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Indonesian ministry confirms interest in Australian cattle stations 27 Aug 2013 | 07:36 am
Indonesia’s Ministry of State Owned Enterprises has confirmed it is close to making investments in Australian cattle stations in line with Indonesian Government plans to shore-up security of beef supp...
Rural confidence improves on low dollar, high demand: NAB 27 Aug 2013 | 07:22 am
A lower dollar and strong export demand for Australian red meat into China and the Middle East contributed to a recovery in rural business confidence in the June quarter, according to the latest Natio...
Beef Central briefs 27 Aug 2013 27 Aug 2013 | 07:07 am
Cattle highlights on AgShow agenda One of eastern Australia’s largest rural field days kicks off in Toowoomba next Tuesday, September 3, and includes a number of events of interest to the beef and ca...
Beef kill returns to more normal levels, after a slow week in Qld 27 Aug 2013 | 07:04 am
The Eastern States beef kill rose last week, but the biggest influence – an 11 percent rise in processing activity in Queensland – masked earlier public holiday intrusions. A number of plants in s...
Drought impacting China's rising beef prices 27 Aug 2013 | 04:39 am
Drought in parts of Central China is accentuating rising prices for beef and some other meat proteins. Chinese media reports suggest drought since mid-June has spread in central China's Hunan an...
Retail watch: Wagyu creeping into major supermarket shelves 26 Aug 2013 | 05:14 pm
After years of declaring that there was no place on mainstream national supermarket shelves for a Wagyu beef product because it was considered a ‘low turnover, niche item’, market leader Woolworths...
Coles strengthens retail beef market share position: Is 'Down, Down' responsible? 26 Aug 2013 | 03:29 pm
The Coles supermarket group improved its national retail beef market share relative to its largest competitors Woolworths and independent butchers last month. One possible explanation is Coles’ la...
Over-regulation is killing feral animal control capability 26 Aug 2013 | 03:12 pm
Increasingly onerous regulations on effective feral pest management are causing much frustration for Australian land owners and managers, and could lead to agricultural and environmental disasters ...
IndOz forum: Imports essential to Indo herd growth 26 Aug 2013 | 07:41 am
By any measure outlined at last Friday’s IndOz beef trade investment forum in Brisbane, Indonesia is going to need a lot more cattle and beef in future to keep pace with rapidly growing consumption ra...
Supply chain investment highlighted by MLA head 26 Aug 2013 | 07:20 am
Any discussion about supply chain investment involving Australia and its largest live export customer, Indonesia, needed to acknowledge the enormous financial and time investment made by northern b...