Coronavirus Pandemic Issue 27

HOW TO HANDLE THE BLACK SWAN

Leading Australian law firm Clayton Utz has drawn up a major briefing note with a title sounding almost like a sci-fi movie: Covid-19 Response. Coronavirus is a so-called Black Swan, an unexpected event that has a significant and long-lasting effect on the world’s economy. Other Black Swans include 9/11, the global financial crisis of 2008 and...

Beef Report Issue 27

Beef Report

WORDS: ROSS AINSWORTH IN JAKARTA INDONESIA SLAUGHTER STEERS $4.22KG LIVE WEIGHT (RP9,250 = $1AUD) Slaughter steer prices remained weak through a combination of slow demand and continued high numbers of overfat cattle attracting discounts. Fortunately, the level of imports appears to have slowed significantly, so the backlog of excessively...

NT Cattleman's Association Business

TIME TO RESOLVE LAND ACCESS

Adding to the complexity was the different land tenures and legislation that everyone operated under. For pastoralists there was a distinct imbalance in their rights and ability to protect themselves, specifically when it came to resource development. But all of this is about to change and the power imbalance that has been a major problem has...

Herd That Business

LIFE BLOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY

Negotiating closed borders, live export boats and looking after three tiers of Territory business is top priority for the NT Cattlemen’s Association in the face of Territory and national shutdowns due to Covid-19. It is also timely that an initiative called HERDTHAT was recently launched and Territorians from Central Australia to the Top End...

Live Cattle Export Business

CARING FOR CATTLE

A Digital Partnership Program Grant from the NT Government is allowing the Northern Territory Livestock Exporters Association to trial a biometric ear tag. The tag, which will be fitted to every animal onboard a ship, will measure individual animal health indicators remotely. It will then transmit an algorithm, saying whether the animal is...

Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association Issue 26

WE’RE TOUGH IN THE TERRITORY

As we enter 2020, the rain still has not fallen in the quantities we require to ensure our industry remains at the forefront of Australia’s and the Territory’s key trade markets, particularly those in South East Asia. This means the key driver of our primary production market, live export of cattle, may not reach the same numbers we have...

Herd That Issue 26

TELLING THE CATTLE STORY

The $1.2 billion cattle industry is a foundation of the Northern Territory economy – and to promote the importance of the industry, the Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association is launching a branding and consumer initiative, HerdThat. NTCA CEO Ashley Manicaros said HerdThat would be a vital tool for primary producers and supporting...

BEEF REPORT Issue 26

BEEF REPORT

INDONESIASlaughter steers $4.17kg live weight (Rp9,600 = $1AUD) Slaughter steer prices remain weak as large numbers are emerging from the very full feedlot network while demand remains subdued. Fat cows are selling for as low as Rp38,500 in Lampung while rates of Rp41k or better are possible for the very best stock in West Java. The weak...

Charlotte Klose Issue 25

NEXT GENERATION FISH ON

But she doesn’t just throw in a line and hope for the best. The 20-year-old Territorian has learnt the science of the sport – the tricks, the techniques, the psychology of it all. “I love fishing,” she says. “I always hit the water with a plan – I target what I fish for and where I can find the fish. And I strategically select the...

Shorecast Business

FISHING FOR OUR FUTURE

Darwin-owned and operated Shorecast NT has already constructed 118 of the huge concrete “pyramids”, which will be lowered into the sea in clusters to create four reefs – each the size of a football pitch. Each pyramid weighs 23 tonnes. The new reefs, which contain very little steel support and will be immune from concrete “cancer”,...

BEEF REPORT Issue 25

BEEF REPORT

INDONESIASlaughter steers $4.10kg live weight (Rp9750 = $1AUD) Demand is firm although prices are stable with the indicator rate remaining at Rp40,000 per kg. Higher rates are available for good cattle in some locations but it appears that in general lot feeders have been happy to sell increasing volumes at similar rates to June. I am...

NT Cattlemen's Association Business

WE’RE READY TO GROW

It is a staggering figure when you consider the base from which the Territory provides this product and Indonesia’s population is around 260 million. It is just one part of the exciting story that makes up the Territory’s $1.2 billion beef industry. A story that involves a dedicated group of individuals along a very long supply chain....