Coles doubles its support of Aussie beef industry with meat processor expansion
Coles has reaches a landmark deal with a big Queensland beef processor and adds 30 farming families as direct cattle suppliers Coles has established a multi-year agreement to process livestock at Teys Australia’s Beenleigh Qld processing facility, that will underpin the supply of top-quality beef for supermarket customers across the country. Under the agreement, Teys […]
Grant worth $326,000 awarded to improve traceability in leather and hide industry
The Australian Hide Skin & Leather Exporters’ Association have been awarded a $326,000 grant to install and operate Australia’s first hide and leather tracing system. It is expected the project will be able to fill a vital gap in the traceability chain. The National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) allows producers to keep track of stock […]
AUSVEG says it supports AgMove but believes growers need worker assurances
The peak industry body for the Australian vegetable industry, AUSVEG has welcomed the Government’s changes to the Relocation Assistance to Take Up a Job program to allow for flexibility to encourage short-term agricultural work. But warns growers will be left behind if they cannot get more workers on farms. The announcement, labelled AgMove, will support […]
Trimble reports raised revenues in Q1
Trimble has reported a 12% improved result for Q1 2021 with revenue of US$886.5 milllion.
Precision Beef records information in quest to become optimum cattle management system
Key information drivers of beef productivity and profitability are being built into a program managed by University of Queensland researchers to improve beef value and volume The best ideas to value-add to management of cattle herds across all states is being brought together by the integrated research held in ‘Precision Beef’, a strategy that pinpoints ways […]
Cattle industry marks five-year anniversary of the deregulation of Johne’s disease
July 2021 marks five years since the transition from national regulation of Johne’s disease (JD) in cattle to producer management of the disease JD was previously regulated in all states and territories in Australia, meaning that beef herds that had a case of JD were put into quarantine and would need to undergo a disease […]
Sheep producers expected to flock online to check on-farm biosecurity
A Facebook group has been established by Animal Health Australia (AHA) to provide greater engagement with sheepmeat and wool growers on biosecurity and animal health issues Creating the “The Flock Round-up” group is part of a broader engagement strategy being delivered out of the National Sheep Industry Biosecurity Strategy 2019-2024 (NSIBS). NSIBS was developed by […]
Sheep exports to Saudi Arabia back on the menu
A new pathway has now been established to export more sheep to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia For sheep exporters anxious to offer stock to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment says it has finalised the operational requirements for meeting the conditions for livestock exports. The conditions […]