The latest news, genetics, and market insights from Australia's beef cattle industry.
The cattle market has started the year on a strong note, with demand across all categories driving competition. Southern weaner sales are also off to a solid start. As numbers continue to increase, we’ll gain a clearer picture of buyer demand.
An Australian museum has asked its visitors to eat more plants and less beef as it claims the cattle industry is warming the planet.
The feedlot sector’s new professional development group, the ALFA Future Feeders Network (FFN), has established its inaugural Committee.
Grant Garey has been appointed to the role of president of the Australian Lot Feeders Association (ALFA).
The Australian Lot Feeders’ Association (ALFA) today announced a strategic move to retire its long-standing SmartBeef Conference after nearly two decades of hosting the industry technical focused event, to focus on enhancing its professional development offering and growing its showcase conference, BeefEx.
Impressive numbers through Australian feedlots remained for the 2024 September quarter, as shown by the results of the quarterly feedlot survey published by the Australian Lot Feeders’ Association (ALFA) and Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA). Numbers on feed remained above 1.4 million head, and capacity remained at 1.6 million.
Cattle Australia has welcomed China’s reinstatement of export approvals for the remaining two Australian beef export processing plants, which were suspended from supplying product to China in 2020 and 2021.
Herd contraction in the world’s four largest beef-producing nations – the US, Brazil, China and Europe – is expected to lead to the first reduction in global beef supply since the Covid-19 pandemic, altering trade flows in the year ahead, Rabobank says in a recently-released research report.
The 2024 Georgina Pastoral Future NTCA Industry Tour kicked off in November. Starting in Alice Springs, the future leaders visited Yambah, Curtin Springs, and Undoolya Stations, where they explored key aspects of sustainability, diversification, leadership, and the value of fostering enduring relationships.
Females averaged $3,750 over the sale, 18 of 21 females sold to a top of $5,250 for Lot 10 – Benjarra Fancy Face U50 (PP R AA) to Kooraloo Fitting Service, Eastwell Family, Warwick, at the Benjarra Limousin sale.
Beef Australia announced the appointment of a new Chairman and Board of Directors, following the company’s 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Rockhampton.
Cattle Australia has condemned the Federal Government’s decision to suspend the Beef Herd Method for accounting carbon emission reductions as yet another sneaky, short-sighted betrayal of an industry that is the largest sustainable land manager in Australia.
