The annual pilgrimage of outback workers and the legendary “big mob drovers”  from all over Australia is set to take place at the Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame, Longreach, QLD from the 30th April until the 3rd of May for 20th Anniversary celebrations of the annual Drovers Reunion. 

As the dust settles get ready for an action packed weekend of yarn spinning, stockman’s games, camp oven tucker, bronco branding, polocrosse, the crowning of ‘Champion Ringer’, the return of the ‘Greenhide Challenge’ and more importantly to catch up with outback workers alike. Read the rest of this entry »

Minister for Trade Simon Crean and Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke are announced this week that the European Union has granted Australia market access to its new EU Tariff Quota for high quality beef.

The duty-free quota, which first became available in August last year, provides for an additional global supply of 20,000 tonnes of high quality beef into the EU each year. Read the rest of this entry »

A pasture fed beef brand, Angus Pure, has joined the range of Angus products available to Australian consumers.

Angus Pure is from the same group that owns Australia’s premier beef brand, Certified Australian Angus Beef (CAAB) that is also involved in verifying the nation’s best selling burgers, McDonald’s Mighty Angus and Grand Angus.  Read the rest of this entry »

Meat & Livestock Australia announced today that Roma Saleyards, Australia’s largest cattle selling centre, will be included in MLA’s National Livestock Reporting Service (NLRS) from 19 January 2010.

The Roma yards accounted for more than 20 percent of total Queensland cattle market throughput in 2008-09, according to MLA’s NLRS Manager Travis Parcsi. Read the rest of this entry »

For many, farming is no longer a way of life but an exercise in survival. Depression and suicide are prevalent as farmers struggle to make ends meet. A lack of rain has crippled yields, rising input costs for fertilisers, chemicals and fuel adding to their woes.

But  help is at hand. A revolutionary Australian company, Farming Secrets, is actively working with farmers across the globe get back on their feet. Founded by local Melbourne couple Helen and Hugo Disler, Farming Secrets connects farmers with experts in biological farming practices. Read the rest of this entry »

The Australian Stockman’s Hall of Fame is once again hosting the “Pink” Outback Trail Ride in support of breast cancer research on the 26th June 2010 in Longreach.  The one day event will involve a slow paced trail ride of about 20 kilometres, a dinner and auction with ALL proceeds donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF).

In 2009 more than 200 horses and riders, dressed in various shades of pink, saddled up to raise more than $30,000 for the NBCF.  Riders congregated from all across Queensland, New South Wales and as far as Darwin in the Northern Territory to participate in the trail ride in Longreach. Read the rest of this entry »