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New Zealand will stop all live exports of livestock by sea beginning in April next year thanks to a new law passed by the country’s parliament.Ministe...

The centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP) has sent the live export industry into disarray after it appeared to ...

Live export is in the spotlight again as animal welfare and public sentiment take second place to the profits of a few key operators, writes Linda Paull.

A new study in the respected veterinary journal Animals suggests that inhumane conditions may be the...

Premium Content Subscriber only Innovative beef product labelling that shares with the consumer where the cattle has come from and the conditions under which it was raised is on display at Beef Australia 2021. The project, KPMG Origins - Trusted Beef Traceability, is a collaboration between Argyle Foods Group, Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and KPMG, is a blockchain based traceability platform which incorporates a code on the beef product. The product is exported to markets across South Ea...

Live cattle export price hits record high in WA as pastoralists celebrate best wet season in years MonMonday 19 updated 1 AprApril 2021 at 3:30am Record live export prices are being fetched by Kimberley pastoralists as the season ramps in WA. ( Share Print text only Cancel As the live export season ramps up in the north of Western Australia, record prices are being fetched in WA by pastoralists sending cattle to Indonesia. Key points: A shipment of 3,000 head of cattle is set to leave Broome P...

Australia and Saudi Arabia Resume Livestock Trade After 10 Year Hiatus A ten-year hiatus on livestock trade between Australia and Saudi Arabia has been broken with the Middle East kingdom now welcoming Australian exports again. Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said on April 7 that Australia has been working with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on the arrangements. “My department has been working closely with their counterparts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to ensure that these new a...

Jakarta meat sellers strike, Indonesia considers importing Mexican cattle as Australian cattle prices reach record highs MonMonday 25 updated MonMonday 25 JanJanuary 2021 at 7:41am Indonesian meat sellers cannot raise their prices over the government-set ceiling, so have not been able to pass on price rises to customers. ( Share Print text only Cancel The Indonesian Government is reportedly looking to Mexico as an alternate source of live cattle, after Australian cattle hit record prices and Ja...

Cattle producers celebrate the end of 2020 with record live export prices and rain ThuThursday 31 December has delivered above average rainfall for a lot of northern cattle stations. ( Print text only Cancel Cattle producers in the Top End of the Northern Territory are ending 2020 on a high with the wet season delivering above-average rainfall in December and cattle prices sitting at record levels. Key points: Northern Territory cattle stations have received widespread rainfall in December, a f...