This week’s launch of public consultations on the use of Geographic Indications as part of the Australia-European Union Free Trade Agreement have been welcomed by Meat & Livestock Australia. A Geographical Indication identifies the product originating in a specific region or locality. The chair of the Australia-EU Red Meat Market Access Taskforce Andrew McDonald said […]
Holowiliena Station in the Flinders Ranges is in the grip of one of the worst droughts of its 167-year history. The big dry gripping large swathes of inland Australia has brought the award-winning merino stud to its knees. Station manager Luke Frahn said it is the worst he’s ever seen the property. “We haven’t had […]
While farmers in western New South Wales are facing crop losses from a parched earth, some graziers are droving their starving cattle to greener pastures. Drover and mother Bek Hourigan has been on the road — the ‘long paddock’ — with 600 head of cattle for five weeks. “We’ve been very lucky to be able […]
Each year as brooding skies and brisk winds herald the coming of winter in Victoria’s high country, a strange call echoes across the mountain meadows. PHOTO: Rhonda Treasure, whose family has been droving in Victoria’s high country for decades. (ABC: Tim Lee) Salt. The cattle that have grazed these alpine meadows and snow gum covered peaks since […]
Generations of droving families have been running cattle through outback Queensland, but that could soon end as young people leave the regions in search of other opportunities. Key points: Generations of drovers are still running cattle through outback Queensland But an annual reunion was cancelled last year due to falling numbers The Stockman’s Hall of […]
There are about 8000 registered and more than 20,000 unregistered slaughterhouses in the country and most of them are devoid of basic amenities like light but this is what we can do. Meat production is largely an unorganized yet vital segment of Indian agriculture. Traditional production systems and disorderly practices have flawed the image of […]
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) believes a zero carbon footprint nationally — considered by some the holy grail for the red meat industry — is possible by 2030. Key points: Carbon farming projects are on the rise with 700 projects on the go Australia-wide Globally, livestock production contributes about 14 per cent of human-related greenhouse […]
THE peak industry body for Australia’s red meat industry has expressed its disgust with an activist who vandalised a butcher shop in Brisbane today, and is calling on the Government to recognise that anti-meat activism is affecting businesses across the supply chain and must be stamped out. The Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) represents retailers, […]
AUSTRALIA’S red meat sector should not over-react to animal activism or veganism, but nor should it underestimate the advent of alternative proteins or the importance of sustainability, the first Herefords Australia Beef Forum was told at Hamilton yesterday. Meat & Livestock Australia managing director Jason Strong told 150 delegates at the south-west Victorian forum that the […]
ONE of the red meat industry’s most successful capability-building programs, the Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging Association, will celebrate its first 30 years in July. The 2019 Australian ICMJ workshop and competition will be held at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, from 9–14 July, supported by MLA and the Australian Meat Processors Corporation. In a […]
