The latest news, genetics, and market insights from Australia's beef cattle industry.
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.
Cattle Australia has announced its 2025 Board and Regional Consultative Committee (RCC) at its Annual General Meeting in Tamworth, NSW.
More than 500 stakeholders from across the beef supply chain have walked away optimistic about the future and ready to collaborate on the big issues facing the industry, following last Thursday’s Cattle Connect producer day.
Australia has once again claimed the title of the producer of the World’s Best Steak following the results of the 2024 World Steak Challenge.
Inbreeding is the mating of individuals that are related through common ancestry and this can have the effect of narrowing genetic diversity in a population.
A twelve-month MLA trial for automated induction crush for cattle entering feedlots, with the trial involving 100 head per month, over the year, has been run at Teys Charlton.
Beef Australia’s 2024 event, Beef2024, has been awarded gold in the Major Festivals and Events category and the Excellence in Food Tourism category at the 2024 Queensland Tourism Awards.
