As the commonly observed signs on trailer tailgates point out, “Without Trucks, Australia Stops”. By extension, without skilled livestock transport drivers, Australia’s livestock sector cannot keep moving forward…Read More
WHETHER it is saving lives, improving animal welfare or reducing emissions, Australia’s livestock transport industry is currently undergoing a technology revolution…Read More
Sheep Central, April 23, 2025
MEAT & Livestock Australia (MLA) has formed a Transport Sustainability Taskforce with red meat supply chain representatives to measure animal movement and animal welfare metrics for the livestock road transport industry…Read More
Sheep Central, April 16, 2025
With a prime mover and trailer fleet capable of moving more than 12,000 head of cattle in a single lift, Martins Stock Haulage is a logistical livestock carrying force across Australia’s outback and arterial roads…Read More
James Nason, April 17, 2025
The story of Road Trains of Australia is in many ways the story of how the pastoral potential of the modern northern Australian cattle industry was unlocked…Read More
James Nason, April 17, 2025
Livestock trailer design has come a long way since the flat decks and detachable wooden stock crates of early Australian cattle and sheep trucks. Beef Central looks at some of the innovations and people shaping modern livestock trailers today…Read More
Sheep Central, April 17, 2025
One of the biggest growth stories of this year’s top 25 livestock transporters feature is Cloncurry-based Curley Cattle Transport…Read More
Eric Barker, April 16, 2025
In an attempt to show the skill that drives Australia’s cattle industry, Beef Central tagged along with Frasers Transport Livestock Central Qld compliance manager Athol Carter as he carefully assembled a b-triple road train and headed out to Gracemere Saleyards to help load some cattle…Read More
Eric Barker, April 15, 2025
Warwick-based Frasers Livestock Transport fleet size may not have changed much since the 2013 Top 25 but the company is moving more cattle than ever using less resource due to an operational strategy employed over the past 10 years…Read More
Eric Barker, April 15, 2025
With more than half a century of history and a strong customer base behind it, O’Sullivan’s Livestock Transport has become a prominent player in Australia’s livestock transport sector and one of the nation’s largest carriers of both sheep and cattle…Read More
James Nason, April 14, 2025
Across the endless red dirt roads and vast plains of Western Australian cattle country, red and white Mitchell’s Livestock Transport trucks travel over four million kilometres and transport over 650,000 cattle and 300,000 sheep every year…Read More
James Nason, April 11, 2025
During the course of our research for Beef Central’s Top 25 stock transporters feature, we spoke to almost 70 operators Australia-wide. A number went close, but ultimately fell just outside the 51 decks required to make this year’s cut. Here’s a quick summary..Read More
Sheep Central, April 11, 2025