Experts have warned the price of the grocery staple could skyrocket as flooding wipes out more than 100,000 head of livestock.
Zoe De Koning
The chief of billionaire Gina Rinehart’s massive agriculture empire has likened Australia’s ‘whinging and moaning’ over US President Donald Trump’s tariffs to that of a petulant child.
Cheyanne Enciso
Kimberley pastoralists have claimed a significant victory in a legal battle with the State Government and had their pastoral rents slashed.
Cally Dupe
WA lamb prices have eased slightly, but mutton and hogget prices have jumped.
Bob Garnant
More than 100,000 livestock are believed to have died or been lost in the Queensland floods as graziers brace for further rainfall from remnants of an ex-cyclone.
Northern Australia’s cattle industry is heading back to court to resolve a long-running class action against the Federal Government’s 2011 live export ban, with hundreds of pastoralists yet to see a cent.
The Australian Fodder Industry Association will host a “Hay Meetup” in York this Saturday, bringing together farmers, contractors, exporters, and anyone interested in growing the fodder community
Two Manjimup-bred bulls shared the $21,000 equal top price at the Muir family’s Mordallup Yearling Angus Bull Sale when a contingent of repeat buyers put up appreciating bids on the quality line-up.
WA livestock processor V&V Walsh has released forward contracts for the supply of trade and supermarket lambs to its Bunbury abattoir, with prices up more than $50/head on last year’s forward contracts.
Cally Dupe and Bob Garnant
WA’s cattle lotfeeding industry is “moving in the right direction” but key players want another long-fed market to keep feedlots full and animals on feed “365 days per year”.
A trio of the WA cattle feedlot industry’s movers and shakers have been recognised for their contribution to the important sector.
A Guilderton-bred Angus bull sold to a top of $14,000 at the Dewar family’s 4th Annual Ardcairnie Angus Bull Sale, where a first-time buyer made his entry known into Mid West cattle production.
He’s a legend of the industry best-known for producing high-quality beef and now Tammin farmer Ivan Rogers has been awarded a life membership to the WA Lot Feeders Association
Beef feedlotting has been labelled the ‘low-hanging fruit’ for agricultural emissions reduction despite accounting for about one per cent of all livestock methane emissions.
Market access and demand for Australian beef is increasingly being driven by animal welfare and food safety as consumers grow “more and more comfortable” with importing their food.
With five years left of Earth’s ‘decisive decade’, Sam Elsom speaks about the headwinds and heartbreak of finding solutions in a world often indifferent to what he sees as the most pressing issue for us all.
Simone Grogan
WA sheep and heavier lamb prices have been enduring a bit of pressure this week due to the limited capacity in the local market.
A Katanning-bred Black Simmental bull sold to the top price of $11,000 at the Patterson family’s Bullock Hills 3rd Annual Sale at Boyanup.
WA’s Bos Indicus Week is back bigger than ever, with 300 bulls representing two breeds from three studs to be offered in April.
The Thompson family and the Munda Reds Droughtmaster stud team have raised $60,000 for Telethon from 2022 to 2024, and this year’s sale bull with a purpose aims to raise the bar.
WA company Rumin8, that launched into the methane emissions reduction business last year with an aim to provide animal feed supplements with an inhibiting bioactive compound, has been lauded in a recent trial
The Wagin Woolorama Supreme Animal of the Show competition was won by the Thompson family of Venturon Charolais stud in Boyup Brook with their Charolais bull exhibit.
The Hasleby family of Biara Genetics in Northampton are on a quest to produce fertile, “good-doing cattle” that can lay down fat and thrive in adverse conditions.
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