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Chinese beef companies descended on the eastern Australian city of Rockhampton recently with an eye toward buying Australian cattle stations and meat processing plants.
The Chinese visitors are interested in acquiring bulls, cows and genetic material to improve their beef herds in China, and Zenghong Li, an investor from the Modern Agricultural Development Co. of Yunnan province, is looking to buy several cattle properties in northern Australia.
The Chinese delegation was joined by other cattlemen and agricultural investors from Paraguay, Poland, Argentina, the U.S. and Brazil exploring investment options in the booming Australian beef cattle industry.
Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series.
Most ranchers in the West are dependent, in one way or another, on federal and/or state grazing permits.
No one can deny the agricultural industry has certainly entered into a global market within the last decade. U.S. cattle genetics are shipping routinely to Russia and South America.
Rotation grazing enables stockmen to increase the health, productivity and stocking rates on pastures by giving plants periodic rest for regrowth before grazing them again.
In 1988, talk began of Walmart opening its first supercenter with plans to have over 200 supercenters throughout the U.S. by 1995.
To think that Walmart supercenters could go from zero to 200 stores in such a short period of time, especially considering the need for such an intense focus and learning curve on the extremely important perishables category, surprised food experts.
The other day, I was doctoring a horse that had ripped his leg up pretty good on an old piece of equipment in the corner of the horse pasture.
We’ve been treating him for a couple of weeks now. This particular buckskin gelding has had his share of misfortune and he’s got the scars to prove it.
He’s not really lame anymore, and he’s sound, but he’s going to have a couple more scars to show for his overactive curiosity.
I’m confused. There are people who love cheese but don’t like cows, and folks who’ve made a religion out of wine and worship the fruit of the grape, yet they hate the agricultural industry.
They love whole grains but detest wheat farmers. They blame beef and cow flatulence for all the world’s problems, yet they build expensive outdoor kitchens for barbecuing.
I’m confused about meat-eating vegetarians who call themselves “flexitarians” and lacto-ovo vegetarians who dine on brie and frappacinos.
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