Aussie farmers have plenty to celebrate this Australia Day, with fresh figures revealing a stunning boom in red meat exports.
Duncan Evans
Advanced Wagyu genetics produced in the Great Southern and aimed at a vertically integrated supply chain, including stud seedstock and boxed beef production, is leading the way for the breed in Australia.
Bob Garnant
WA’s progressive cattle producers are urged to mark Monday, March 10 as a day they can secure premium genetics able to advance their beef breeding program into the black.
The WA Nationals have launched a tongue-in-cheek ad campaign in the lead up to Australia Day, declaring Federal Labor’s live sheep export ban is ‘bad news for your barbecue’.
Adam Poulsen
The Cowcher family of Williams-based Willandra Simmental and Red-Black Angus stud will host their 37th Annual On-property Bull Sale on Tuesday February 18 at 12.30pm.
Angus stud principals Paul and Lydia Torrisi of Boyanup and Donnybrook-based Black Market will offer 52 bulls at their Annual Bull Sale on February 26 at the Boyanup Sale Complex.
Vasse-based Blackrock Angus stud’s line up of 77 bulls combines the important traits of fertility, growth, carcase quality, and temperament, desirable in any profitable beef herd.
Munglinup-based Arkle Angus stud principal Siobhan Cowan and her team will host their 5th Annual Bull Sale February 7.
Katanning-based Carenda Angus stud co-principal Matt Kitchen and his team will offer 35 quality Angus bulls in their 7th annual on- property sale on January 20, at Katanning.
The Gandy Angus Yearling Bull Sale will offer 70 ready to work, “herd improving” bulls on Monday April 14 at Boyanup Saleyards, and through AuctionsPlus.
The Davis family, of Coonamble Angus stud in Bremer Bay, will offer a catalogue of 111 grass-fed Angus bulls at their annual on-property sale on Tuesday February 25, starting at 12pm.
The past 12 months have marked a productive period for the WA cattle market, with beef exports hitting record highs and analysts forecasting another positive year for the industry.
Olivia Ford
There has been a rise in confidence among WA cattle producers in the past 12 months, however, the State’s graziers are still lagging behind the rest of Australia’s producers in terms of positive sentiment
The WA Angus Society of Australian (WA Committee) leadership has changed hands, with chairman Mark Muir stepping down from his role of three years (2022-2024) and replaced by Andrew Kuss, of Esperance.
WA Angus News coordinator Jessica Dewar, who runs the Ardcairnie Angus stud with her husband Joe Dewar, was awarded the presitigious Strathtay Trophy for her role as coordinator of the WA Angus News magazine.
Australia’s peak live export body has refused to engage with the Albanese Government as Labor seeks industry’s help to implement a multimillion dollar ‘transition plan’ ahead of its looming sheep shipping ban.
A Moroccan delegation will visit WA “in the coming weeks” after the signing of new protocols greenlighting the export of Australian sheep, goats, and cattle to the North African nation.
A trio of animal rights groups has launched a counter campaign piggybacking off the Keep the Sheep movement, as Labor’s live export ban shapes up to be a key issue at the Federal election.
Key players in WA’s meat processing industry maintain there is a “promising future” for the sheepmeat sector, while the Prime Minister cops flak for “callous” remarks made about the live export ban
Unstable milk prices, labour shortages, and rising operational costs are among the reasons why some WA farmers are opting to leave the dairy industry.
Olivia Ford and Ezra Kaye
Wellard has emerged from a trading halt with news it has struck a deal to sell the MV Ocean Drover to a Turkish-controlled customer, Meteors Shipping, for $US50m ($81m).
Sean Smith
Last year marked a record 12 months for Australian red meat exports, with beef, lamb, mutton and goatmeat hitting new highs thanks to strong overseas demand and domestic supply.
The abrupt closure of another WA abattoir this week was ‘disappointing but not surprising’ for farming leaders, as meat processors reevaluate their future amid rock-bottom confidence in the sheep industry.
Adam Poulsen and Olivia Ford
Several protesters crashed the last day of the WA leg of Anthony Albanese’s campaign-style tour across Australia.
Jessica Page and Jake Dietsch
