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A love affair with grain fed beef
After more than 20 years in the feedlot industry, Tess Herbert’s resume reads of hard work, self-investment, and being open to opportunities when they come knocking. From humble beginnings as a teacher in rural New South Wales, Tess has worked her way to the top echelons of the Australian beef industry. She was the first female President
Turning manure from a waste product into an abundant resource
A commitment to making a genuine contribution to environmental sustainability and a vision to add value along the whole supply chain has seen grain fed beef producers Mort & Co take on an innovative project...
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A love affair with grain fed beef
After more than 20 years in the feedlot industry, Tess Herbert’s resume reads of hard work, self-investment, and being open to opportunities when they come knocking. From humble beginnings as a teacher in rural New...
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Raising the ‘steaks’ in premium dining
A relationship between a renowned chef and his beef supplier has given new depth to the phrase “paddock to plate” and the opportunity for a Brisbane restaurant to serve some of the most extraordinary steak...
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Is grain fed beef good for you?
Australian beef is recognised as among the safest in the world with stringent control systems guaranteeing quality since the 1990s, but is grain-fed beef nutritious? A healthy balanced diet is something every Australian strives for,...
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Beyond the farm gate
Growing up in Crookwell, NSW, Jasmine later studied a Bachelor of Livestock Science (Hons) Animal Health and Nutrition, but it wasn’t until she became involved in the UNE Intercollegiate Meat Judging team that the scope...
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No guesswork, nutrition’s all in the science
How does a woman hailing from the American Midwest find herself in Caroona, NSW? We catch up with animal researcher and mill supervisor Abby Nortrup as she shares her tale of two countries and why...
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Inside 6HEAD with chef Sean Hall
Life could’ve gone in a very different direction for Sean Hall. In his early 20s he was faced with a choice between playing rugby professionally or heading to culinary school. Today, lovers of premium steak...
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Four Daughters forging farming future
Four Daughters started the way of many good ideas before it – in a bar. At Beef Week 2018 Karen’s husband Dan Penfold fortuitously pulled up a seat beside a young Chinese business couple. Always...
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Celebrity chef Matt Moran gets excited over world’s first lower emission seaweed-fed steak
Australian innovator FutureFeed is serving a world’s first this National Science Week, dishing up sustainable seaweed-fed steak with celebrity chef Matt Moran. The powerhouse seaweed behind the lower emission beef is Asparagopsis, a red seaweed that naturally...
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