Welcome to campdraft school, where a new generation takes the reins
By Lily McCure
Amid the red dirt and flies of an outback stockyard, thrillseekers with a passion for horses learn about a quintessential Aussie sport.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-17/topar-campdrafting-clinic-riders-learn-sport/106583756
#SportEvent #HorseFarming #LivestockFarming #BeefCattleFarming #RuralandRemoteCommunities #Sport #HumanInterest #Hobbies #LilyMcCure
Southern Queensland graziers call for drought declaration
By Brandon Long and Dan McCray
Graziers start destocking to preserve dwindling feed with rainfall well below average across the region.
#Droughts #ExtremeWeatherEvents #BeefCattleFarming #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #BrandonLong #DanMcCray
Cattle industry loses court appeal over live export ban compensation
By Matt Brann and Joanna Prendergast
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.
#Courts #BeefCattleFarming #AnimalCruelty #Trade #MattBrann #JoannaPrendergast
Outback cattle station granted permit to cull 20,000 native birds
By Sam Parry
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.
#Birds #BeefCattleFarming #GrainGrowing #Conservation #Animals #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #EnvironmentalManagement #SamParry
At the U.S.-Mexico crossing in Santa Teresa, the pens supporting the nation’s largest livestock entry point sat empty and eerily quiet Friday, with workers performing maintenance projects and catching up on paperwork at facilities normally bustling with thousands of cattle passing through daily.
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_873fb5dc-f79b-461a-bd23-4b78fb0c7e3c.html
#NewMexico #agriculture #cattle #livestock #beefcattlefarming #trade #usda
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