One of the sharpest aspects of droughts is that the impacts are pretty immediate. In an industry where seasons mean everything, the lack of rain is not something that can be hidden. Yes farmers can eat into their savings or go into more debt, but they can’t reduce their inventories in the same way other […]
IMPORTED Australian 90 CL grinding beef prices into the US have soared to all-time record levels over the past month, driven by global demand for meat protein, a sharp seasonal decline in NZ beef production and favourable currency trends. International competitors have provided increasingly stiff opposition to US customers intent on sourcing lean Australian frozen […]
Generations of Australia’s prime breeding cows are heading to slaughterhouses as a lack of water and feed sees more producers opt to “cash in and get out”. Almost 100,000 female cattle have been sold collectively in New South Wales at saleyards in Scone, Singleton, Tamworth, Gunnedah and Dubbo this year alone. Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) […]
A family owned business is playing a leading role in helping to grow Australian beef’s share of the protein snacking market. Within the growing global snack segment, products described as containing protein are growing at a rate of 22 percent, Jim’s Jerky CEO Emily Pullen told the Red Meat 2019 forum on Wednesday. 15 years […]
Advances in science mean an historic collection of bull semen is no longer required by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and will now be auctioned to raise money for the charities Drought Angels, the Queensland Country Women’s Association and Beyond Blue. The genetic material from a range of rare cattle breeds, including one named after […]
THE record bull-run in imported 90CL grinding beef prices shows no sign of abating, with the US indicator price climbing to a new record high of A840.6c/kg this week. Prices for cow meat have now lifted a dramatic 217c/kg when measured in Aussie dollar terms since the start of 2019. The 90CL (Chemical Lean) US […]
African swine fever, the disease that has ravaged the global pig population, may be on our doorstep, but Australian butchers, farmers and government agencies are preparing themselves. “They say it’s only a matter of time before it gets here,” says smallgoods producer Felix Gamze from Gamze Smokehouse in Victoria. He refers to the announcement last […]
China’s insatiable appetite for Australian beef has lifted prices to their highest levels since 2016, offering a silver lining for drought-stricken northern Australian cattle farmers in the face of seriously deteriorated conditions. Producers across northern NSW have flooded the market in the past week, encouraged by growing demand as farmers seek to offload their stock […]
EIGHT months into his new job as Meat & Livestock Australia managing director and CEO, Jason Strong gave a frank and forthright account of his views on anti-meat activism and the perceived threat to red meat from plant based proteins during last week’s annual general meeting in Tamworth. The Lemontree feedlot invasion took place the week before he started […]
AS AFRICAN swine fever wreaks massive disruption in global protein supply and demand over the next two years, there will be benefits to Australian producers in upward pressure on prices, analysts believe. On the flip side, ASF presents the greatest risk from animal disease Australia has ever faced, although red meat industry leaders feel the […]
