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Zac Braxton-Smith

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Sep 8, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Zac Braxton-Smith

    From backyard block to multiple properties at 21: Ben Shuttlewood's story (opens the original)

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    Managing more than 5000 trees, overseeing eight staff during harvest and recovering from a major storm would be a big ask for any producer. Illalangi Farms principal Ben Shuttlewood is doing it all at the age of 21. And despite the day-to-day demands of running a tree crop operation across multiple properties, he is looking to the future, with new rotations, trials and technologies. Mr Shuttlewood is a finalist in the Qld Nutrien NextGen Leader category of the Australian Agricultural Awards. The

  2. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Zac Braxton-Smith

    'Breedplan will continue': MLA chief reveals detail on multibreed EBVs (opens the original)

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    Multibreed EBVs for tropical cattle could be available for review within a year, as Meat and Livestock Australia pushes ahead with its ambitious plan for the future of genetic data, but some breed society leaders have expressed concerns again. MLA managing director Michael Crowley addressed a handful of Australia's major breed society CEOs and presidents at an Australian Registered Cattle Breeders Association forum in Brisbane on Wednesday, August 26. He revealed that research and development wa

  3. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Zac Braxton-Smith

    'The time had come': family meat wholesaler to close after 16 years (opens the original)

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    A family-owned meat wholesaler will stop operating within weeks, after the owners decided "the time had come". SEQ cattle producers Damien and Pat McMahon established McMahon Brothers Meats in 2010 when the closure of Killarney Abattoir and Condamine River Meats created a gap in the local market. They bought and distributed more than 100 head of cattle, 200 lambs and 40 pigs a week as recently as 2019. Speaking to Queensland Country Life on Thursday, August 20, Damien McMahon confirmed that he w

  4. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Zac Braxton-Smith

    Ardie Lord: negative days to calving and early puberty a focus in breeding (opens the original)

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    Negative days to calving and early puberty are priorities in his family's breeding program, a prominent northern producer says, among other traits. His views align with years of research on productivity in northern cattle operations, according to a genetics and breeding expert. Lord Pastoral principal Ardie Lord travelled about 1500 kilometres from north west of Richmond to Anduramba, near Crows Nest, to bid at the Copley family's annual bull sale, on Saturday, August 15. The Lord family runs th

  5. Article · Aug 22, 2026 · Zac Braxton-Smith

    Agent gets top-price bull at Kingaroy Simmental sale for his family's stud (opens the original)

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    An agent has bought the top-price bull at the inaugural Kingaroy Simmental, Fleckvieh and Simbrah bull and female sale for his family's own stud herd. More than 100 people packed the stands at the Coolabunia saleyards on Saturday, August 22, including buyers from around the Burnett and south east, and into NSW. Bidding on the first few lots was tentative, but by lot 15, four bulls had sold for $10,000 or more. All told, 25 of 39 bulls sold through the ring for a 64.1 per cent clearance, and an a

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