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Livestock markets boosted by A$
10/10/2008 | The falling Australian dollar, together with a favourable season in Queensland and northern NSW, is helping to hold livestock markets at high levels for this time of year, according to Meat and Livestock Australia.  | $6555 average for 877 bulls at ... | Renowned Steam Plains dispersal ...
Russian market the future for Australian beef
10/10/2008 | Despite a recent drop in exports, the future for Australian beef in the Russian market is still strong, according to the head of the Russian National Meat Association, Sergey Yushin.  | Rams to $39,000 at Classings ... | $60,000 high on day two of ...
Live exports stall stranding 70,000 sheep
9/10/2008 | The Australian Mercantile Services Association (AMSA) has stalled the Australian live export sheep boat trade, leaving up to 70,000 sheep destined for the Middle East in farmer’s hands.  | CommentsComments (5) | Meat quality not affected by ... | Rams to $39,000 at Classings ...
A management bender
9/10/2008 | ANGUS Australia is calling for all members to report any calves born dead and malformed following the indefinite discovery of a recessive gene in an American super sire.
$6555 average for 877 bulls at Brahman Week
9/10/2008 | After three days of strong competition from more than 500 registered bidders, the Rockhampton Brahman Week Sale finished with a total 877 bulls averaging $6555 to gross $5.75 million.  | Rams to $39,000 at Classings ... | $60,000 high on day two of ...
Renowned Steam Plains dispersal draws $97.75 for ewes
9/10/2008 | March-shorn Merino ewes made to $97.75 a head for three year olds, and to $90 a head for the two-year-old group during near $970,000 on-property dispersal of the renowned Steam Plains near Carrathool, NSW, Wednesday.  | Roma weaner steers top 226c/kg | Rams to $39,000 at Classings ... | VIDEO: Renowned Steam Plains dispersal ...
Russia the place to beef
8/10/2008 | Dan Tebbut doesn't mince his words. "Russia is one of the most exciting markets for food anywhere in the world," says Austrade's senior trade commissioner in Moscow.  | $60,000 high on day two of ... | NSW riders dominate national ...
Meat quality not affected by cattle lairage times
8/10/2008 | Lotfeeders at the industry's major conference, BeefEx on the Gold Coast this week, will be pleased with new Beef CRC research about the effects of lairage prior to slaughter on meat quality.  | NSW riders dominate national ... | Piggery workers saved from ...
Roma weaner steers top 226c/kg
8/10/2008 | It was a mixed bag of prices at Queensland's benchmark Roma store sale yesterday, where weaner steers were the highlight hitting 226c/kg.  | NSW riders dominate national ... | Piggery workers saved from ...
8/10/2008 | With more registered buyers than catalogued rams the Classings Classic sale was always odds on favourite to be an outstanding sale at the Murray Bridge racecourse on Friday.  | CommentsComments (1) | Piggery workers saved from ... | Cautious bids hit $86 at ...
NSW riders dominate national cutting futurity
7/10/2008 | NSW riders have dominated in the winners' circle at the National Cutting Horse Association annual futurity, held on Sunday in Tamworth.  | $35,000 high on day one of ... | Leongatha cattle buyers hit the ... | VIDEO: NSW riders dominate national ...
$60,000 high on day two of Brahman Week
7/10/2008 | Bidding has hit a high of $60,000 on day two of the Brahman Week bull sales in Rockhampton, for a 29-month-old Red from the Rockley stud.  | Tough season hits Sale store ... | $35,000 high on day one of ... | VIDEO: $60,000 high at Brahman Week
Piggery workers saved from deadly disease
6/10/2008 | Canberra Hospital doctors have saved the lives of two workers struck down with a potentially-deadly disease spread from pigs to humans.  | New $85,000 cutting horse record | Lamb prices find support at Wagga
$35,000 high on day one of Brahman Week
6/10/2008 | Brahman bulls have sold to a high of $35,000 on day one of the three-day Brahman Week sale at Gracemere.  | Cautious bids hit $86 at ... | Tough season hits Sale store ... | VIDEO: $60,000 high at Brahman Week
6/10/2008 | Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) chairman Don Heatley says he hopes antagonism from the Australian Beef Association stops – but he is not holding his breath.  | CommentsComments (4)
Mobile phone the new stockman
6/10/2008 | New NLIS software is enabling graziers to track their animals with their mobile phone.
US economy slump erodes beef trade
5/10/2008 | The US economy has been through a turbulent week with large losses in the financial and equity markets, which have flowed on to hit the beef trade, according to Meat and Livestock Australia.  | Pig prices hit historic highs | Lamb finally in right direction
New $85,000 cutting horse record
5/10/2008 | A new record price of $85,000 was set at the National Cutting Horse Association 2008 Select Cutting Horse Sale in Tamworth on Friday.  | CommentsComments (1) | Beef production back during August | Stability in young cattle prices | VIDEO: New $85,000 cutting horse record
Ewes to $86 in cautious Jerilderie market
5/10/2008 | Bidding was cautious but "eventually got there" topping at $86/head for the main breeders' lines of '07-drop ewes during the John Wells Memorial October store sheep sale at Jerilderie, NSW, Friday.  | Lamb production hits four-year low | Stability in young cattle prices | VIDEO: Ewes to $86 in cautious ...
Beef production back during August
3/10/2008 | Australian beef and veal production during August declined 4pc year-on-year, as a trucking strike in Queensland at the start of the month impacted cattle numbers and throughput across the state, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.  | More hens needed to foil $13m ... | US enforces country of origin ...
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