Stories tagged: beef
Wrapped in the future
AS a young boy, Angus McLean would contract hay and silage across his home – taking toilet rolls from room to room, visiting different farms…
Witherswood shutting the stockyard gate
AFTER 25 years in the industry, John and Joan Woodruff will oversee the complete dispersal of their renowned stud, Witherswood Angus, across a three stage…
Anvil Angus to say goodbye
STEPHEN Handbury, stud principal at Anvil Angus, he has made the toughest decision of his adult life – for family reasons, the stud will disperse.
Slaughter rates to increase
PRODUCER de-stocking, lack of rain and a strong international market are all predicted to drive Australian cattle slaughter to almost 7.5 million head by the…
Farming for the future
“We need to make a smaller footprint now, so there is still somewhere to make a footprint in a hundred years.”
Mitta Valley welcomes new beef co-operative
AS of this month, the North East is home to a new beef co-operative, the Mitta Valley Beef Co-op.
Cattle inquiry ongoing
NATIONAL’S Senator expects final report examining the extent of anti-competitive practices in live beef cattle market to be released in December.
Still room to smile
THE heat seemed to be coming off beef prices at the monthly store cattle sale at the Wangaratta Livestock Exchange.
Beef farmers fed up
THE public hearing of the Senate inquiry into the meat processing reaffirmed to Senator Bridget McKenzie why she was one of its main instigators.
The only way is up for beef trade
BEEF prices are set to remain strong and even increase over the next few years.