CONTENTS COVER STORY 24 Biosecurity begins at home GENETICS – IN BRIEF SPECIAL FEAURET 2 Not using breeding values? 4 Focus on cattle stress levels Here’s what you’re missing 4 Business as usual following Red Meat 4 Can you pick the performer? MoU White Paper release 14Not convinced about breeding 5 Get connected values? Producers respond 5 Find out if it’s fit to load 16 Check out MLA’s new genetics hub 6 New lamb definition: what’s changed? TROPICAL CATTLE 7 Meet the new crop of 5 The basics of bull buying livestock consultants 8 World first for beef boning 6 The genetic pay off 8 How MLA’s investing levies TEMPERATE CATTLE 8 Selection in the south ON FARM 8 It’s second nature NATIONAL PRIME CATTLE 11Over the fence 10A prime lamb breeding plan 20Carbon‑neutral pathways 10Genetics drive business growth 21Drought bites further into sheep flock MERINOS 22Producers leading the way on biosecurity 12 Tools aplenty for Merinos 26Feedbase future‑proofing 12On the trait track 32A goat pasture paradise NORTHERN CATTLE 10 Direct hit on parkinsonia 16Redlands a game changer for northern beef 33Agents for change 34The fine art of fencing 36Feed that keeps on giving SOUTHERN CATTLE 25 Herd health ‘more than a marketing tool’ 27Linking up data for success SHEEP 14 To join or not to join? 15Balancing opportunity and risk 18Genetics to ‘meat’ the future 19Breeding for reproduction 28Corriedales seek superior taste traits 29Backing instinct with science 3031A quick flush pays offThe facts on flushing 27 34 SUPPLY CHAIN 37 Linking carcase measurement and biosecurity 38 Energy decisions made easy 39 ICMJ turns 30 IN MARKET 40 Revolutionary snacking 41 Jim’s Jerky sinks teeth into new markets 42 A new waste use to get tails wagging 43 Japan gets a taste of down under 44 Tapping into Japan’s meat boom 46 Sharing the ‘True Aussie’ story 47 Load up on lamb this winter 41 42 3