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31 March 2025
Liz Pearson has joined MLA’s Feedlot program team as the Feedlot Project Manager. As she settles into her new role, where she’ll be assisting with the research, development and adoption projects in the sector, we took the opportunity to find out more about her. Where did your love of the red meat industry come from?

28 March 2025
Cattle prices improved this week due to widespread rainfall across the east coast. National yardings eased 33% (28,847 head) to a total of 59,708, the smallest yarding since early February. Queensland saleyards saw a dramatic reduction in throughput e.g. a 40% reduction in Tuesday's Roma sales, with stock transported from NSW and SA to a market of regular buyers.

28 March 2025
National steer prices have converged for the first time in months after a cyclone, widespread rainfall and long weekends have impacted regular seasonal programming.

27 March 2025
The Australian feedlot industry has been identified as a sector where implementing automation would result in enhanced efficiency and profitability. Through employing automation during the feedlot induction process, there is potential to reduce labour requirements and decrease stress on cattle.

27 March 2025
Which market are you producing cattle for – long-fed or short-fed? How can you optimise the carcase to boost your profit for each animal? A project funded by lot feeder levies invested by ALFA and MLA has set out to address these questions by developing a new decision support tool.

27 March 2025
Two new equations have been developed to help deliver more accurate predictions of feedlot cattle.

27 March 2025
Ocean-bound freight prices have fallen markedly since the start of the year, continuing the generally unpredictable conditions in international freight markets since 2021.

27 March 2025
This year, two passionate producers, Emily Peck and Jess Armstrong, will be joining MLA and fellow Red Meat Ambassadors to chat with showgoers about what goes into producing high-quality beef, lamb and goatmeat.