Elders Livestock Production Manager, Rob Inglis says producers shouldn’t underestimate the importance of water, not just for basic hydration, but for its role in nutrition.
The Australian Lot Feeders Association is holding SmartBeef 2017, an event for the lot feeder community, including grass-fed producers and others in the beef supply chain.
Located close to the Southern Ocean in the South Australian coastal area of Wandearah, mixed farmers Lynton and Sonia Joyce use opportunistic cattle trading for their 300-head capacity feedlot.
The JBS Australia Thousand Guineas Shorthorn Branded Beef program continues to break new ground in the Australian high end food service market, however the product is also gaining traction within Japan.
A 13 months old Fullblood Wagyu bull with BREEDPLAN figures in the top one per cent of the breed for Terminal Carcase Index, Marble Score and Marble Fineness sold for $88,000 during the September Premium Wagyu sale on AuctionsPlus.