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Selling Wagyu beef direct to China from WA’s Pilbara region is not the stuff of fairytales. An innovative approach is seeing this new red meat venture develop rapidly to lift beef exports from the west.
Although the El Niño−Southern Oscillation (ENSO) remains neutral, latest model outlooks and recent warming in the tropical Pacific, mean the likelihood of El Niño developing in spring has increased to around a 50% chance.
For the first few weeks of June, wheat delivered Darling Downs averaged $401/tonne, up 48% from the same period last year, while barley increased 60% to $406/tonne (Profarmer).
Aussie farmers remain resilient, with ABARES forecasting a rise in the total value of farm production to $61 billion, well above the 10-year average.
Below average rainfall across most of Australia saw Australian adult cattle slaughter in April increase 26% year-on-year, totalling almost 617,600 head.
Support for farmers and their families facing drought has been boosted by $284 million in the NSW Budget 2018, bringing the NSW Government’s drought relief package to well over half a billion dollars.
The Bureau of Meteorology has released its 2018 Winter Outlook, with warmer and drier than average conditions expected across large parts of the country.
Most of southern Australia is yet to feel any reprieve from the dry conditions, despite the southern wet season traditionally starting in April.
Doubling the rate of genetic gain in Merino flocks by 2022 is the aim of a sheep industry project underway in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia.
By the end of 2019 beef cattle producers will be receiving tailored information and resources for tackling disease priorities, which decrease profitability and threaten market access.
Young scholars and innovators in the sheep and wool industry will have an opportunity to present their latest research at the “Hour of Power’’ during the MerinoLink annual conference.
Cattle on feed for the January – March 2018 quarter increased 52,506 head, or 5% from the December quarter according to the latest feedlot survey results released by the Australian Lot Feeders’ Association (ALFA) and Meat & Livestock Australia.
