In this contributed opinion article Cattle Producers Australia chair Paul Wright says Cattle Council Australia’s move to a fully directly elected board is a step in the right direction, but says giving each state the same represention on the board is fundamentally flawed. ..Read More
OPINION: Organisations responsible for defending agriculture’s interests against increasingly militant animal activist attacks are somewhat paradoxically being undermined by many of the people they’re fighting for…Read More
James Nason, April 4, 2019
As the Australian beef industry faces new challenges to market access in key export destinations, such as the EU and China, Red Meat Advisory Council Independent Chair Don Mackay outlines the importance of industry and government working collectively to protect Australian interests, and why diverse and broad market access has never been more important…Read More
Don Mackay, RMAC, October 17, 2018
In this contributed opinion article Roma farmer Charles Nason outlines how decades of strategic thinking on drought policy have been alarmingly overlooked or ignored and outlines why drought policy must be seen as an issue of critical importance to every Australian…Read More
Charles Nason, September 18, 2018
A television presenter standing in Adelaide’s Rundle Mall with 20 litres of water and a 500-gram steak asks passing shoppers how much beef they think could be produced on a farm using that amount of water.
James Nason, August 22, 2018I am writing in response to the recent articles in BeefCentral regarding the new cattle tick treatment arrangements in Queensland…Read More
Dr Allison Crook, August 2, 2018Just when you thought the war on red meat had exhausted the limits of believability comes this: A large US based company is now refusing to refund employees for any work expenses they incur for meals that include meat…Read More
James Nason, July 20, 2018
Despite a popular campaign over many years from animal activists and many politicians to replace northern live exports with slaughter at export abattoirs, the experience of AACo’s abattoir in Darwin suggests there is still no economic alternative to the live export trade for northern cattle, writes former Commonwealth public servant Brendan O’Reilly…Read More
Brendan O'Reilly, April 30, 2018
If the Queensland Government cared to listen and embark on genuine consultation with food producers, it would learn that at fault is not what adjustment is made to the Vegetation Management Act, but the very basis of the Act itself, writes Wandoan beef producer Dale Stiller in this opinion piece. ..Read More
Dale Stiller, Wandoan cattle producer, April 24, 2018In this contributed opinion piece, North Queensland cattle producer Greg Brown, a former Cattle Council of Australia president and AgForce Cattle board chair, argues that farmers and environmentalists should bypass Governments and work together to find agreed long-term solutions to Queensland’s tree laws…Read More
Greg Brown, April 18, 2018Activists tend to decry economics as a weak defence of poor behaviour, but this is a naive approach writes the Australian Farm Institute’s Katie McRobert
Katie McRobert, Australian Farm Institute, April 13, 2018
Australian agriculture is a major brand relying on a handful of individual organisations and farmers to handle the critical job of maintaining and building consumer trust…Read More
James Nason, December 8, 2017