Matt Brann
Host at ABC News (Australia)
Host at Northern Territory Country Hour
I work for the Country Hour and ABC Landline. Keeping it Rural in the Northern Territory 🥭🐂🐊
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Matt Brann |Joshua Becker
Several records were broken this week in the lamb market, including at Griffith, where some heavy lambs sold for $431 each. In May, Australia exported a record 36,754 tonnes of lamb as overseas demand soars. Lamb prices are expected to remain strong throughout winter. Australian farmers are getting record prices for their lambs as demand from overseas nations soars.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Nathan Morris |Matt Brann
Northern cattle producers say they are "bitterly disappointed", after a federal court decision downplayed the scale of their claimed losses following the 2011 live cattle export ban. Fourteen years on from the ban that started it all, and five years after winning their class action against the federal government, hundreds of claimants had been seeking $510 million in compensation from the Commonwealth.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Matt Brann
It has been more than two months since Donald Trump's "liberation day" tariffs were announced, which included a 10 per cent tariff on imported Australian beef. But US demand for lean beef has far outweighed the tariff and exports have been surging. "In terms of volume, I don't think Trump's tariffs have had an impact at all," Rabobank analyst Angus Gidley-Baird said.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Matt Brann
Rio Tinto is planting pongamia trees in the Northern Territory and Queensland. The mining giant is aiming to turn pongamia seeds into renewable diesel for its fleet of vehicles. Rio Tinto is now Australia's largest producer of pongamia and should be harvesting seeds within five years. Rio Tinto has started growing pongamia trees in northern Australia, as part of a biofuels project aimed at reducing the mining giant's reliance on fossil fuels.
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4 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Matt Brann
Brazil has been officially recognised by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) as being free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) without the need for vaccination. Brazil has spent decades trying to eradicate FMD and has now received this important declaration, which gives its beef industry access to a number of lucrative markets such as Korea and Japan. ABC Rural spoke to Simon Quilty from Global Agritrends about the decision and what it means for Aussie cattle producers.
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“Bitterly disappointed” My interview today with @sokitomi @NTCattlemen about the Federal Court’s ruling on the live export ban compensation claim 🎧 https://t.co/NpcsDkfrq4 @CattleAus
Doing her job and he just lined her up and pulled the trigger. Disgraceful
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