Tag: livestock

School steers to success

Alocal school has steered to success with their cattle entries at the recent Royal Melbourne Show in their first time back showing livestock at...

Mutton back to trend

The National Mutton Indicator has now recorded its 12th consecutive week of price decline. The current price is sitting at 269¢/kg carcase weight (cwt),...

Tender beefed up

Rising costs could see the Grant District Council’s Mount Gambier District Livestock Exchange 2030 Transformation Project increase to $15m.
At council’s September monthly meeting on...

AI planner to boost production

Meat and Livestock Australia has partnered with 10 industry research and ag-tech stakeholders in a new $6.5m project to improve on-farm forecasting using Artificial...

SA cattle at home in NSW

Furner beef cattle stud Woonallee Simmentals again achieved a 100% clearance rate at the recent annual Northern Bull Sale at Tamworth in New South...

Saleyards upgrade funding pledge

The State Government has confirmed its commitment to quarantine $2.7m towards the redevelopment of the Mount Gambier and District Saleyards. Labor pledged $2.7m towards Grant...

Demand beefed up

Australia’s market share in Japan and Korea is continuing to lift as the United States emerges as the number one export destination for beef...

Green drought sparks lamb challenge

The Limestone Coast region’s low rainfall, frosty evenings and threatening green drought have created an additional challenge for local sheep farmers with the trying...

Late rain lifts farm hopes

Limestone Coast producers are still watching the skies as the region struggles into the second month of winter. The region is well down on its...

Major saleyards project in jeopardy

The Grant District Council has been left disappointed and reevaluating the future of its Saleyards Transformation Project following an unsuccessful Federal Government funding bid.
In...

Meat exports continue to rise

Despite an early Easter, red meat exports in March rose 9% from last year to 182,480 tonnes, making this past month the largest March...

Saleyard bill split

Mount Gambier City Council will meet today to discuss contributing $77,000 to the Grant District Council’s Saleyards Transformation Project. The matter has been listed for...

Saleyard project ‘shovel ready’

Amulti-million-dollar project envisaged for the Mount Gambier and Districts Saleyards could be shovel-ready by April this year. Grant District Council staff and elected members recently...

Farmers ‘move on’ from saleyards saga

There appears to be little interest among the local farming community in retaining the Millicent Saleyards as a stock transit facility with just 12...

Global trade focus

Last week the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its forecasts for global beef production in its quarterly Livestock Products and Trade publication.
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