Beef Cattle Farming

Police allege investigators found about 70 cattle had no access to drinking water for 10 days in March 2023 at the Old Man Plains research facility near Alice Springs.

Millions of hectares of the Northern Territory have already been burnt in this peak bushfire threat period, with cattle producers now facing a "confluence of really serious weather conditions".

With a front-row seat to the Australian cattle market for more than 30 years, Trevor Hess loves reporting on its highs and lows.

More than 40 per cent of Garry Kadwell's property is dedicated to revegetation after he planted tens of thousands of trees across his property. It is a move that has seen him save thousands of dollars and improve production levels. 

Lake Nash Station, one of the oldest cattle runs in the country, was cut off for months by floods in 2023 —but it's bounced back and is now preparing to be flooded by schoolies. 

The federal government will provide an additional $32 million to help WA's sheep industry transition away from live exports, bringing the total support package to $139 million.

Saleyards aren't just about cattle and sheep, they offer vital social connection to farmers. But as more complexes close, rural communities worry about the mental health impacts of losing them.

With a growing emphasis on healthy, protein-rich diets among families and households, consumers are turning to alternative approaches to snacking on the go.

Allegations of animal welfare issues and financial mismanagement have plagued the Kimberley Meat Company for nearly a decade. Now it has shut down owing $103 million.

A rare spring northwest cloudband delivers record rain to parts of outback Australia. The weather event is now moving southeast towards Sydney.

The agriculture industry is a huge greenhouse gas emitter. This breath testing machine gives farmers a real-time record of cattle methane emissions, so they can take measures to reduce them.

South Australia's South East is known for its reliable rainfall and good farming land, but producers say they are struggling to grow enough feed for their livestock after a dry start to 2024.

The "backbone" of the cattle industry, Indigenous drovers star in a permanent photographic exhibition in outback Queensland. Their portraits draw a relatively unknown part of bush history out of the shadows.

The dirty conditions are to be expected, but it's the noise of the muster that comes as a shock as the ringers at a remote station round up cattle over vast distances. 

Prices for some vegetables are falling because of oversupply, but there are concerns for the livestock industry as Queensland's soaring temperatures dry pasture and feed.

The retailer updated its sustainability target, shifting from an existing net-zero deforestation goal, to become "deforestation-free" by the December 2025.

European supermarkets won't buy beef from Brazil due to concerns about land clearing in the Amazon. Now conservationists are urging Coles and Woolworths to follow suit to combat deforestation in Australia.

Tributes are pouring in for Luke Bowen, the former chief executive of the NT Cattlemen's Association, who steered the sector through the 2011 live export crisis.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rebuffs calls to apologise for making a live export joke to a room full of farmers, after WA Labor Premier Roger Cook said the gag "touched a raw nerve" in his state.

The family of Nigel Westlake, a respected cattleman who died while catching feral bulls in WA's remote north, have remembered him as a hardworking and humble man.