The Beef Australia 2024 festival is wrapping up today, and won’t be back for another three years

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The largest beef industry event in the southern hemisphere- Beef Australia 2024 is wrapping up today. Much like the Olympics it only happens every three years and brings in graziers from across the country.

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00:00This week at Beef Australia we've seen more than 100,000 attendees move through the gates

00:06and almost 2,000 cattle entered across competitions.

00:10Graziers worked hard to keep their cattle dry and clean as the rain moved in over the

00:14last two days.

00:16We spoke to one grazier who says any rain is good rain.

00:20Makes it a bit muddy, a bit slippery, makes it a bit interesting and the cattle are a

00:23bit fresh because of it but you've got to work with what you've got and rain's good

00:27rain I reckon.

00:28We also saw the heaviest bull crowned weighing in at 1,152 kilos.

00:34One of the last events of the program is the Young Judges competition held here at Centering.

00:39Our agriculture industry is in safe hands with more than 60 schools competing.

00:44Pretty good educational experience, the kids get so much confidence out of talking in front

00:49of big crowds, being able to judge cattle is another thing, they've obviously come here

00:55with some sort of knowledge prior, you just don't get this and walk into the ring but

01:01their prior learning back at home or on their farms comes into the ring and compete against

01:06the best schools across Queensland and some New South Wales schools as well.

01:11We've also seen a strong return of international guests with more than 400 international visitors.

01:16Tonight and tomorrow night we'll see more of a celebration of the week with the annual

01:20Beef Ball happening tomorrow night.

01:22Even though today marks the end of Beef for 2024, organisers are already looking forward

01:27to what the next three years will look like in 2027 where they hope it will be beefier

01:32and better.

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