Australians kings of the world’s carnivores, according to Forbes | Food fraud remains a global threat | Aldi’s retail share grows, as supermarket wars hot-up | Silver Fern Farms joint venture with Shanghai Maling | NZ beef export returns exceed sheepmeat for first time in 20 years | Last chance for tickets to Qld’s Drought Assistance dinner | NSW export award to Atron | Russia suspends Indian red meat plants over FMD scare | Mandatory CCTV in UK abattoirs | Changing Chinese diets |One in three vegetarians admit to eating meat when drunk |New products: Lamb bacon ‘on trend’ in US..Read More
Australia’s red meat industries could “leave the door ajar” for cultured meat if they lost trust with consumers because of perceived welfare breaches and cruelty, according to Victorian livestock producer Michael Craig…Read More
The argument that a diet that is free of meat is somehow morally superior is frequently used by opponents of livestock farming, but exactly why this would be the case is not supported by either evidence or logic…Read More
A program which is getting young Aboriginals back in the saddle and putting indigenous pastoral enterprises on a commercial and sustainable footing is celebrating 20 years of achievement…Read More
Global fresh meat consumption grew 3pc in volume terms in 2014 to reach 225 million tonnes, according to analysts Euromonitor International. Growing demand in emerging markets was the big driver.
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ABC Four Corners’ recent expose of live baiting cruelty in the greyhound racing industry contained some distinct similarities to its reporting of mistreatment of Australian animals in Indonesia four years ago. ..Read More
USDA puts 2014 beef imports up 19pc; Russian beef ban impacts EU; Russia’s own ‘grey trade’; Aldi Expands into SA, WA; Vegetarians found to be shooting blanks; Mexico, China announce trade deal; Work continues on US beef access to China; China poised to overtake US economy: IMF; Misleading raising claim ‘Free Range’ proves costly; JBS to favour sustainable cattle purchases in Brazil; False meat claims see Fortnum & Mason stripped of Royal grocer title…Read More
It’s hard to imagine they were ever close, but common sense and the environmental sustainability debate appeared to finally part ways last week.
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A new documentary about to screen in the United States paints beef cattle production as the “one single industry destroying the planet more than any other”…Read More
An open letter written by the Australian Farm Institute to celebrity fitness trainer Michelle Bridges in response to her comments criticising so-called ‘ag-gag laws’ has attracted national media attention this week…Read More
