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Reporter at Beef Central, aiming to become a socially acceptable golfer. Toowoomba via Mount Isa, Cairns, back to Mount Isa, Tamworth
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Feeder cattle market: Grids covered in red as Angus spread narrows
FEEDER cattle prices are facing some downward pressure as numbers start to come forward in the south and the north waits for some early rain. Wonga Plains Feedlot. Buyers who spoke to Beef Central this morning were quoting 400kg+ flatback feeder steers on the Darling Downs between 505-520c/kg – which is down about 10c on the last feeder cattle market report.
Poor year for huckleberries forces black bears and grizzlies to find alternative calorie source
A poor year for huckleberries across much of the Inland Pacific Northwest has driven some black bears to seek calories in human environments A poor year for huckleberries across much of the Inland Pacific Northwest has driven some black bears to seek calories in human environments, but their grizzly bear cousins appear to have relied largely on alternative wild food sources.
BeefEx 2026: The serious worry Canberra is struggling to understand
ALFA president Christian Mulders with Brendan Tatt and host Kimberley Busteed. FEEDLOT operators received the shock their lives earlier this year, when the Strait of Hormuz was shut and fuel distributors told them they were unable to fill their tanks. “I was at dinner with some of our Korean clients and I got a call to say one of our big fuel suppliers was telling us they were no longer going to deliver fuel into Riverina and Prime City,” said JBS Northern chief operating officer Brendan Tatt.
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