Health Australia (PHA) to coordinate research to address gaps in management of fall armyworm…Read More
Beef Central, July 20, 2020
Charles Sturt University research, in conjunction with Meat & Livestock Australia, has shown it’s possible for beef cattle producers to increase live weight, carcase quality and potentially the financial returns from cull cows, by feeding a high energy ration…Read More
Beef Central, July 7, 2020
A recent Pasture Dieback Science Forum was an opportunity for further collaboration among researchers and red meat industry groups as work continues to find solutions to the destructive pasture dieback condition, for which mealybug is the leading suspect…Read More
Beef Central, July 3, 2020
Beef, sheepmeat and goat producers and other value chain stakeholders are reminded that new versions of the Livestock Production Assurance National Vendor Declarations for all species are now available, identified by version number 0720…Read More
Beef Central, July 2, 2020
The Australian beef industry’s latest annual sustainability ‘report card’ released today shows the industry is making progress on key sustainability indicators but there is work to be done to better engage industry. ..Read More
Beef Central, June 25, 2020
AgForce has welcomed the third annual update for the Australian Beef Sustainability Framework (ABSF) as celebrating the industry’s significant achievements, but noted that it needs to tell this good news story better…Read More
Beef Central, June 25, 2020
Why do some beef businesses fly financially while others in the same region, same rainfall zone and with the same land type, falter? The Australian Beef Report 2020 Vision launched in Toowoomba today goes a long way toward answering that question – and notes the answers are ‘perennial and straight forward’…Read More
James Nason, June 24, 2020
A technology originally developed for use in provide monitoring of calving for intensive dairy use is being used to underpin a large trial in northern Australia seeking to better understand reasons for calf loss…Read More
Jon Condon, June 19, 2020