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 »

Merry Christmas! I trust that Santa was good to you and your family this year.

Here at Cattle Country Magazine we are having a short break over the Christmas/New Year period to refresh for 2010 until the 4th of January. We’ll be ducking into the office periodically so please feel free to leave us a voice message on (03) 6257 5204 or drop us a line on e-mail.

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As the world awaits the outcome of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, the Australian beef industry is researching new ways to reduce methane emissions in cattle by 50 per cent by 2030.

Speaking at a Beef CRC producer and stakeholder forum in Brisbane recently, Beef CRC CEO, Dr Heather Burrow said advances in genetic research, combined with on-farm management practices, could create the tools needed to substantially reduce methane emissions.

Accounting for about three-quarters of all livestock emissions, Australia’s 27 million cattle produce an estimated 220g of methane each per day. Read the rest of this entry »