Matthew Cherry Wins Illinois Trip


Young Achiever

Matthew Cherry (pictured) a trainee territory sales manager with Elders at Dubbo, NSW, is the 2008 University of Illinois scholar. He competed against representatives from all states in the national final at Tamworth which involved assessing live cattle and carcases.

Discovery of SRM in US beef divides Japanese trade

Japan suspended imports from a National Beef plant (California, US) on 24 April, following the discovery of Specified Risk Material (SRM) in one of 700 boxes at a Yoshinoya gyudon (beef rice bowl) processing factory in Tokyo.

MSA - making the world a more tender place

It’s taken 520,000 beef tasting samples by 75,640 consumers in six different countries, but now Meat Standards Australia (MSA) is ready to be taken to the world. Up until now the MSA program was only ever used in Australia, but under a new name — Eating Quality Assured (EQA) — it will be used to deliver an eating quality assurance for Australian beef brands sold in key overseas markets.

Booragul Angus - This years annual draft of sale bulls offers a unique opportunity to purchase some different angus genetics. The feature of the sale will be 8 sons of Hyline Right Way 781, and 11 sons of Forres Nebraska Y163. Both these sires offer a different outcross pedigree to the commonly used Future Direction bloodlines.

Alpacas & You - The Hawkesbury/Blue Mountains region of the Australian Alpaca Association invites you to attend a weekend of information on alpacas to be held at Hawkesbury Racecourse, Clarendon NSW. This introductory two day seminar has been developed to give people considering entering the industry the necessary information to decide whether alpacas are right for them.