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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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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Australian grain fed beef producer driving enhanced leadership in social outcomes
The Australian beef sector accounts for almost a quarter of the country’s total agricultural production and in a first for the Australian agricultural industry, a premium Queensland beef producer, Stockyard, has entered into a sustainability-linked…
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Grain fed beef producers open up gate for teachers
Smithfield Cattle Co. operate two grain fed beef producing properties in Queensland and hosted a networking event for a group of Wide Bay Agriculture Teachers in July 2021. Celebrating 35 years of producing grain fed…
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Start ‘em young; Thomas Foods International Feedlot opens farming future for next generation
TFI Feedlot in South Australia’s Murray Mallee region set out to educate the region’s youngest residents about agriculture and entrench the newly expanded Thomas Foods International Feedlot in the local community. Food Connect began as…
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Third generation family beef farmer opens gates to industry opportunities
Lachlan Brown may have a carpentry apprenticeship under his belt but he jokes that if he has to fall back on it, there’s a problem. Luckily the backbreaking, blister-inducing trade can be put on pause…
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Working on a cattle feedlot
The cattle feedlot industry is worth approximately $4.4 billion to the economy. The industry employs close to 30,000 people directly or indirectly (Australian Lot Feeders’ Association 2015), and nearly all feedlots operating are family-owned businesses….
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