Industry news

MLA has been awarded the first annual Hitachi Transformation Award for its work in using data to help drive innovation in the red meat industry.

With its lush green landscape and stunning views across Bass Strait, Wynyard on the North West coast of Tasmania is an idyllic spot - especially for raising some of the best beef in the State.

North West Tasmanian beef producer Katrina Simpson has won the 2017 MSA Excellence in Eating Quality Most Outstanding Beef Producer award for the State, presented at Ulverstone last night.

Sheep consultant and MLA Bred Well Fed Well program deliverer, Dr Jason Trompf, is urging sheepmeat producers to move away from scanning for pregnancy status and to start detecting for multiples instead.

Sheep producers can find out how combining top genetics with superior ewe feed management can help boost reproduction rates when the next Bred Well Fed Well workshop is held in North West Victoria next week.

Find out how Ross and Colin Coyle (pictured) narrowed down the two factors they think are key contributors to the eating quality of beef – temperament and handling.

Find out the winners at the 2017 Meat Standards Australia (MSA) Excellence in Eating Quality Awards for Victoria, presented at Lardner Park last night.

Read about Victorian lot feeder David Gillett's key to producing the best eating quality beef in his family’s 7000-head Jalna feedlot at Anakie, near Geelong.

Read about the benefits of Trans-Tasman teamwork in addressing value chain challenges as part of the Young Food Innovators (YFI) program.

MLA welcomes the Advertising Standards Bureau’s dismissal of complaints that MLA breached the Advertising Standards Code in its latest Lamb advertising campaign.

Grainfed levies are helping fund a research project that will refine DEXA technology for the beef industry.

The relationship between heat stress and dark cutting rates in grainfed cattle is the focus of a new MLA research project.

A trial that supplements cattle with seaweed is underway to find practical, cost-effective methane reduction options.

Is your feedlot prepared for upcoming changes to the National Feedlot Accreditation Scheme?

Lot feeders and other supply chain participants are encouraged to attend the inaugural SMARTBEEF 2017 event in Armidale, NSW from 1–3 November.

The June quarter of 2017 saw cattle on feed reach 1.1 million head – a record high for the Australian industry. Check out how 2016–17 panned out for lot feeders in this market summary.

Robert and Jenny Reardon are successfully integrating and expanding cattle finishing in an irrigated cotton, dryland cropping and grazing operation that spans 25,000 hectares on the Queensland-New South Wales border.

Beef producers from Queensland’s Western Downs and Darling Downs have taken out the top awards at the 2017 Meat Standards Australia (MSA) Excellence in Eating Quality Awards for Queensland and the Northern Territory, presented at Gympie on Friday night.