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Australian beef producers should keep an eye on developments in the US, as drought conditions and forced herd liquidation, along with the risk of recessionary pressures on the US economy, are set to pressure global beef trade and prices.
Objective measurement for the beef industry took a step forward this week with the commissioning of beef DEXA technology at Teys Australia’s Lakes Creek processing plant at Rockhampton.
Agriculture Victoria is advising livestock producers and land managers across East Gippsland and Alpine areas to prepare for potentially cold and wet conditions forecast for the approaching weekend.
Cattle Council regards the announcement made by Labor to ban live sheep exports as reckless and ill-informed.
The call is out for young beef producers across the country to apply for the 2018 NAB Agribusiness Rising Beef Industry Champion.
SmartShepherd, a NSW-based start-up which has developed an electronic pedigree ID system for livestock with support from MLA Donor Company’s I + E CONNECT partnership, recently triumphed at the global AgFunder Innovation Awards.
A new software license agreement for BREEDPLAN, the genetic evaluation system for beef cattle, has been announced to ensure greater accessibility for seedstock producers and improve transparency and accountability in the system.
Thousands of animal rights activists are set to converge on Melbourne CBD on Saturday Evening and grind the city to a halt for the largest animal rights march in Australian history.
The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee has revised its forecast of shorn wool production for the 2017/18 season to 338 million kilograms greasy, a 0.6% decline on the 2016/17 season.
THE Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council has responded to extremely distressing video of live sheep export conditions by proposing a range of steps to strengthen accountability and transparency in the industry.
The Australian red meat industry is moving to develop a benchmarking tool to measure animal welfare and demonstrate its continuous improvement in a new research project now underway.
Western Local Land Services is calling on livestock producers to consider the welfare of their animals as the tough seasonal conditions continue in much of the Western region.
