Cattle Producers Australia (CPA) has lodged a submission which outlines a strategy for a profitable and sustainable future for Australian red meat and livestock industries and a structure that will deliver it. Responding to the Green Paper published by the Red Meat Advisory Council (RMAC) MoU Review Panel Task Force, CPA presented well validated conclusions,…
Presentation Paper Introduction When discussing the future of global agriculture, it is always tempting to trot out the United Nations forecast of a “70% increase in global food demand by 2050”. This forecast paints a pretty positive picture, from a farmers’ perspective. After half a century of declining real prices for agricultural commodities, it suggests…
Chair of Cattle Producers Australia (CPA) Dr Paul Wright rejects outright any proposal from the United Nations to tax red meat consumption. He said “such a proposal would be counter-productive, not only for food production but also for the environment. Beef is a high quality human food protein and includes important micro nutrients essential for…
The current low cattle prices being realised by producers again demonstrates the need for robust and accountable cattle producer representation at the National level. Reports of near record monthly export tonnage, along with buoyant export beef prices, combined with high domestic wholesale and retail price levels which are threatening to dampen domestic consumer demand, is…
The University of Sydney and Murdoch University are conducting a survey into pinkeye of beef cattle as a part of a Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) project. Pinkeye is a well-known, important eye disease of cattle, but despite many years of research questions remain about its cause, impact and treatments. The survey is being conducted…
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