Andrew Norris
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Cattle market: southern rain shifts buyer demand, yardings rise in the north (opens the original)
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Market dynamics have shifted as rain arrives in Victoria, with the weather expected to set the tone from now through to Christmas. Northern NSW buyers have also pulled back on Queensland restocker purchasing, Victorian processors continue to pull back from northern buying and feedlots feel the pinch of tight heavy feeder supplies and rising fuel and grain costs. Throughput at major yards also increased this past week as dry conditions took hold in supply areas including Dubbo, Roma and Dalby. Ed
'Nothing's about to fall over': cattle levy review unearths funding deficit (opens the original)
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The grass-fed cattle sector is missing out on additional funds for research and development, needs greater flexibility in short-term funds use and is assessing whether a rise in the cattle transaction levy is warranted. This was just some of what surfaced through the cattle transaction levy consultation, conducted by Cattle Australia from late June to August. The findings are being used to formulate recommendations that levy payers will vote on during November's Meat & Livestock Australia annual
Bold new feedlot project handles 200,000 cattle with one feed mill operator (opens the original)
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When one of North America's largest feedlot operators Blackshirt Feeders couldn't buy the right feedlot to expand, its owners decided to build the company's first greenfield project. Nestled in the south-west corner of Nebraska, US, across the border from Laird, Colorado, this has become one of the boldest new feedlot projects in North America. "We really don't like feedlots much under 100,000 head capacity," co-founder Kee Jim, who spoke at last week's BeefEx feedlot conference said. Dr Jim is
Diesel price hike could last five years, as fuel refiners' profits triple (opens the original)
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Multiple factors are coming together to create the perfect storm for refined fuel prices throughout the next year, as those watching the industry sound the warning about fuel prices and supply. Saul Eslake, an economist and speaker at the recent feedlot industry forum held on the Gold Coast, BeefEx, said the spread between the crude oil price, and the price of the refined products - diesel in particular, but also petrol, jet fuel, kerosene - has more than tripled. This reflected the increase in
'Consequential moment': lessons from Iran and preparing for more disruption (opens the original)
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The initial stages of the US war on Iran this year provided a snapshot of the gaps in Australia's supply chains, including at the farm and feedlot level where essential operations were compromised, the audience was told at the feedlot expo, BeefEx. "We meet here in 2026 at what I call a consequential moment in the world," said Professor (Brigadier retd) Ian Langford, who was a speaker at the Gold Coast event. The former senior officer in the Australian Defence Force, with more than 30 years of l
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