ABARES has released a new report this morning telling Australians that concerns about food security following COVID-19 generated panic shopping in supermarkets are understandable, but misplaced…Read More
Australia’s Intercollegiate Meat Judging Association (ICMJ) is investigating new digital delivery methods for meat science training and career networking after COVID-19 (coronavirus) forced the cancellation of its annual conferences…Read More
While seemingly nothing and no-one is immune to the impact of COVID-19, Australian agriculture appears to be in good shape, with many property marketing agents cautiously optimistic that rural land assets will continue to be a good investment for both domestic and foreign buyers…Read More
Positive disease detections among staff are causing North American meat processing plants to close, while New Zealand red meat processing capacity has been reduced through disease control measures, in the latest COVID-19 developments…Read More
Livestock export industry leaders have called for “calm and perspective” after reports that a shipment of Australian cattle cancelled by an Indonesian importer under force majeure earlier this week raised producer concerns about coronavirus impacts on the trade. ..Read More
In his latest monthly South East Asian beef market report, Dr Ross Ainsworth, writing from a livestock ship in the Arafura Sea, analyses how coronavirus response is continuing to disrupt markets and the critical role food supplies play in a crisis. ..Read More
In his latest monthly South East Asian beef market report, Dr Ross Ainsworth, writing from a livestock ship in the Arafura Sea, analyses how coronavirus response is continuing to disrupt markets and the critical role food supplies play in a crisis. ..Read More
Australia has awoken to the importance of agriculture which is underpinning the nation’s security by providing food assurity during the current COVID-19 crisis, according to Federal Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, David Littleproud…Read More
While some of the evidence is still anecdotal, there’s a convincing case emerging that Australian consumers are eating more beef and lamb, as society adjusts to the unusual work and home life cycles under COVID-19 pandemic control measures…Read More
In this opinion piece, Vice President for Sustainable Development at the World Bank, Juergen Voegele, argues that it is trust, not food security that is under threat under COVID-19..Read More
