Beef Cattle

A "generational" piece of water infrastructure for Queensland has been completed after years of construction plagued by cost blowouts, inundations and COVID-19 disruptions.

Industry members say a pastoral company's negligence led to the deaths of hundreds of cattle and the dumping of abattoir waste in an unfenced paddock that other cattle have access to.

Lachlan Hughes was 36 and expecting his third child when he suddenly died in 2018. His loved ones were devastated, but they found a way to ensure his passion for regenerative farming would never be forgotten.

First Nations rangers and the CSIRO embark on a groundbreaking, space-based surveillance project to track and manage 1,000 wild bovine in remote northern Australia.

Along a dirt road in Far North Queensland is a farm where prisoners are learning to care for animals. The agricultural skills they are acquiring will set them up for work when they're released.

Huge bushfires in central Australia have ignited discussions about the role of buffel grass in increasing fire risks ahead of a recommendation on whether or not the plant should be declared a weed in the Northern Territory.

Rachael Third, 40, has avoided jail time over her part in the theft of more than 800 cattle in Western Australia's Gascoyne region during 2020.

Indian buffalo meat is surging into Australian market strongholds such as Indonesia, creating enormous competition for the live cattle trade.  

Less than a century ago, Indigenous men were paid in small stone "coupons" for their work on cattle stations. Now, Mervyn Street has helped win those workers and their families landmark compensation.

Meat inspectors and vets are walking off the job today, with the industry saying the strike action will create backlogs that affect domestic and export sectors.

Northern Territory cattle producer Colin Deveraux knows he is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a 3.2-metre saltwater crocodile. 

Memories of Black Summer remain strong for many in this South East Queensland region, where heavy fuel loads and parched conditions have locals preparing for the worst.

Queensland graziers are being urged to sell their cattle as the state's bushfire emergency exacerbates an already dire national feed shortage.

Twelve-year-old mini-bull rider Ronan Miosge is one tough hombre. He has been bucked off mini bulls since he was eight and keeps coming back for more.

Mrs Mitchell remained positive even when "eight-foot high" flames started rushing across her pastures. She knew that "once it got into the mowed area it would be simple to put out".

Cattle producers, firefighters and Indigenous rangers want action to stop deliberately lit fires, with more than 13 million hectares burnt in the past two months.

While beef producers with Australia's largest meat cooperative, the Casino Food Co-op, enjoyed record prices last year, it resulted in a massive hit to its processing business.

Businesses across northern Australia are chasing a Kimberley beef company for significant unpaid debts, according to industry sources.

Bunderra Cattle Company is fined $18,000 plus a $3,000 levy for taking cattle from an NT station to Queensland without treating the animals for ticks on three separate occasions.

Cattle prices have collapsed as producers rush to sell stock before the big dry sets in. But at the supermarket, you wouldn't know it.

Drought-hit pastoralists say a bottleneck is preventing their beef getting to market at a reasonable price, and must be fixed.

Backburns have been put in place with the aim of stopping the fire before it moves from scrubland into the Barkly's open plains, which are some of the NT's most productive cattle country.

Live export prices are sliding and some producers are taking the risk of sending stock back into the paddock.

Bullo River Station on the edge of the east Kimberley is a cattle station with its gaze firmly fixed on nature. Working with the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, they are demonstrating conservation and pastoral activities can coexist.

Researchers in regional NSW say cattle that ate the additive had methane emission reductions of up to 99 per cent.