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Numbers light-on at Mareeba

10 Feb 12 | NUMBERS were tight with a yarding of 234 for the first Mareeba prime sale of the new year, held on January 31. The yarding included five cows and calves that were sold at open auction, topping a

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Kasey Chambers headlines Beef Australia 2012 live entertainment

09 Feb 12 | AUSTRALIAN country music legend, Kasey Chambers, and Rockhampton’s own chart successes, Busby Marou, will headline the Beef Australia 2012 Country Collaboration Concert.

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Big Country Brahman sales blast past 2011 high

07 Feb 12 | HILLTOPS Pastoral Company has paid top price for $55000 for a 28 month old Red Brahman Bull at the Big Country Brahman sale at Charters Towers today G.I. Brahmans.

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Cattle exporters, lot feeders copping brunt of uncertainty

01 Feb 12 | LIVE cattle exporters and lot feeders are faced with a bleak outlook in 2012, when compared with other sectors of the industry.

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Blackall sale washed out

31 Jan 12 | BLACKALL is the third sale in central Queensland this week to be cancelled due to widespread rain.

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Research cherry-picks beef

30 Jan 12 | MUSCULAR cattle are more likely to produce the cherry-red coloured steaks preferred by consumers, according to new Beef CRC research conducted at Murdoch University.

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Palgrove sale offers top line-up

27 Jan 12 | CENTRAL and northern cattle producers and Charolais studmasters from across the state will welcome the opportunity that the third Palgrove Charolais Northern Cattle Country Sale presents to them in its offering of 40 high-quality bulls at Charters Towers on Tuesday, February 7.

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Prices down as new year kicks off

26 Jan 12 | CATTLE prices have registered a cheaper trend during the first few weeks of 2012, with all major indicators back from the 2011 close.

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NT pain remains over live cattle export ban

25 Jan 12 | NORTHERN Territory Opposition Leader Terry Mills says the impacts of the Gillard Government's blanket ban on live beef exports are still being felt in both Indonesia and Australia. |

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Rain cancels Emerald sale

24 Jan 12 | DUE to widespread rain in central Queensland, Emerald, one of the regions premier selling centres, has been forced to cancel its sale on Wednesday, January 25.

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GI Brahman stud gears up for Big Country

23 Jan 12 | GI BRAHMAN Stud, owned by Ron, Grace and Kelvin Harriman, will be offering a line of five red polled bulls for the 2012 Big Country sale as lots 6-10, and three grey bulls as lots 101-103.

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Ooline Brahman set for Big Country

21 Jan 12 | DARREN and Sue Kent of the Ooline Brahman Stud are looking forward to presenting their top quality bull sale team at the upcoming Big Country Sale on February 6 and 7.

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Bucks for brains on offer to cattle, sheep producers

18 Jan 12 | QUEENSLAND cattle and sheep producers are being asked to continue their support in proving Australia is free from mad cow disease (BSE) and scrapie.

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'Parasite-proof' cattle on university's agenda

17 Jan 12 | CHARLES Sturt University (CSU) researchers hope to help beef cattle producers select breeding animals that have a genetic resistance to internal parasites.

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Emerald's weekly sale success

09 Jan 12 | A YEAR after it was introduced, the change to a combined weekly store and prime cattle sale in Emerald has been hailed a success, with 81,350 head being sold at the Central Highlands facility in 2011.

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Abattoirs' carbon tax shutdowns

09 Jan 12 | REGULAR shutdowns in Australian abattoirs, struggling to offset the Gillard government's carbon tax, could hit production and cost jobs as soon as July.

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Love of country defines Pfizer Medal finalists

02 Jan 12 | SARAH Fawcett, a pen rider from the Kerwee Feedlot at Jondaryan was recently a finalist in the 2011 Pfizer Medal, awarded each year to a person in the feedlot industry who has demonstrated excellence in operational skills.

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Exciting times for Brangus breed

01 Jan 12 | A GROWING sense of anticipation is building for Brangus breeders Mark and Amanda Salisbury as 2012 clicks over. They're excited not only at the prospect of being a part of the 6th World Brangus Congress at Rockhampton in May, but at the inroads the Brangus breed is making in the beef industry.

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US will need beef in 2012

31 Dec 11 | CATTLE producers the world over are great survivors. The beef industries in most of the major beef-producing countries have endured everything from BSE to drought to floods in the past decade.

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AAco's abattoir plans

28 Dec 11 | AUSTRALIAN Agricultural Company's (AACo) plans for a Darwin abattoir to process old cattle unsuitable for the live export trade have been bolstered by the $21.6 million windfall from the sale of its Meteor Downs station in Queensland.

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