Best practice guide to help producers prepare cattle for feedlots
In an effort to optimise feedlot performance, a new best practice guide has been developed for producers, outlining how to best prepare cattle for a feedlot. The new guide was prom...
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In an effort to optimise feedlot performance, a new best practice guide has been developed for producers, outlining how to best prepare cattle for a feedlot. The new guide was prom...
There's an old saying that for lotfeeders to make a buck, they need two of the three key variables – feeder steer price, ration price and finished grainfed slaughter cattle price –...
Managing a paddock system for dairy-beef calves at grass is more challenging in that every time calves are moved, troughs for concentrates and roughage feeders have to be moved als...
The Australian Lot Feeders Association has joined the list of industry groups undertaking a review of the compulsory $5 transaction levy – with growing numbers of cattle on feed dr...
With the biennial BeefEx feedlot conference about to start, the benefit of the feedlot industry for all of us is it rewards both ways – continuity of product and supply to the proc...
A career opportunity has come available for experienced stockperson at a cattle-lairage facility handling up to 2,000 head of cattle/week. Irish-based beef processing and exporting...
Could a smarter feeding strategy deliver faster growth, quicker finishing and higher throughput for Irish beef farmers? One UK producer who has increased cattle growth rates by 30%...
More than 1200 grainfed beef industry stakeholders from across Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia will focus attention on opportunities in fields like productivity, innovation an...
Feeder cattle prices have rallied in the past week, with rain across large parts of the country pulling up consignments and reducing numbers at the saleyards.
Imagine a 200,000 head cattle feedyard processing more than 500,000t of corn each year, where the heavily-automated feedmill is manned by just a single employee. It sounds like a p...
Steven Normoyle farms between Croom and Adare in Co. Limerick, running a calf-to-beef operation, purchasing 95 calves each spring for rearing. He also works full-time off the farm,...
Picture your cattle in the yards, and picture a number floating above each one. Not a weight. A ranking, 1 to 100, showing you exactly where that animal sits against every other an...
Research shows strategic winter feeding disperses manure nutrients better than traditional sacrifice lots, improving soil fertility across pastures.
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.
Australia's grainfeeding sector has been identified as the standout performer across the rural property market over the past 12 to 18 months, recording the highest volume of transa...
In today's episode of The Weekly Grill host Kerry Lonergan sits down with a geographically-diverse group of lotfeeders attending last week's BeefEx grainfed industry conference, to...
Elizabeth Rumley, Senior Staff Attorney Mary Grace Winfrey, Research Fellow The terms “slaughter” and “processing” describe different, although closely related,...
It is no secret that both fodder and cash flow are going to be tight on dairy farms across the country this year. Therefore farms must be smart about feeding the herd, ensuring the...
What will an Australian feedlot look like in 2040? That question was posed to attendees during one of the most thought-provoking sessions at BeefEx 2026.
Arnel Corpuz, one of the first Filipino workers to join an Australian feedlot, shares what a career in the lotfeeding sector has provided him and his family.
James Hanly’s dairy system near the Horse and Jockey, outside Thurles in Co. Tipperary, centres on making the most of home-grown feed. With approximately 370 cows calving across sp...
Price trends among young cattle were erratic in online trading this week, where AuctionsPlus recovered somewhat from the previous week’s low (6700 head) to 10,476 head. The larger...
Some feeder cattle grids have increased in the past fortnight as seasonal conditions remain mostly strong and numbers slowly increase.
This week’s factory quotes for beef cattle see the lower price offers from last week taken off the table for this week as lower price rates have failed to set into the trade. The n...
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