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As the week draws to an end, there are many tired but happy faces around Beef Australia.
It is predicted attendance from the 2021 event will surpass the numbers from 2018, which was 100,000 visitors.
While the numbers are yet to be confirmed, Ian Weigh People’s Day on Monday’s public holiday had 31,545 visitors.
“What a terrific event it has been so far, a celebration of this iconic yet important Australian beef industry, a celebration of this great region, our host city, Rockhampton, the beef capital of our nation and the Capricorn region,” Beef Australia board chairman Bryce Camm said.
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Twice a bridesmaid and finally a bride, 34-month old bull Royalla Ventura has taken out the highest title in the beef industry, with the Supreme Champion Male at Beef Australia 2021 on Thursday.
Hailing from Yeoval in Central Western New South Wales, the Shorthorn bull had previously finished runner-up a handful of times.
Owner Nic Job said he was absolutely stoked with the win and it hadn’t really sunk in yet.
“It’s great to finally get here, we’ve come second two or three times and to finally win is great,” he said.
“It’s (the Interbreeds Championships at Beef Australia) the pre-eminent competition in Australia.
The Federal Government has announced millions of dollars in funding for regional connectivity projects across Australia, which will be part of the upcoming budget to be revealed on Tuesday.
Making the announcement at Beef Australia in Rockhampton on Thursday, May 6, Minister for Northern Australia Keith Pitt said $190 million would go toward funding the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) along corridors from Townsville to Mount Isa, Gladstone to Cairns, Darwin to Kununurra, and Darwin to the Beetaloo Basin.
Mr Pitt also announced $9 million would be focused on a pilot program on those corridors for the projects.
“We have to ensure that Northern Australia is connected to the world, and it is this government that is delivering to the north,” he said.
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Gone are the days of sitting down for hours in the office after a long day on the property.
On display at Beef Australia, Agriwebb is a farm management software that records all of the property data.
Co-founder and chief revenue officer John Fargher is a fifth generation livestock producer and found himself looking for better efficiencies on the ground.
“Growing up on the land I was looking at what my father and grandfather had done in those previous generations,” he said.
In the previous decades there had been really transformational changes as producers went from a staff of 40 on horses to using motorbikes and airplanes.