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Turkey's big beef breeder buy-up

18 Mar 10 | An export order of 1600 Angus heifers bound for Turkey next month could be just a taste of a much bigger feast to come for breeders. |

Comments (3) | Cross and stud stock breeders ... Visit Stock & Land

| Chicken king tackles fowl rumours Visit The Land

| VIDEO: Turkey buys up Angus to ...

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Arki beefs up presence in Murray Grey market

18 Mar 10 | ONE of South Australia's longest running Murray Grey studs, Arki, at Western Flat, has been further strengthened with the purchase of the complete Windhaven stud. | Prices keep processors in check Visit Stock Journal

| Feedlot beefs up Lameroo farm Visit Stock Journal

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Bullocks draw big boys at Warrnambool

16 Mar 10 | IMPROVED bullock prices brought the big boys into the Warrnambool saleyards last week. | Rainfall drives EYCI upwards Visit Stock & Land

| Schultes Meat Tavern brings ... Visit Stock & Land

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Cross and stud stock breeders both winners in Lardner Park steer trials

16 Mar 10 | CROSS-breeders chasing hybrid vigour and seedstock producers supporting purebred genetics were both victors when the winners of the Lardner Park steer trials were announced last week. | Rainfall drives EYCI upwards Visit Stock & Land

| Schultes Meat Tavern brings ... Visit Stock & Land

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MLA sets new course in beef marketing

15 Mar 10 | A DECLINE in expenditure in Japan, but greater emphasis on domestic and Indonesian markets and emerging issues like the environment are trends likely to emerge from important red meat marketing discussions in Sydney this week. |

Comments (1) | Unlikely producer voice defies ... Visit The Land

| BSE analysis to hurt our trade: ... | VIDEO: Awesome start to Tas weaner sales

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Unlikely producer voice defies BSE scaremongering

12 Mar 10 | FEDERAL Agriculture Minister Tony Burke didn’t need to change tack on beef imports from BSE-affected countries, Lee McNicholl believes, but now he has, the Central Queensland vet and beef producer welcomes a more rigorous risk analysis. |

Comments (4) | Who is 'JR' McDonald? Visit The Land

| What Bindaree wants from beef's ... Visit The Land

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Another BSE detection in Canada

11 Mar 10 | A 17th case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed in Canada this week, just days after the Australian Government beefed up its quarantine requirements for imports from countries which have had BSE. |

Comments (3) | Wanted: 8000 steers Visit Stock Journal

| Burke now demands BSE risk ... | GALLERY: Casino saleyards in pictures

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JR uses creative accounting to make his beef levy case

11 Mar 10 | NSW beef processor and industry agitator Bindaree Beef appears to be using some creative accounting methods in its on-going war against beef industry bodies. |

Comments (4) | Torbay's beef labelling laws to ... | Rebel NSW processor trashes MSA | GALLERY: Photos from Beef Spectacular

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Prices $100 dearer at Benambra

11 Mar 10 | AFTER a run of poor seasons Benambra district cow-calf producers have finally got what they deserve – the best season in many years and prices to match, about $100 up on last year.

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Rain unleashes spending torrent at Vic weaner sales

11 Mar 10 | AVERAGE young cattle prices climbed above 350 cents a kilogram (carcase weight) early this week as more rain added fuel to an already hot market. | Myrtleford weaner steers to ... Visit Stock & Land

| R&D winner helps keep tabs on ... Visit Stock & Land

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Could Australia already have atypical BSE?

11 Mar 10 | NO matter what trade defences Australia erects, it may not be able to prevent domestic cases of “atypical” BSE - a cattle disease that seems to occur spontaneously, and which despite having no known health risks carries the same damaging trade implications as “classical” BSE. |

Comments (6) | Burke now demands BSE risk ... | What Bindaree wants from beef's ... Visit The Land

| VIDEO: Spectacular conclusion with ...

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Wanted: 8000 steers

11 Mar 10 | THE condition of the cattle industry is particularly fragile at the moment, and for various reasons ABARE has forecast that the immediate future is for a small decline in returns for producers, feeders and exporters.

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Spectacular conclusion with beef interbreed

08 Mar 10 | The Beef Spectacular event at Dubbo ended in style with the Angus and Red Angus entries taking home the interbreed trophies.

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What Bindaree wants from beef's leaders

07 Mar 10 | WHILE it believes the beef industry is already over-represented by peak bodies, Bindaree Beef wants to launch another beef industry body to represent dissaffected beef producers at a State and Federal level. |

Comments (30) | Spectacular steers steal the show Visit The Land

| "Wipe out" beef leadership: ... Visit The Land

| VIDEO: BSE discussion opens up at Beef ...

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BSE stoush: Heatley returns serve at Heffernan

05 Mar 10 | MEAT and Livestock Australia (MLA) boss Don Heatley has lashed out at Coalition Senators for jeopardising the future of Australia’s beef industry. |

Comments (18) | Rebel NSW processor trashes MSA | Will the BSE beef rebellion ... | VIDEO: Wodonga posts cattle season's ...

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Who is 'JR' McDonald?

05 Mar 10 | JR McDonald, Bindaree Beef, has hit the headlines in the past few weeks with his anti-establishment agenda making waves in the beef industry, most recently with a beef forum at Armidale on the weekend. But who is the man behind the movement? |

Comments (7) | Will the BSE beef rebellion ... | Rebel NSW processor trashes MSA | VIDEO: Beef Spectacular steers steal ...

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Wodonga posts cattle season's high point

05 Mar 10 | Store cattle prices were pushed to a high point for the season at Wodonga Thursday as buyers from the western Riverina flush with feed, joined a growing line up of NSW operators seeking cattle after further follow-up rainfall. | Mutton values not sustainable, ... Visit Stock & Land

| Middle East demanding wider ... Visit Stock & Land

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Spectacular steers steal the show

04 Mar 10 | A PEA-in-a-pod trio of Murray Grey steers from Pegala Pastoral Company, Oberon, has impressed onlookers and judge, Alastair Rayner, who has awarded them the title of champion pen of three steers on the hoof. | Dubbo's spectacular feast begins Visit The Land

| NSW beef identity calls it a day Visit The Land

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Outlook '10: Indonesia's growing importance for beef

04 Mar 10 | FORECASTS from this week's ABARE Outlook conference have confirmed Indonesia as an increasingly important market for Australian beef and live cattle trade. |

Comments (5) | Outlook '10: Tough times ahead ... | Will the BSE beef rebellion ... | VIDEO: Fierce competition at Canberra ...

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"Wipe out" beef leadership: McDonald

04 Mar 10 | “How can you trust these people that are representing you?” said rebel beef processor J.R. McDonald. “They’re going to destroy you. And as I say, they all have to be wiped out.” |

Comments (28) | Outlook '10: Tough times ahead ... | Will the BSE beef rebellion ... | GALLERY: More photos from Queensland's ...

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