Farm Weekly

Beef

New baseline tool launched to help manage farm carbon emissions
Mark Phelps
CommBank has teamed up with ag tech platform Ruminati to launch a new tool to help producers manage their on-farm emissions. Picture supplied
Third best season despite challenges
Jodie Rintoul, Kane Chatfield and Kyah Peeti
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The $41,000 top-priced bull for the 2023-24 WA bull selling season was sold by the Introvigne familys Bonnydale Black Simmental stud, Bridgetown, at their on-property Black Simmental and SimAngus yearling bull sale in March. With the new stud record top-priced bull, Bonnydale Revenue U149 (by Bonnydale Revenue R14), purchased in partnership by Webb Black Simmentals, Glenburn, Victoria and St Pauls Genetics Black Simmentals, Henty, New South Wales, with a semen share to Six Creeks Black Simmentals, Mount Gambier, South Australia, were Connor DeCampo (left) and Rob Introvigne, Bonnydale stud, buyer representative Brad Creek, Six Creeks Black Simmentals, Pearce Watling, Elders, Donnybrook/Bridgetown and top price bull sponsor Jarvis Polglaze, Zoetis.
Long haul to Beef2024 is set to pay off
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Harry and Denyss Alers, Quinbrook Romagnola stud, Dunsborough, will take the title of exhibitors travelling greatest distance to Beef2024 when they exhibit two of their Romagnola bulls in the showring at Rockhampton, Queensland, next week.
Mad cow shaped Australian beef's foothold in Japan, but it's not celebrated
Shan Goodwin
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Korean citizens protesting in the 2000s against US beef imports, which could be infected with mad cow disease. Japan had already banned US imports. Picture via Shutterstock.
Beef steers topped demand in the South West
Kyah Peeti
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Alcoa Farmlands, Wagerup/Pinjarra, were the volume vendor at the Elders beef store cattle sale at Boyanup last week. Alcoa Farmlands farm co-ordinators Gavin Clark (left) and Richard Gardiner, and Alcoa Farmlands manager, Vaughn Byrd, caught up with Virbac central WA area sales manager Kylie Meloury.
Young beef dynamo Nancy Crawshaw on pulling together to lift the whole industry
Shan Goodwin
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The 2024 Zanda McDonald Award NZ winner Nancy Crawshaw on her family's Angus stud.
Extra shifts to ease market pressures
Brooke Littlewood
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Bunbury-based V&V Walsh has ramped up production since December, moving from a five to six-day working week, twice a month.
Beef's emissions footprint improves: 78pc reduction since 2005, CSIRO finds
Shan Goodwin
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A new report released today shows the red meat industry is making solid strides in its bid to reduce emissions.
UK fails to pull Aussie beef from other markets
Steve Martyn
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Red meat on sale in London. Steve Martyn reports there are plenty of tonnes of access still available to Australian beef and sheep meat under the UK free trade deal. Picture Kelly Butterworth.
How CPC halved the age of the cattle it turns off and why Wagyu is involved
Shan Goodwin
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A long-standing Brahman breeder, CPC has taken a crossbreeding path with a unique composite over the past ten years. Picture CPC.

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