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04 April 2024
Australian goatmeat exports for 2023 reached their second highest volume on record for a calendar year since 2014.

04 April 2024
Investigating how to value-add to goat enterprises amid challenging market conditions has become the focus of Queensland goat producer, Pieter van Jaarsveld’s Nuffield Scholarship research.

28 March 2024
This week was a record-breaking week in the markets, with the highest lamb and cattle slaughter in years. It was largely driven by market dynamics and the smaller yardings due to the Easter long weekend.

27 March 2024
The latest data from the joint Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) and Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) Sheep Producer Intentions PULSE Survey (SPIS) was published earlier this week, showing that producers held onto their lambs due to concerns about weather conditions and pricing.

26 March 2024
2023 marked the 25th Anniversary of MSA, the world’s leading eating quality grading system. The 2022–23 Annual Outcomes Report (AOR) highlights the progress of the MSA program including the record $259 million estimated farmgate returns to MSA beef producers in 2022–23.

25 March 2024
Stirlings to Coast Farmers (SCF) applied for an MLA-funded project to demonstrate the Optiweigh unit, an in-paddock cattle weighing system, on properties in Southern WA. A large component of the project was to show the economic value of utilising the system in terms of improved labour efficiency, closer monitoring of animal weights and using the weight data to optimise compliance with target market weight specifications in order to receive premium prices.

25 March 2024
The first ever Beef Producers Intentions Survey (BPIS), facilitated by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), has indicated there is a strong sentiment of positivity among producers about the future of the Australian beef industry over the next 12 months.

22 March 2024
The cattle market was mixed, with an overall improvement in prices across the week. Yardings eased by 24%, a 27,024 decline to 51,696 head.

21 March 2024
Earlier this month, MLA released the Industry projections 2024: Australian cattle report, citing the herd would ease by less than 1% to 28.6 million head by 30 June 2024. After growing for three consecutive years through the 2020–2022 rebuild, the younger herd has now reached production maturity, pushing more processor-ready animals through sales channels.