2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (143+ words) In today’s episode, podcast host Kerry Lonergan interviews veteran cattle industry stakeholder, stock agent and bush poet Dennis Scanlon about his career in Australia’s beef industry — from sale yards and abattoirs to roles with Elders and the earliest days of…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (438+ words) Australian beef producers are largely maintaining their herd plans while adjusting cattle sales in response to livestock readiness, seasonal conditions and market opportunities, according to the latest Beef Producers Intentions Survey (BPIS) Pulse Survey. The survey found 83% of producers have…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1719+ words) STATE farm organisations have backed the first major review of the $5-per-head cattle transaction levy in two decades, but say any proposed changes must be backed by detailed business cases demonstrating clear benefits for levy payers. Beef Central has sought…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (962+ words) CATTLE Australia has completed a constitutional review with several changes to its constitution passed at an extraordinary general meeting on September 1. Amendments passed include the introduction of indefinite director terms, removing the previous limit on how many terms a director…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (598+ words) AUSTRALIA’s Angus and Red Angus breed organisations will come together from 1 January, creating one unified organisation representing Angus cattle and breeders across Australia. Angus Australia CEO Scott Wright said the decision was an important step for both organisations and the…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (467+ words) Using a monthly diary format, Graeme Acton Beef Connections program member Amelia ‘Millie’ Unthank is outlining her experiences and learnings as part of the mentoring program in the lead-up to Beef Australia next May. Here’s Millie’s third monthly diary entry,…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (273+ words) Livestock producers are being urged to remain vigilant for bloat in cattle as spring growth accelerates across the region. The condition is most commonly seen when cattle rapidly consume lush, immature legume-dominant pastures such as clover and lucerne. While bloat…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (704+ words) IN grasslands across the American West, four-legged fire prevention crews are busy at work, helping keep wildfire risk under control. These cattle, goats and sheep stomp down tall grasses as they munch their way through plants that could otherwise burn,…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (600+ words) Rowan McMonnies addressing the Beef 2024 breakfast symposium. Picture: Beef Australia One of the most engaging presentations delivered to a stadium filled with cattle industry stakeholders on the opening day Beef 2024 in Rockhampton two years ago came not from the beef…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (810+ words) Picture your cattle in the yards, and picture a number floating above each one. Not a weight. A ranking, 1 to 100, showing you exactly where that animal sits against every other animal in the mob for how efficiently it turns feed…...