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NATIONAL supermarket operators Woolworths and Coles have lowered prices on a small selection of popular beef items, effective from winter’s official start on Saturday.

However beef items are only thinly represented among hundreds of grocery and fresh food items listed for reductions by both retailers.

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Nick Blomfield from Cheyenne Pastoral at Walcha has long been a proponent of regenerative agriculture and was recently issued about 12,000 Australian Carbon Credit Units for his project through carbon developer Carbon Link.

Mr Blomfield said the project was based on increasing stocking densities and rest periods – with the property now hosting 144 paddocks over 750ha.

It seems like the cattle processing industry is facing some challenges with increasing slaughter rates and nearing capacity. The recent surge in weekly cattle slaughter, boosted by favorable weather conditions and events like Beef 2024, has pushed the industry's capacity close to its limit.

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The agriculture industry has united in its outrage at the Federal Government's four-year plan to phase out live sheep exports by sea, with many accusing the government of treating the industry with contempt and pandering to animal activists who base their arguments on emotion rather than science.

The livestock export industry has launched a virtual reality (VR) training tool as the latest innovation to support animal welfare training in Indonesian and Vietnamese abattoirs.

After being discovered in Queensland in January 2020, Fall armyworm quickly expanded throughout Australia, becoming entrenched in portions of Victoria, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia.

CERES Tag technology can help livestock producers meet the stringent requirements of the European Union's deforestation supply chain laws and Scope 3 emissions reporting, while also improving overall sustainability practices.

Leila McDougall, a Walcha-born farmer turned filmmaker, says she wanted to portray farmers' "authentic" experiences on film in Just A Farmer, showcasing local talent.

James Bradford Rural is proud to be sponsoring the 2024 Gunnedah Show, running from Friday 12th April to Sunday 14th April.

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Come with us to learn more about the history of The Gunnedah Show.

The 2024 Sydney Royal Easter Show concluded this week.

During the early part of the show, stud cattle from more than a dozen breeds were exhibited and judged, with animals from most Australian states receiving ribbons and acclaim.

Meat & Livestock Australia launched a one-stop shop for livestock transport information at this week's National Conference of the Queensland and Australian Livestock Transporters' Associations in Toowoomba.

ELIZA Pearson manages 67 bores on an outback station spanning nearly one million acres (400,000ha).

Kalala Station is located 10 kilometres from Daly Waters and 280 kilometres south of Katherine in the Northern Territory, divided by the Stuart Highway.