Nothing Stays the Same
The beef industry never
stands still. The USA regained entry to
Japan but now they have been shut out again because some beef imported from the
USA was found to have some spinal cord which is considered to be specified risk
material. No one is predicting how long
this current ban will last. While this
may sound good for Australia this is concern that the re-banning of US beef
will have an overall impact on beef consumption in Japan.
Canada last week announced
another case of BSE but they are currently still free to export to Japan.
The Korean Government have
also stated that the re-ban on the US will not impact on its decision to resume
US beef imports but they will continue to closely monitor developments.
Despite the Japan incident
Taiwan has announced a resumption of imports of boneless US beef from cattle
less then 30 months of age effective immediately.
The impact of all this is in
Australia is that cattle prices have generally increased by 10 to 20 cents/kg
liveweight over the last week.
ILC Conference
Detailed itineraries and
prices for individual events for the WA and SA/Vic pre-tours were emailed or
posted to all members this week. The
Qld post-tour will go out on Monday.
Please note that the cost of
the final dinner on Friday 7th April is inclusive of drinks. It would be great to have a big role up of
Australians to this event which will precede the biggest ever showing of
Limousin cattle the next day.
Tamworth Feature Show
As a warm-up to Sydney Royal
there will be a Limousin Feature Show on Friday 24th March with
prizemoney of around $4,500. There will
be 14 classes each with $160 prizemoney as well as $200 for Champions, $300 for
Grand Champions and $500 for Supreme Exhibit.
Entries close on 24th
February and entry forms can be obtained by calling Don Riley on 02 6760 4238.
Please do Not Re-Register on the Web
More and more people are
using the web to register their animals.
However, if you have made a mistake or need to submit a new NLIS number
for a replaced tag do not try to do it by reregistering the same animal
again. Simply send an email to our
Registrar Alison Stewart requesting the change on her email address: alison.stewart@abri.une.edu.au
Record Web Hits
January saw a record number
of hits on our website which received 47,728 page hits from 493 different
visitors. This was over 50 percent more
hits than for January 2005.
New Catalogues
New sale catalogues to go
onto the website this week were the International Limousin Conference Sale for
Sydney and the Colac Bull and Female Sale.
Victorian and Riverina Field Days
Despite some very hot
weather these breeders I have spoken to have reported strong enquiry and in
some cases good sales of bulls. The
South Australian Field Days get underway on Sunday 5th February.
Alexandra Sale Toppers
Marylin and David McGahy of
Yarck sold 163 Angus and Limousin X Angus steers and heifers at the recent
Alexandra Store Sale. They topped both
the steer and heifer sections with their Limousin X Angus (Lim-Flex)
weaners. The steers topped at $760 and the
heifers at $696.
Warragul Sale Toppers
1 Limo X vealer 450 kg @
217.6 c/kg = $979 Acc. I. Bragnolo
1 Limo X vealer 435 kg @ 216
c/kg = $939 Acc. K Johnson
1 Limo X vealer 420 kg @
208.2 c/kg = $874 Acc. R Spinazzola
1 Limo X steer 435 kg @
192.2 c/kg = $836 Acc. Rydal Valley
1 Limo X heifer 438 kg @
178.2 c/kg = $780 Acc. W. Nichol
7 Limo X bullocks 559 kg @
170.6 c/kg = $952 Acc. P Digrande
Yours in Limousin
Alex McDonald