As weekly rates of slaughter across Australia begin to climb again after the Easter break, the question is again arising: Do processors have the manpower to keep up with this year’s supply, and if not, what happens to cattle prices? It’s a point being pondered as the industry approaches its traditional peak turnoff and slaughter period for the year. ..Read More
Beef Central, 17/04/2024National biomass levels continue to be dominated by the high levels of growth in northern Australia…Read More
Al Rayner, Cibo Labs, 17/04/2024The Federal Government has elected to keep the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority in Armidale, and allow some staff to work remotely…Read More
Beef Central, 17/04/2024Supermarket bosses have fronted a senate inquiry into price setting practices and market power held by the industry’s biggest operators…Read More
The Australian Farmers’ Fighting Fund has decided not to back a court case brought against the Federal Government over its decision to green light a plan to inject waste CO2 into the Great Artesian Basin…Read More
Eric Barker, 16/04/2024Grassfed cattle producers need to reclaim the narrative on affairs affecting the grassfed beef industry, Cattle Australia’s Northern region director and immediate past president David Foote told a large beef industry gathering last week…Read More
Jon Condon, 15/04/2024The price divergence that’s happening between beef and competing proteins is a red flag for US beef demand, US market commentator Steve Kay says in this month’s Kay’s Cuts column. But analysts are even more concerned that US wholesale boxed beef prices have not responded to sharply reduced weekly domestic beef production…Read More
Steve Kay, Cattle Buyers Weekly, 15/04/2024Australian cattle prices could double over the next two years, but specialised segments like Wagyu feeders could take up to two years longer, delegates at the Australian Wagyu Association annual conference in Cairns were told this week…Read More
Jon Condon, 12/04/2024Queensland’s peak farm lobby group AgForce says at least a dozen similar projects are coming in behind Glencore’s proposed carbon capture project on the Great Artesian Basin…Read More
Eric Barker, 12/04/2024One of the Asia-Pacific region’s largest manufacturers of plant-based “fake meats” is closing, saying investors have lost faith in the business…Read More
James Nason, 12/04/2024In an era when job-hopping is becoming more common, keeping talented employees in the fold has become a foremost business challenge for employers – and it applies as much in the meat and livestock industry as any other. Here’s some useful tips on how to ‘stop the hop.’..Read More
Beef Central, 12/04/2024Farmers have welcomed the NSW Government’s efforts to engage the agricultural industry to develop proactive solutions for better farm safety…Read More
Beef Central, 12/04/2024