Historic Chinese cattle deal provides new selling option for farmers
The National Farmers Federation President Fiona Simson says a landmark shipment of live slaughter cattle to China represents a valuable new chapter in Australia’s cattle trade and a new selling option for farmers. A consignment of 1200 – mostly Angus cattle – left Portland in Victoria on Saturday as part of a new ‘feeder and […]
Government surrenders on defence land grab plans
More than two months of anguish is over for 65 Queensland farmers with the Federal Government today squashing plans to forcibly acquire their properties. Deputy Prime Minister Hon Barnaby Joyce MP ruled out the compulsory acquisition of farms in both the Charters Towers and Shoalwater Bay regions in a statement at Parliament House. The Department […]