6:33 PM AEDT | Boulia Shire mayor in north-west Queensland says his community is celebrating this week's widespread, flooding rains - a huge boost in the previously drought-stricken cattle country.  | Comments (1) | Wet New Year a cause for ... | Flooding rains in north-west ...

6:12 PM AEDT | The gusto of the previous day’s Victorian weaner sales dropped off at the opening of the Birregurra, Vic, heifer sale on Tuesday. But in later sales, all classes of heifer weaners sold dearer, ranging from 165-175c/kg, and the lighter weights making a fraction more.  | Northern weaner cattle buyers ... | Vic's 70,000 calf bonanza to ... | VIDEO: Heavier Vic heifer weaners sell ...

1:26 PM AEDT | AWB has increased its 2008-09 Wheat Pool estimates, lifting the benchmark APW grade $14 a tonne in the western pool and $17 a tonne in the eastern pool, on the back of a rise in international futures.  | Chicago wheat prices lift off ... | Smaller grain crop in 2009 likely

2:49 PM AEDT | MOST people wouldn’t be able to skite that an eight-hectare block could provide a comfortable income for a family, but for Brendon Eisner any more land and he would be biting off a lot more than he can chew.

2:40 PM AEDT | MIXING up stock’s social groups just prior to slaughter could carry penalties for meat quality.