As diesel from the Gulf and Russia dried up, Australia had to find new suppliers – at a cost

Posted 2026-11-09 06:31:35 by: ONFARM Support

Wars in the Middle East and Eastern Europe have done more than drive diesel fuel prices higher. They have redrawn the global map of buyers and ...

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Cattle producer’s defence of land management draws applause at Coles AGM

Posted 2026-11-06 05:55:23 by: ONFARM Support

A defence of the cattle industry’s land management practices drew applause from shareholders at the Coles Annual General Meeting in Melbourne this morning, as environmental activists continued a campaign of pressure on the supermarket giant over its beef sourcing ...

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Recruitment: Teachers play vital role in filling ag’s workforce pipeline

Posted 2026-11-06 05:42:28 by: ONFARM Support

Australia's future agricultural workforce may depend on teachers as much as technology, according to findings based on multiple recent research ...

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What five interest rate rises have cost the average cattle producer

Posted 2026-11-05 05:50:18 by: ONFARM Support

Analysis highlights how the cost of servicing rural debt has increased in the space of a single ...

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Podcast: Behind the sale of 4000 Brahmans | Questions over forecasts | Is grazing grass land clearing?

Posted 2026-11-05 05:10:44 by: ONFARM Support

This episode looks at the sale of 4000 Brahman cattle from the NT to the domestic market, concerns about the Bureau of Meteorology's long-range forecasting and whether the new environmental laws make grazing cattle on grass a form of land ...

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One playbook doesn’t fit all: Graeme Acton Beef Connections members head to Tasmania

Posted 2026-11-05 02:16:54 by: ONFARM Support

The Graeme Acton Beef Connections group toured Tasmania at the end of October, visiting dairy-beef projects, grass-finishing, processing, aquaculture, horticulture, cropping and seedstock businesses. For the participants, it was a masterclass in how to turn grass and water into food and ...

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Democrats defeat Trump-led Republicans in emphatic Mid-Term result

Posted 2026-11-04 06:05:24 by: ONFARM Support

The Democrats have swept to an emphatic win in both the US Senate and House of Representatives overnight, in a massive rebuke for President Trump’s policies and ‘Trumpism’ in ...

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BOM defends Spring forecast, but what value did it provide?

Posted 2026-11-04 05:56:52 by: ONFARM Support

If you looked at the above map earlier this year and expected a dry Spring across the Eastern Seaboard, than you should have known that it is still giving 20-40 percent chance of exceeding the median ...

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Another sharp drop in slaughter numbers due to rain impact

Posted 2026-11-04 05:37:57 by: ONFARM Support

Rates of beef slaughter across Australia have declined sharply for a second consecutive week, as the impact of recent rain on meatworks cattle supply takes full ...

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What makes a more nutritious steak? New research finds some surprising answers

Posted 2026-11-04 05:08:39 by: ONFARM Support

New research into the nutritional composition of beef is revealing enormous differences between individual steaks, challenging conventional assumptions about grassfed and grainfed production and raising the prospect of a new way to measure and reward beef ...

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