LivestockOctober shipments fell 3 percent from September and 8 percent from a year earlier; China, under a 55 percent tariff since June, took only 10,852 tonnes, and the full-year total now looks closer to 1.5 million tonnes.
LivestockA federal guide now defines clearing to include removing grasses, and with the continuing-use exemption gone, graziers ask whether restocking long-ungrazed paddocks could breach environment law.
EnvironmentUniversity of Sydney researchers found living coral survived about 75 per cent of crown-of-thorns starfish feeding events at One Tree Island, suggesting low starfish numbers can keep fast-growing corals in check.
LivestockAustralian beef shipped to the United States has overtaken estimated domestic use for perhaps the first time, driven by a 70-year low in the US cattle herd, though MLA cautions that the domestic figure is only a proxy.
AgrotechThe Australian start-up's electric FSR500, due in early 2027, carries a 300-litre tank on a 500 kg payload and is built from off-the-shelf parts; refill and battery-swap stations are still in development.
LivestockDomestic beef wholesalers in Australia say trimmings and grilling cuts are recovering as China returns to the market, though freight costs and cautious shoppers still weigh on the trade.
LivestockR-CALF USA has filed a brief in a Section 201 safeguard investigation arguing that lamb imports, almost all from Australia and New Zealand, are seriously injuring US sheep producers, citing a 14.3% rise in imports from 2021 to 2025.
LivestockDiggers to Stockman, set up by army veteran and cattleman Jack Blaine, gave ex-soldiers a pilot tour of northern cattle work from pasture management to the abattoir.
LivestockUniversity of New England professor Peter McGilchrist says record exports and heavier carcases hide a fall in the share of each carcase sold as red meat, and that simply measuring yield would help breeders and processors reverse it.
LivestockSouthern hay growers have good supplies but freight costs are rising, cottonseed is short and dear, and some Darling Downs grain growers are turning dry crops into silage for feedlots.
LivestockTeys Australia becomes exclusive distributor of Sea Forest's SeaFeed additives for beef in Australia and New Zealand, aiming for at least 480,000 more feedlot cattle on the methane-reducing supplement by June 2027.
LivestockThe 2026 Australian Beef Report finds nearly all long-term industry returns came from rising land values, and that the top 25% of producers win through more productive herds rather than lower prices or cost cutting.
LivestockAustralia shipped 132,146 tonnes of beef in September and a record 1.209 million tonnes in nine months, as the US, Japan, Korea and Canada took up the slack from China's 55% safeguard tariff.
