Beef Cattle Farming

China is cracking down on beef imports and says it is ready to slap Australia with an additional 55 per cent tariff in the coming days.

An agronomist who suggested a different approach to grazing forty years ago was met with plenty of  critics. Today, Terry McCosker's once ‘radical’ methods are seen as best practice.   

Cattle prices jumped significantly this week as rain fell across key production areas, especially in New South Wales.

With the country wind in her grey hair, cow dung on her boots and not a skerrick of make-up, former actor Rachel Ward has found her place, sharing her passion for regenerative farming.  

Widespread flooding in north-west Queensland killed more than 90,000 head of livestock this year, but farmers will have to go it alone if they want to rebuild. 

A cull of 20,000 native birds on a Northern Territory cattle station will not be going ahead.

Amid the red dirt and flies of an outback stockyard, thrillseekers with a passion for horses learn about a quintessential Aussie sport. 

Australia's northern cattle industry says it is "deeply disappointed" by a Federal Court decision to dismiss its appeal over compensation for the 2011 live export ban.

Graziers start destocking to preserve dwindling feed with rainfall well below average across the region.

A permit to cull 20,000 native birds has been granted to a cattle station in the Northern Territory in response to an "overpopulation" of destructive and "exceptionally noisy" galahs and little corellas.

The United States is importing more beef from Australia as its own supplies dwindle and demand soars.

An ATSB investigation into a fatal helicopter crash found the pilot was flying after sunset without the correct qualifications or equipment, prompting new safety procedures at the remote cattle station where he was working.

A dedicated band of volunteers is keeping a cattle drive tradition alive to raise money for vital health services.

China has granted beef export approval to several new Australian facilities, just months after introducing a range of trade measures to protect its domestic cattle industry.

Anchored off Fremantle for weeks because the war in Iran had stopped the live sheep trade to the Middle East, the world's largest live export vessel has ventured north to Darwin. 

More than 500,000 head of cattle have already been sold across New South Wales this year, with Scone seeing its biggest sale in 20 years.

The lack of investigation into deaths at the $700 million beef business has been described as "completely unacceptable" by a legal expert who argued industry had captured government regulators.

Farmers are turning to roadside grazing, selling up stock, and, in one case, shipping cattle to an island to navigate the drought and the rising cost of diesel.

A pastoral company has been hit with a record $45,000 fine after moving thousands of cattle across state lines without proper tracking. Authorities say the penalty sends a clear warning.

The National Farmers' Federation says the deal will leave farmers without meaningful access to the EU market.