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Cattle numbers on feed still rising, but only moderately
23 Feb 2024 10:27 GMT
The latest figures from the feedlot survey conducted by the Australian Lot Feeders' Association and Meat & Livestock Australia show numbers on feed in NSW, South Australia and Western Australia rose by 7.3 per cent, 14.7pc and 92.6pc respectively.
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Murray Watt calls snap roundtables with ag groups over supermarket practices
12 Feb 2024 22:51 GMT
Organisations invited to the 'producers' roundtable, scheduled for Thursday morning, include AUSVEG, GrainGrowers, Cattle Australia, the Australian Fresh Produce Alliance, Fresh Markets Australia, Australian Grape and Wine, Australian Dairy Farmers …
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Beef's election wish list
20 Mar 2022 07:46 GMT
LABOUR, biosecurity, access to overseas markets, reduced red tape and fairness in food labeling are at the top of the election want list for the beef industry.
Like in most agriculture sectors, the previously identified gap between the skill and labour …
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Grain-fed sector flexes its muscle
25 Feb 2022 07:29 GMT
The record-breaking run for grain-fed beef continued in the final quarter of 2021, with several major milestones.
From October to December, grain-fed beef accounted for 54.5 per cent of total beef production - up from the five-year average of 44.8pc.
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Taste for grain-fed grows
07 Feb 2022 07:02 GMT
The shift in producer mindset towards selling younger males to feedlots rather than feeding them out on grass to processor rates is expected to continue as grain-fed beef demand goes from strength to strength.
Last year, for the first time ever, 50 per …
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Sale of big feedlot means Herberts can push ahead with plans
26 Jan 2022 01:45 GMT
Tess and Andrew Herbert can progress plans for the future with the sale of their well known cattle feedlot near Wagga Wagga.
The 6500 head Ladysmith was declared surplus to requirements late last year for the expanding operation of the Herberts who had …
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The beef with supply chains
25 Jan 2022 09:46 GMT
THE HAVOC being wreaked on the red meat processing sector in the form of COVID-19 infections keeping abattoir workers at home continues to keep supermarket beef shelves bare.
There is no way of predicting how long it will be until processors are back …
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Using feedlot manure as fertiliser could be worsening antibiotic resistance in humans
18 Jan 2022 01:14 GMT
Spreading fresh feedlot manure on paddocks to improve fertility could worsen the growing crisis in human antibiotic resistance, new research from the University of New England says.
UNE PhD student Fadhel Abbas, who conducted the study at the university…
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RMAC vows to 'keep up the good fight'
25 Nov 2021 05:37 GMT
The livestock industry's umbrella representative organisation has vowed to 'keep up the good fight' against extreme activists and unfounded claims about animal production, although its independent chair acknowledges there is a battle ahead.
In …
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Tight supply unable to dent cattle on feed numbers
22 Nov 2021 08:25 GMT
Cattle on feed numbers remain above a million, despite a 54,559 drop in the July-to-September quarter to 1,119,093 head, according to the latest industry survey results.
The Australian Lot Feeders' Association and Meat & Livestock Australia survey …