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Two US led steers sell for more than US$500,000 each

Posted 2023-03-20 06:42:33

Two US led steers sell for more than US$500,000 each

Posted 2023-03-20 06:42:33

Two led steers at one of the world's largest livestock shows in the United States have sold for more than US$500,000 each ...

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Indigenous voice to parliament raises conversations at NTCA

Posted 2023-03-20 06:25:15

Indigenous voice to parliament raises conversations at NTCA

Posted 2023-03-20 06:25:15

As Australians prepare to vote on a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice to parliament, the impact it might have ...

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Plant-based ‘chicken nuggets’ blocked from entering Australia

Posted 2023-03-20 05:42:47

Plant-based ‘chicken nuggets’ blocked from entering Australia

Posted 2023-03-20 05:42:47

Impossible Foods has been blocked from selling its plant-based “chicken nuggets” in Australia after they were found ...

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Recruitment: Target the ‘under-employed’, not the ‘unemployed’

Posted 2023-03-20 05:31:36

Recruitment: Target the ‘under-employed’, not the ‘unemployed’

Posted 2023-03-20 05:31:36

IN the face of the labour crisis sweeping large parts of the agricultural supply chain, targeting the ...

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Wales and NZ collaborate and compete in sports shear spirit

Posted 2023-03-20 05:31:30

Wales and NZ collaborate and compete in sports shear spirit

Posted 2023-03-20 05:31:30

IT was almost as close as could be got to the spirit of international co-operations as the Welsh Development and New ...

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Parts manufacturers say agriculture needs legal right to repair

Posted 2023-01-25 04:51:06

Parts manufacturers say agriculture needs legal right to repair

Posted 2023-01-25 04:51:06

The Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association (AAAA) has reaffirmed its support of the agricultural industry’s ...

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APC to gather whole of supply chain in Toowoomba

Posted 2023-03-07 23:06:46

APC to gather whole of supply chain in Toowoomba

Posted 2023-03-07 23:06:46

The Australian Pulse Conference will bring together all aspects of the pulse supply chain when it is held later this ...

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Dry summer clips potential for sorghum, cotton: ABARES

Posted 2023-03-07 04:28:42

Dry summer clips potential for sorghum, cotton: ABARES

Posted 2023-03-07 04:28:42

A wet start and a dry finish have tempered production prospects for Australia's summer crops, according to ABARES ...

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Victorian sheep farmer to install cameras after 300 ewes stolen

Posted 2023-03-15 06:00:54

Victorian sheep farmer to install cameras after 300 ewes stolen

Posted 2023-03-15 06:00:54

A VICTORIAN sheep farmer will erect motion-sensitive cameras after the reported theft of 300 composite ewes valued at ...

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Growers surge into WoolClip digital platform

Posted 2023-01-11 04:18:42

Growers surge into WoolClip digital platform

Posted 2023-01-11 04:18:42

UPTAKE of Australia’s world-leading digital on-farm wool platform surged last year, reaching more than 100,000 bales ...

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Sheep Central News

Recruitment: Target the ‘under-employed’, not the ‘unemployed’

Posted 2023-03-20 05:31:36

IN the face of the labour crisis sweeping large parts of the agricultural supply chain, targeting the ‘under-employed’ rather than the ‘unemployed’ was one strategy suggested to Australian ...

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Wales and NZ collaborate and compete in sports shear spirit

Posted 2023-03-20 05:31:30

IT was almost as close as could be got to the spirit of international co-operations as the Welsh Development and New Zealand teams prepared on Saturday for the first ...

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Two young leaders earn top Australasian agribusiness award

Posted 2023-03-20 05:31:22

TWO future leaders in agriculture have been crowned as the 2023 winners of Australasia’s coveted agricultural award, the Zanda McDonald ...

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AWI predicts biological sheep defleecing clarity in 18 months

AUSTRALIAN wool growers will not know how biological defleecing might be implemented for at least another 18 ...

Posted 2023-03-20 05:31:17

Wool dumping woes expected to dissipate later this year

A SHORTAGE of wool containerization capacity is expected to be relieved within months with the opening of a new dumping facility in ...

Posted 2023-03-20 05:31:10

Concern live sheep phase-out will hit livestock breeder trade

VICTORIA’S Agriculture Minister Gayle Tierney has failed to declare her support for the continued live export of sheep and cattle for breeding, fuelling fears that state Labor Governments might ...

Posted 2023-03-20 05:31:02

Queensland producer backs new eNVD app

A NEW mobile phone app is set to change the habits of livestock producers, transporters and others in the supply chain because it does what most apps can’t – it works without internet ...

Posted 2023-03-19 20:35:49

Queensland cattle producer backs new eNVD app + Video

A NEW mobile phone app is set to change the habits of livestock producers, transporters and others in the supply chain because it does what most apps can’t – it works without internet ...

Posted 2023-03-19 20:35:49

AWN buys Riverina’s Wilks & McKean Livestock and Property

WOOL and livestock agribusiness company AWN has announced the acquisition of the New South Wales Riverina agency, Wilks & McKean Livestock and ...

Posted 2023-03-17 05:45:02

Australia to send another million LSD doses for Indonesia

AUSTRALIA will provide another one million doses of Lumpy Skin Disease vaccine to Indonesia, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Murray Watt said at the Northern Territory ...

Posted 2023-03-17 05:44:43

Beef Central - Lot Feeding

Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum focus lifts prices

Posted 2023-03-20 05:12:47

Welcome rain has fallen over parts of NSW and Qld as markets firm on the occasional trade short and preoccupation in the north with a big sorghum ...

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Feedgrain Focus: South softens, north firms

Posted 2023-03-13 04:50:31

Supply-side pressure from a harvest in full flight has weighed on sorghum prices, but white grain prices have firmed in the north to reflect the low volume being ...

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Innovation puts a stop to cattle slipping on concrete

Posted 2023-03-13 01:15:21

A new durable and markedly "grippier" rubber matting product developed through years of continuous research and development by agricultural surfacing company NumatAgri is now helping feedlots and ...

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Going under cover: feedlot tour focusses on shade and shedding options

A feedlot tour taking place in May will focus specifically on shade and shedding concepts, design and ...

Posted 2023-03-11 03:21:42

Cattle shade, shelter under microscope at Dalby conference + Video

The Protein 2023 Conference on March 22 is an opportunity for anyone in the industry to get an insight into the considerations and processes involved in planning and constructing shade and shelter ...

Posted 2023-03-09 04:51:50

Grainfed industry’s tech conference heads to Tamworth

SmartBeef23, the biennial technical conference staged by the lotfeeding industry, will be held in October this year in nation’s country music capital – ...

Posted 2023-03-08 00:47:32

Ticking the (black) box on feedlot feedback + Video

The new Black Box Co Feedlot Feedback application represents a key turning point for producers and feeders, allowing ‘right-time’ feedback of data to be supplied directly to suppliers from ...

Posted 2023-03-05 22:38:53

ALFA launches new online livestock handling courses + VIDEO

ALFA has released its Fundamentals of Livestock Handing online skills training course, part of a wider careers and training strategy designed to deliver a full set of online courses covering ...

Posted 2023-02-28 05:57:17

Feedgrain Focus: Wheat, sorghum firm in north

Prices for wheat and barley have firmed $10/t in the northern market, while values in the south are ...

Posted 2023-02-27 05:36:59

Bookings open for Protein 2023 conference at Dalby

Building sustainable food supply chains in the beef, pork, poultry and dairy sectors will be in focus at the Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise's annual Protein Conference to be held in Dalby on ...

Posted 2023-02-21 05:40:19

Modern Farmer - News

White House Proposes New Standards for ‘Product of USA’ Label

Posted 2023-03-17 12:00:56

Beef raised in Brazil. Pork processed in Canada. Eggs raised in New Zealand. All of these products—and more—are eligible for a “Product of USA” label under the current label regulations. ...

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United States, Mexico at Odds Over Mexico’s Ban of Genetically Modified Corn

Posted 2023-03-16 12:00:29

Anet Aguilar traces her passion for corn back to her grandmother. In the Mexican state of Baja California where Aguilar lived with her grandmother, flour tortillas were popular. Her grandmother ...

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Turning a Locust Invasion into a Fertilizer Boon

Posted 2023-03-15 12:00:04

They say when life throws you lemons, you make lemonade. But what happens when life throws swarms of desert locusts your way? You could make fertilizer from those locusts, as a team of innovators ...

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To Cultivate Modern Sustainability, A California Wine Region is Turning to Very Old Methods

Ask any of the wine grape growers planting own-rooted stock why they’re farming these massively risky grapevines and they’ll all tell you the same thing: They just want to make really great ...

Posted 2023-03-14 12:00:03

Who Will Take Over the Family Farm? We Want to Hear From You

What’s to become of the family farm? As America’s farming population gets older, an increasing number of small and medium-scale farmers are grappling with the question of when and how to ...

Posted 2023-03-13 12:00:18

Unlocking Secrets of the Honeybee Dance Language

The Greek historian Herodotus reported over 2,000 years ago on a misguided forbidden experiment in which two children were prevented from hearing human speech so that a king could discover the ...

Posted 2023-03-12 12:00:53

‘Communities, Not Corporations’: Farmers March for Climate Action in D.C.

Hundreds of farmers and farmworkers gathered in Washington, D.C. this week to demand that Congress prioritize farmer-led climate solutions in the 2023 Farm Bill. On Tuesday, farmers and their ...

Posted 2023-03-10 19:47:13

US Explores Vaccinating Chickens In Response to Avian Flu Outbreak

A vaccine for avian flu could be on the way to a chicken coop near you. As first reported by The New York Times this week, officials within the Biden administration are considering a vaccine for ...

Posted 2023-03-09 14:48:45

Meta Ad Ban Hurts Hemp Entrepreneurs

Sara Day Evans runs an agriculture-based business accelerator, Accelerating Appalachia, which supports dozens of farmers in one of the poorest parts of the country. In June 2019, she wanted to ...

Posted 2023-03-09 13:00:23

Meet the Forgotten Contributor to Sustainable Agriculture

When Louis Bromfield first arrived on his farm in Richland County, Ohio, he was shocked at the state of the soil. Generations of unsustainable forestry and grazing practices had left the topsoil ...

Posted 2023-03-07 13:00:35

Beef Central News

Two US led steers sell for more than US$500,000 each

Posted 2023-03-20 06:42:33

Two led steers at one of the world's largest livestock shows in the United States have sold for more than US$500,000 each - in a bid to help educate the next generation of the agricultural ...

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Indigenous voice to parliament raises conversations at NTCA

Posted 2023-03-20 06:25:15

As Australians prepare to vote on a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice to parliament, the impact it might have on the cattle industry was a major source of conversation in Darwin last ...

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Plant-based ‘chicken nuggets’ blocked from entering Australia

Posted 2023-03-20 05:42:47

Impossible Foods has been blocked from selling its plant-based “chicken nuggets” in Australia after they were found to contain a banned ...

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Research project finding key issues in goat fertility

Preliminary findings from Kids+, the largest goat industry research project ever undertaken in Australia, have flagged key issues for goatmeat producers to consider when addressing herd ...

Posted 2023-03-17 05:15:21

One million new vaccines to fight lumpy skin disease in Indonesia

The Federal Government has announced that a further one million doses of lumpy skin disease (LSD) vaccines will be provided to ...

Posted 2023-03-17 05:13:47

Cell-based meat is facing a tougher road than startups are letting on

Addressing the Rural Press Club of Queensland in Brisbane yesterday, Professor Paul Wood AO had a simple response to claims the technology is set to ‘kill off’ the traditional livestock ...

Posted 2023-03-17 04:50:54

“The best stories are at the end of the road”: Murray Arnel reflects on a market reporting career of substance

For three decades, the Australian livestock industry been better off thanks to Murray Arnel's decision to take a leap of faith back in 1992 and accept a job offer as a livestock market report in ...

Posted 2023-03-17 04:23:11

Recruitment: Targeting the ‘under-employed’ rather than the ‘unemployed’

In the face of the labour crisis sweeping large parts of the agricultural supply chain, targeting the ‘under-employed’ rather than the ‘unemployed’ was one strategy suggested to Australian ...

Posted 2023-03-17 02:36:13

Agforce warns of potential animal activist activity

Queensland farm lobby group AgForce is urging producers to ‘stay alert, but not alarmed’, as police warn of potential animal activist activity on farms. ...

Posted 2023-03-16 05:23:40

Govt to make ‘national statement on climate change in agriculture’

Federal agriculture minister Murray Watt says the government is hoping to bring industry, states and territories together in forming a broad strategy for managing the impacts of climate change on ...

Posted 2023-03-16 04:45:40

Grain Central - News

CBH opens Kwinana Fertiliser Facility

Posted 2023-03-20 03:14:05

CBH Group has opened it's new Kwinana Fertiliser Facility, which will deliver significant benefits to Western Australian grain ...

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Crushing-plant plans brighten hopes for CQ oilseeds

Posted 2023-03-16 06:38:32

Energreen Nutrition has put forward plans to construct a crushing plant at Yamala, with the project expected to reinvigorate CQ's oilseed ...

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T-Ports signs haulage agreement with local carriers

Posted 2023-03-15 04:45:11

Eyre Peninsula Freight Group has signed an agreement which gives member businesses surety that they will be hauling for T-Ports for years to ...

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Winter canola for biofuel set for release in southern US

Canola looks set to move south in the US now that hybrids are being developed so it can be grown as a biofuel feedstock in rotation with summer ...

Posted 2023-03-15 00:32:05

Canola for biofuel set for release in southern US

Canola looks set to move south in the US now that hybrids are being developed so it can be grown as a biofuel feedstock in rotation with summer ...

Posted 2023-03-15 00:32:05

ARTC, NSW Farmers issue guide for those on Inland Rail route

An information pack to assist landholders in dealings with Inland Rail has been put together by ARTC and NSW ...

Posted 2023-03-14 23:41:09

Summit brings agribusiness leaders together on ESG

A KPMG report released on Friday says greater transparency and alignment with regard to ESG would benefit Australian ...

Posted 2023-03-13 03:58:15

Growing SA claims August 30 for 2023 event

South Australia's forum for mixed farmers, graziers and croppers to get together is being held on August ...

Posted 2023-03-10 03:32:47

Grain Central’s March 2023 news quiz

Keep up to date with Australian cropping industry developments with Grain Central’s monthly ...

Posted 2023-03-09 22:58:53

Collision derails grain train west of Junee

An empty grain train has derailed following a collision with a truck and trailer north of Wagga Wagga this ...

Posted 2023-03-08 03:05:57

Sheep Central Wool Production

NSW Police investigate Merino ewe flock theft near Harden

Posted 2022-12-12 06:14:20

NEW South Wales Police’s Rural Crime Prevention Team is investigating the theft of almost 300 sheep near Harden ...

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York family plans sheep flock rebuild in WA wheatbelt

Posted 2022-12-02 03:38:52

WESTERN Australia's York family at Tammin is planning to rebuild its sheep numbers next year in order to ensure risk is spread in what looks like being another year of high input costs for ...

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AWI non-mulesed wool inaction slammed in ANAO submission

Posted 2022-11-30 05:41:44

AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation has been called out on its lack of targets on mulesing, non-mulesed wool production and sheep welfare, in an animal welfare group submission to the Australian National ...

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Non-mulesed wool adds colour to yarn’s positive path

Demand for yarn made from Australian wool has surged, and is offering growers a chance to become a known part of the supply ...

Posted 2022-09-16 04:23:15

Booster awareness lifts hopes for flystrike vaccine

A VACCINATION in early spring with a booster soon after is looking like the delivery method for a vaccine to counter flystrike being developed by ...

Posted 2022-08-18 01:44:35

Can real Mexicans help fill the shearer shortage?

WITH a shortage of shearers struggling to keep up with the revival of the Queensland wool industry, a new proposal is looking to real Mexicans - not just workers from the south - to help fill the ...

Posted 2022-07-08 05:42:23

Ask for Data Quality Scores before buying rams this selling season

DATA underpins good genetic evaluation, or in other words, the better the data a breeder has when breeding or buying rams, the better informed their decisions will ...

Posted 2022-07-06 03:20:20

Beef Central - AgTech

Livestock theft a growing problem, but technology offers hope

Posted 2023-02-23 05:46:37

Innovations in policing and agricultural technology appear to offer some promising progress to combat farm ...

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Parts manufacturers say agriculture needs legal right to repair

Posted 2023-01-25 04:51:06

The Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association (AAAA) has reaffirmed its support of the agricultural industry’s right to repair fight after a major John Deere announcement earlier this ...

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Telstra invests a further $2 million in agtech company, Farmbot

Posted 2022-12-08 04:57:53

Remote monitoring agtech services provider Farmbot has received a second major injection of funds totalling $2 million from telecommunications company ...

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Talking tech at Toowoomba’s MLA updates

Technology was front and centre for crowds gathering at the MLA updates forum in Toowoomba this week, with drones, satellite maps and cutting-edge genetics all featuring in displays and ...

Posted 2022-12-02 02:35:13

World-first free satellite pasture imagery launched for Australian red meat producers

Every cattle producer in Australia now has free access to satellite maps showing weekly changes in groundcover and pasture biomass on their properties - provided they are registered members of ...

Posted 2022-12-01 03:26:03

Beef agtech uptake not as easy as ‘click and play’

New research has revealed the agtech revolution is slower than hoped for the northern beef industry, with valuable insights revealed into how developers should work with farmers to drive ...

Posted 2022-11-23 04:56:56

Supermarket retailer Coles launches first-ever store-to-door drone delivery

Coles has become the first major Australian retailer to offer drone delivery directly from stores to customers’ ...

Posted 2022-11-16 04:11:43

Agtech investment momentum continues, despite economic downturn

Australia's growing agrifoodtech sector is being showcased on the international stage with the launch of a report this week showing investors tipped more than half a billion dollars into ...

Posted 2022-10-27 02:08:12

New system retrofits diesel engines to run on 90 per cent hydrogen

Engineers from UNSW Sydney have successfully converted a diesel engine to run as a hydrogen-diesel hybrid engine – reducing CO2 emissions by more than 85 per cent in the ...

Posted 2022-10-07 00:52:53

Paddock grain testing company working on soil carbon tool

An agtech company, which is building a name for its paddock grain testing tool, is developing similar devices for leaf and soil carbon ...

Posted 2022-07-05 06:00:29

Sheep Central - Lamb Production

How much downgraded grain will end up in feedlots this year?

Posted 2022-12-16 00:20:22

THE winter grain harvest has once again been plagued by consistent wet weather and flooding, with high yields and plenty of downgrades reported across large areas. By all reports, ...

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TraitSelect livestock app wins prestigious Australian eChallenge

Posted 2022-12-09 04:47:10

A TRIO of South Australian university students have big plans for their livestock Trait Select app – the winner of the University of Adelaide’s latest ...

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Hay shortage emerges after floods drown growing area

Posted 2022-12-08 02:03:31

A SHORTAGE of high quality hay across the country has been attributed to a combination of widespread flooding in prime growing areas and high grain ...

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Correct lamb tail length message reinforced at Dunkeld

THE importance of tail length and best practice pain relief in sheep to minimise breech flystrike and other animal health issues was highlighted at a recent seminar at Dunkeld in ...

Posted 2022-12-07 05:49:39

World-first free satellite pasture imagery launched for MLA members

EVERY sheep, goat and cattle producer in Australia can have free access to satellite maps showing weekly changes in ground cover and pasture biomass on their properties – provided they are ...

Posted 2022-12-02 03:21:40

Feedgrain Focus: South softens as harvest cranks up

SOUTHERN feed wheat and barley prices have dropped around $10-$15 a tonne in the past week, reflecting an improving outlook for harvest and ...

Posted 2022-11-30 05:49:04

Harvestaire makes move with eye on expansion

A Perth-based business is moving to larger premises to improve its ability to warehouse and manufacture header parts, and make 'over-engineered' lamb cradles with the ...

Posted 2022-09-09 04:10:04

Pain relief ‘huge priority’ for Victorian lamb producers

FOR south-west Victorian prime lamb producers Tim and Georgie Leeming, removing adverse animal husbandry practices and administering pain relief are huge priorities, deeply embedded in their ...

Posted 2022-08-17 06:08:00

On-animal sensors show potential for detecting wild dog attacks on sheep

A three-year project has highlighted the potential of on-animal sensors for detecting predation by wild ...

Posted 2022-07-06 01:41:12

Triple bottom line benefits from exclusion fencing for northern NSW community

Some of the finest wool growing country in the nation will soon benefit from protection from wild dog predation once the Moona-Winterbourne exclusion fence in the Walcha region of northern NSW is ...

Posted 2022-06-13 02:44:11

Beef Central - Weather

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 15 Mar 2023

Posted 2023-03-15 03:18:26

Widespread weekly totals of 50 to 150 mm in the Northern Territory Top End, most of eastern Queensland and into northern New South Wales and western ...

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Bureau issues El Niño watch as La Niña draws to end

Posted 2023-03-15 02:56:54

The Bureau of Meteorology has announced that the 2022–2023 La Niña has ended, and it has moved to El Niño WATCH, as there are there are some signs of El Niño forming later in the ...

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Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 8 Mar 2023

Posted 2023-03-08 04:41:30

Storms and heavy rain occurred across the northern tropics throughout the week, with weekly totals greater than 150 mm recorded in the far north-west of the Kimberley (Western Australia), in parts ...

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Heatwave in NSW, monsoon activity in north

Hot, windy and mostly dry conditions are leading to significant fire dangers in eastern and northern NSW from today through Wednesday, with a low to severe intensity Heatwave Warning ...

Posted 2023-03-06 05:25:30

Dry autumn forecast for most of Australia

The Bureau of Meteorology has released its long-range forecast for autumn 2023 and it indicates coming months are likely to be drier and warmer than usual across most of ...

Posted 2023-03-02 06:01:34

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 1 Mar 2023

Summer rainfall has been above average in the north, but below average across much of southern Australia, including north-eastern New South Wales and south-eastern ...

Posted 2023-03-01 04:29:53

La Niña likely near its end: BOM

La Niña has weakened in the tropical Pacific Ocean and is likely near its end, the Bureau of Meteorology is reporting ...

Posted 2023-02-28 05:45:19

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 22 Feb 2023

Summer rainfall for north-eastern NSW and south-eastern Qld has so far been very much below ...

Posted 2023-02-22 04:29:29

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 15 Feb 2023

EX-TROPICAL Cyclone Gabrielle transitioned to an extratropical system after moving over Norfolk Island; Severe Tropical Cyclone Freddy continued tracking south-west of Christmas Island with no ...

Posted 2023-02-15 01:16:04

Cyclone watch declared for NT

A Cyclone Watch has been declared for coastal communities from Groote Eylandt, including Alyangula, to the Queensland ...

Posted 2023-02-13 02:18:13

Sheep Central - Lamb Processing

Oceania beef processors poised to capitalise on beef exports

Posted 2023-01-30 06:24:12

SENSORX Accuro makes meeting export regulations and consumer demands easy, with accurate fat-to-lean ratios, reliable contamination detection and product ...

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Meat processing research shows good return on investment

Posted 2023-01-16 06:21:21

A RECENT evaluation of the Australian Meat Processor Corporation’s research and development investments from the 2021-22 financial year indicates the red meat processor R&D body is on track ...

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Wool technology and shearing results will feature at Elmore

Posted 2023-01-13 03:21:35

WOOL technology and the latest study results on a six-monthly versus annual shearing comparison will be outlined at Elmore next ...

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Growers surge into WoolClip digital platform

UPTAKE of Australia’s world-leading digital on-farm wool platform surged last year, reaching more than 100,000 bales for the first ...

Posted 2023-01-11 04:18:42

AWN to take largest holding in The New Zealand Merino Co

AUSTRALIAN agri-services wool and livestock business AWN will become the largest single shareholder in The New Zealand Merino Company in a deal set to conclude in April this ...

Posted 2023-01-11 04:16:35

PALM plans to fill metro meat processor and wool jobs

METROPOLITAN meat processor access to the expanded Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme has been welcomed by the sector’s peak ...

Posted 2022-12-16 00:20:17

Pyrenees Park wins 6th Record Bale award with 10.6 micron entry

AUSTRALIAN ultrafine Merino wool producer Pyrenees Park has won Italian processor Loro Piana’s Record Bale award for the sixth consecutive year with a 10.6 micron ...

Posted 2022-12-02 03:19:33

McIntyre secures sixth national shearing title at Bendigo

NEW South Wales shearer Daniel McIntyre has retained the title as Australia’s top shearer for a fourth consecutive year at the Australian Shearing and Wool Handling Championships at Bendigo in a ...

Posted 2022-11-30 05:41:50

Rookie Kiwi trans-Tasman wool handlers sweep Aussies aside

A ROOKIE New Zealand trans-Tasman wool handling team has scored a stunning win over two vastly experienced Australian internationals in a test match in Australia on Saturday. The test ...

Posted 2022-11-28 06:23:16

Mark is Australia’s top wool handler after 23 years of trying

IT was a tale of oddments on the way to glory for new Australian wool handling champion Mark Purcell at the national titles in Bendigo on ...

Posted 2022-11-28 06:23:10

Beef Central - Processing

Weekly kill: Slaughter cattle price slide takes a breather

Posted 2023-03-14 04:59:45

Queensland slaughter cattle markets have paused to catch their breath this week, after a sequence of falls over the past couple of months that have knocked 50-60c/kg off some cattle values. ...

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Weekly kill: Hot, dry weather pushes cattle forward, further pressuring prices

Posted 2023-03-07 05:14:24

Hot, dry weather across most parts of eastern Australia has sparked a flush of slaughter cattle this past week, putting further pressure on already deteriorating direct consignment grid price ...

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Weekly kill: QLD grids continue to push lower, opening big gap with southern states

Posted 2023-02-28 05:29:25

A big price gap is emerging between direct consignment cattle prices in Queensland and those seen in southern states, based on cattle supply. Some QLD export processors have dropped their grid ...

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Weekly kill: Grids push downwards, as cattle flow builds

A combination of drier conditions in some areas, plus cattle weights that are ‘months heavier’ than normal have pushed more direct consignment cattle to market during the closing stages of ...

Posted 2023-02-21 05:38:09

Weekly kill: Is the beef industry approaching peak output, due to labour constraints?

Is the Australian beef industry now approaching peak output, based on current limitations around labour? Rates of slaughter over the next six to eight weeks may test that ...

Posted 2023-02-14 05:13:51

Weekly kill: Grids steady, as production volume starts to grow

Direct consignment slaughter cattle offers have changed little across the eastern states over the past seven days, as beef processors start to ramp-up their 2023 ...

Posted 2023-02-07 05:37:20

JBS re-opens Cobram plant, with $20m upgrade

JBS Australia’s Cobram abattoir will resume lamb processing operations next Monday, more than five years after the plant was closed due to supply challenges and market ...