Weekly kill: Recent rain events underpin direct consignment pricing

Posted 2026-02-24 05:23:03 by: ONFARM Support

Widespread rain events over the past two weeks appear to have staved-off any prospect of a reduction in direct consignment slaughter cattle prices due to heavy supply, with most rates across Eastern and southern Australia either firm, or in some cases 10c/kg higher than last ...

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Artificial intelligence could play role in abattoirs to improve welfare outcomes

Posted 2026-02-18 05:58:36 by: ONFARM Support

A webinar hosted today by the RSPCA looked into the potential to use artificial intelligence in the abattoir environment to improve animal welfare outcomes. Presenter Dr Dana Campbell outlined how recent research had explored the development of AI tools that have application for improving animal welfare during the lairage stage at processing ...

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Weekly kill: Grids steady as weather event fails to deliver for some

Posted 2026-02-17 06:33:52 by: ONFARM Support

Direct consignment slaughter cattle grids were mostly unchanged across eastern Australia this week, as the recent promising weather forecast failed to deliver for some regions in the northern half of the ...

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Weekly kill: Potential for northern rain could impact slaughter cattle flows

Posted 2026-02-10 06:00:03 by: ONFARM Support

The prospect of rain over large parts of northern Australia over the next week has slowed direct consignment slaughter cattle offerings, with some Queensland processors raising cow offers this week as a ...

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AI-driven beef scribing tech trialled at two processing plants + VIDEO

Posted 2026-02-10 04:33:49 by: ONFARM Support

Artificial intelligence-driven fully-automated robotic beef scribing systems have been installed at two Australian processing facilities, marking a significant step in the adoption of advanced automation in the red meat processing ...

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Weekly kill: New season slaughter market trends starting to take shape

Posted 2026-02-03 06:04:33 by: ONFARM Support

With January’s floods, fires and record temperatures now passed, the slaughter cattle market is beginning to provide more definition for the start of the year in some parts of the ...

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Weekly kill: Blowtorch conditions impact slaughter cattle supply; grids under pressure

Posted 2026-01-27 05:32:21 by: ONFARM Support

With parts of Australia facing record-high daytime temperatures this week, some beef processors are anticipating disruptions to slaughter cattle supply. There's been some downwards adjustments in direct consignment offers in Queensland and NSW, as more cattle start to come to ...

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Weekly kill: Weather impacts northern supply, but new season pricing trends yet to emerge   

Posted 2026-01-20 06:03:57 by: ONFARM Support

Weather and logistics problems aside, there’s been little change in direct consignment slaughter cattle rates in large areas of eastern Australia this week, as more export processors re-commence their 2026 ...

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Little change in opening gambit for 2026 direct consignment slaughter grid offers

Posted 2026-01-13 06:18:03 by: ONFARM Support

There are few clear pricing signals to be had in export beef processors’ ‘opening gambit’ direct consignment slaughter grids for the start of the 2026 season. Rain is clearly bearing an influence in some ...

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MEQ lands $23m to redefine how value is created in red-meat trade

Posted 2025-12-16 06:00:47 by: ONFARM Support

Objective carcase measurement tech developer MEQ Solutions has secured A$23 million in funding to accelerate the rollout of the company’s solutions and scale its objective measurement technologies for red-meat quality and ...

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