This year’s Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on 21 November 2024 and will be run as a hybrid event.

Legumes have long been recognised as one of the most valuable components of productive southern pastures, but according to pasture consultant Cam Nicholson, many producers may be unintentionally reducing legume content through management practices designed to improve overall pasture production.

Southern producers looking to maximise pasture performance and make more informed grazing decisions should start with two fundamentals: soil testing and feed budgeting. According to Holbrook Landcare Network's Steph Cowley, both practices provide the information needed to identify production constraints, improve feedbase management and support profitability. Start with the soil...

The national cattle yarding dropped 15% this week to 54,031 head, and the indicators received mixed results, ranging from a 5% drop for the Heavy Steer Indicator and a 3% gain for the Restocker Yearling Heifer Indicator.

Record mutton prices are rewriting the market this winter, with the National Mutton Indicator surging past 900¢/kg cwt for the first time. Find out what is driving the rise in prices.

Darren Watson, Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) Regional Manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, shares a practical update on market conditions across his region.

US imported beef - 90CL price indicator

When Central West Queensland goat producer, Georgia Whip, first moved with her husband Toby to his family cattle property south of Longreach in 2019, goats were little more than a means to manage timber encroachment – particularly the mulga and gidgee scrub creeping across the country.

See how real-time soil data and smarter sowing decisions can boost pasture growth, reduce costs and improve returns.

Despite a full week of yardings across cattle, lamb and sheep, supply tightened from 24% to 28% as more rain came for large parts of the country.