Interesting article on Beef producer’s views of the state of the U.S. cattle industry in Agrilife News. Agrilife News is produced by Texas A & M University– a university specialising in agricultural studies and research. There are two campuses – one in Galveston (Texas) and the other in Qatar. Given that Texas is the U.S. state most […]
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August 7th, 2010Beef importation from countries with BSE (‘Mad Cow’ disease)
February 26th, 2010Who voted for a Government so utterly stupid, that they have decided to relax Food Safety rules and allow the importation of beef from countries that have had BSE (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy – otherwise known as ‘mad cow disease’)? No Australians have been inflicted with the BSE-related variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) and no Australian […]
Famous Territory livestock brands
September 8th, 2009The list of Northern Territory livestock brands that are still current that were registered before 1928, under the South Australian brands ordinance, is interesting. It’s a short list – just 7 owners, and 9 cattle stations. The two most recognised Australian cattle station symbol brands are on the list – the Victoria River Downs (VRD) […]
The new Cattle Council of Australia president
January 20th, 2009Last November Greg Brown, a cattle producer from Mt Garnet (nth Qld) was elected President of the Cattle Council of Australia. I don’t know Greg, but I do know his son Alistair. Alistair and his wife Nellie run Brown Gully Photography & Framing at Roma, and were responsible for the best-run exhibition that I’ve ever […]
Evicting cattle from the High Country
August 26th, 2008Eradicating introduced species of animals and plants entirely from National Parks – and all other publicly owned land, including Travelling Stock Routes – is a great theory. These areas belong to all future Australians, so everything possible should be done to ensure that they are kept in as good a condition as possible, for future […]
Australian Farming & Grazing Organisations
October 21st, 2007The main national agricultural producers body, the National Farmer’s Federation (NFF), has a good list of state grower organisations. The Country Women’s Association of Australia is Australia’s largest women’s organisation. The website has links to the state CWA organisations such as the Queensland Country Women’s Association. Australian Women in Agriculture (AWiA) is also a national body […]
Sale of AMH to JBS Friboi
September 20th, 2007JBS (‘Jose Batista Senior’) now owns AMH (Australian Meat Holdings). JBS Friboi was already South America’s biggest beef processor, and with the purchase of U.S.-based Swifts are now the world’s biggest beef processors. Townsville Bulletin and Courier Mail articles.
U.S. Cowboys Increasingly on Motorbikes Instead of Horses
August 30th, 2007An interesting article in the L.A. Times newspaper, discussing how horses are being replaced by motorbikes in the U.S, as has unfortunately been happening in some parts of Australia.
S.A. Bans animals under 200kg from participating in rodeos
July 30th, 2007The S.A. Minister for all sorts of things including mental health, is going to give the RSPCA more than half a million dollars for a couple more inspectors, and has banned animals under 200kg from participating in rodeos. This means no more calf roping or bronco branding in South Australia. Gail Gago’s press release: http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/animalwelfare/pdfs/rodeo_news_release_4july2007.pdf […]