A new trade agreement and a growing economy means Mexico's taste for premium beef imports is growing, and Australia's keen to be a supplier.

Live export cattle prices continue to remain high and northern Queensland livestock producers are finding it hard to resist the profitable sale opportunities.

Charters Towers-based beef producer Emma Robinson's passion for the cattle industry has driven her to develop a cooperative model for family-owned beef farms, so that individual operations can gain greater profits from the beef supply chain by working together.