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Farmgate prices must reflect the value of nutrients in animal source food

Farmgate prices must reflect the value of nutrients in animal source food

Adequate returns vital to livestock production sustainability: TropAg 2019

The path to sustainable, healthy diets

The path to sustainable, healthy diets

Easing environment pressures a mix of dietary shifts and better livestock production: TropAg 2019

Changing the methane profile of cattle

Science is delivering pathways to carbon neutrality but there are concerns.

Brazilian cattle in Vietnam could have an upside for Australia

Brazilian cattle in Vietnam could have an upside for Australia

Exporters have little doubt Brazil will soon gain live-ex access to Vietnam.

Live-ex urged to 'scrub the siege mentality'

Live-ex urged to 'scrub the siege mentality'

Cattle exports up 18pc year-on-year.

Ever tightening cattle supply

Ever tightening cattle supply

The Stock Take: Mecardo's Angus Brown writes about the shrinking national herd.

Beef Bites: 800c EYCI on the cards

Beef Bites: 800c EYCI on the cards

A snapshot of goings on in the beef world this week.

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Wattle Grove's $20,000 sale topper

Wattle Grove's $20,000 sale topper

Bulls average $7976, females average $9359, embryos average $1568/embryo and semen averages $381/straw.

Magic result for KBV at Moura

Magic result for KBV at Moura

It was a magic result for Stephen Lean and Marty Rowlands of KBV Simmentals at the fifth annual Meldon Park Simmental bull sale at Moura on Monday, selling the sale's top priced bull.

DM National Sale hits scorching $100,000

DM National Sale hits scorching $100,000

The Droughtmaster National Sale at Gracemere defied the odds delivering a $100,000 top price and blockbuster $9200 average.

Hereford ribbons help with drought

Hereford ribbons help with drought

Having handfed his cattle for months and sold down numbers, a two-out-of-two result at the Ekka has eased some of the pain of drought for Pittsworth's Jamie Hollis and partner Mikayla Passmore.

Devon Court advances on Hereford ribbons

Devon Court advances on Hereford ribbons

Devon Court Herefords and Binara Poll Herefords won the major ribbons in the Hereford ring at Ekka 2019.

Texas Angus sells 140 bulls for full clearance

Texas Angus sells 140 bulls for full clearance

$34,000 top price bull to head to Western Australia

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Farmgate prices must reflect the value of nutrients in animal source food

Farmgate prices must reflect the value of nutrients in animal source food

Adequate returns vital to livestock production sustainability: TropAg 2019

Beefing up dairy income streams

Beefing up dairy income streams

Milk producers ramp up use of beef semen.

New judges to decide Australia's best Jersey cows

New judges to decide Australia's best Jersey cows

Judging for the 2019 Jersey Australia/Semex Great Southern and Great Northern Challenges will start on November 17.

Reaction mixed on dairy code

Reaction mixed on dairy code

Does the mandatory dairy code of conduct meet expectations?

Fonterra milk intake falls 22pc as Australian market tightens

Fonterra milk intake falls 22pc as Australian market tightens

Drought and intense competition for milk hurts Fonterra's intake volumes

The milk, the whole milk and nothing but the milk: the story behind our dairy woes

The milk, the whole milk and nothing but the milk: the story behind our dairy woes

In this piece for The Conversation, University of Melbourne's Professor of Cattle and Sheep Production Medicine, Andrew Fisher takes a look at the big issues impacting in our dairy industry.

Industry feels the cost of production

Industry feels the cost of production

Dairy farmers this month have a last chance to comment on an industry code of conduct due to become law in January and also to comment to another Senate committee inquiry looking at possible reintroduction of a milk floor price as part of a wider review.

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Fremantle exports down as Broome soars

Fremantle exports down as Broome soars

Cattle exports from Fremantle have dropped 16 per cent to 68,965 year to date compared with 2018 figures, according to Meat and Livestock Australia and LiveCorp's Australian Livestock Exports Monthly Trade Summary for June 2019.

Wellard lenders lift repayment demands after deal defaults

Wellard lenders lift repayment demands after deal defaults

Livestock exporter, Wellard, faces 21pc interest rates on noteholder funds, plus $1.4m in monthly redemption payments

Activists attempt to thwart final voyage

Activists attempt to thwart final voyage

ANIMALS Australia has made a last minute attempt to block a shipment of sheep leaving Fremantle this Saturday, although they have not submitted an injunction.