Kangaroo numbers in Western Australia have jumped dramatically in recent years, prompting calls for an expansion of the state’s kangaroo meat industry. State Government aerial surveys show the western grey kangaroo population doubled from 2014 to 2018, to more than 2 million animals. Meanwhile, red kangaroo numbers quadrupled. The booming population is causing trouble for […]
Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) CEO Patrick Hutchinson has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the China Meat Association. The MOU underlines a commitment for Australian and Chinese meat sector collaboration and to “secure trade outcomes that are beneficial to all parties”. Hutchinson signed the China Australia Red Meat Agreement (CARMA) on behalf of the […]
The Australian red meat industry is calling on the government to ratify two free trade agreements without delay. The call follows the release of a joint standing committee on treaties report into the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and the Australia-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement, which determined both are in the national interest. The chair […]
Sniffer dogs are being urgently flown to the Top End to try and stop African swine fever (ASF), a disease which has wiped out approximately 25 per cent of the world’s pig population, from coming onto Australian shores. Key Points: The high numbers of feral pigs in the NT presents a greater risk of spreading […]
Meat could be a target for higher taxes given criticism of the industry’s role in climate change, deforestation and animal cruelty, according to a report by Fitch Solutions Macro Research. The idea is still in its infancy and faces a lot of opposition from farming groups, but it’s emerging as a trend in Western Europe, […]
An newly-emerged Sydney technology company has claimed the honour of developing the world’s first man-made kangaroo meat. The 18-month-old start-up, Vow Food, has created cultured kangaroo meat grown in a laboratory, using stem cells taken from a kangaroo. One of the North Parramatta company’s two tissue culture laboratories is a co-shared area at The Kings […]
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 […]
