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REFORMS to Australia’s livestock export industry will be on the agenda at LIVEXforum 2016 in Canberra this week with Shadow Minister for Agriculture Joel Fitzgibbon set to provide an overview of Federal Labor’s policies as they relate to the live trade.
MEMBERS are now able to vote for Cattle Council of Australia’s 2017 board positions.
VICTORIAN dairy farmers have mixed feelings with Murray Goulburn announcing the Milk Supply Support Package (MSSP) will be suspended for the remainder of the 2016/17 season.
Pasture growth continued to improve across most of the state as NSW experienced the wettest period on record from winter to early spring, with the wetter than normal conditions likely to continue throughout October.
A total of 2000 breeding heifers and 100 bulls will be sourced for the Indonesia-Australia commercial cattle breeding program.
Given the widespread, and in some parts very heavy, spring rainfall – particularly across some of the previously drought-stricken regions – restocker demand is anticipated to remain high over the coming months.
AUSTRALIAN livestock exporters have endorsed market suspensions on Malaysian importers and facilities which have failed to meet animal welfare, control and traceability standards during the annual Korban festival period in September.
Australian cattle producers are being cautioned to “look beyond the price peak” by a new industry report, with current record-high prices unlikely to be sustained in the medium to longer term.
International dairy commodity prices have staged a significant recovery in recent months, as global supply and demand slowly return to a more balanced outlook, according to Dairy Australia’s latest Situation and Outlook report.
Australian cattle slaughter for August remained slow, exacerbated by the widespread rain stymying the flow of cattle to market.
A single pastoral order has been put out into the marketplace for 10,000 whiteface weaners for grass finishing to domestic trade and bullock weights.
CATTLE Council of Australia will travel to New Zealand next week to attend the 2016 International Beef Alliance.
