Drought-stricken farmers are celebrating after heavy rains across south-east New South Wales have transformed landscapes and fortunes. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said several rain records had been broken thanks to two consecutive lows off the east coast in recent weeks. BOM climatologist Agata Imielska said much of the South Coast of NSW recorded more […]
Up to 60 per cent of China’s annual chicken imports are made up solely of feet, and in a Western Australian first, one southern poultry producer will soon export thousands of kilograms of paws weekly into Asia. In Australia, chicken feet have long been considered a waste product. Across Asia, however, in places like Hong […]
When people talk about meat sheep nowadays, it’s Dorpers, Dohnes and SAMMs that spring to mind, but for most of the past 85 years Merino wethers and cast-for-age ewes formed the backbone of the industry in the state. Issue after issue of the Queensland Country Life carried reports of the market at Cannon Hill saleyards in Brisbane, […]
CONSTRUCTION of Thomas Foods International’s new Murray Bridge beef and sheepmeat abattoir in South Australia is expected to get underway in the second half of this year, after planning approval for the project was granted this week. The Rural City of Murray Bridge Council Assessment Panel on Friday granted planning approval for the state-of-the-art plant, which […]
A series of coronavirus outbreaks has crippled the United States’ meat supply chain, but industry leaders in Australia say the same situation is unlikely to unfold here. In the US, a number of major meat processing plants have had to shut down, leading to shortages of some products on one side of the supply chain […]
CONSTRUCTION of Thomas Foods International’s new Murray Bridge beef and sheepmeat abattoir in South Australia is expected to get underway in the second half of this year, after planning approval for the project was granted this week. The Rural City of Murray Bridge Council Assessment Panel on Friday granted planning approval for the state-of-the-art plant, which […]
THE best beef and lamb in Australia will be named at the Brisbane Showgrounds tomorrow. The entries in the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show’s Branded Beef and Lamb Competition Awards cover eight separate classes. There are five competition classes for branded beef, including grain-fed, grass-fed and Wagyu, and three for branded lamb, including one […]
STOCKYARD has again come up trumps, exhibiting the grand champion branded beef of the 2020 Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show. Earning yet another gold medal and carrying the bragging rights of being Australia’s best steak for the fourth year running, the strip loin was taken from a full blood, 400 day grainfed Wagyu fed […]
FEARS of red meat shortages on southern supermarket shelves as more cases of COVID-19 are detected in abattoir and processing facilities have been played down by industry leaders keen to avert another episode of panic buying. Victoria’s largest abattoir, JBS’ Brooklyn plant near the Port of Melbourne, has shut down. Yesterday, COVID testing on all […]
A meat supplier to supermarket giant Coles has been forced to close amid the latest COVID-19 outbreak connected with Victorian abattoirs. Coles said it had made alternative arrangements to protect its supply but has warned there was a possibility they could run out of some meat products. Twelve cases of COVID-19 are now linked to […]
