Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, has announced that the agricultural industry would benefit from increased governmental support including assistance in cutting red tape for agricultural exports.
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A new system of export certification will give Australia’s meat industry a boost, the Minister for Agriculture Joe Ludwig has announced.
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An Egyptian businessman has hatched a plan to build the country’s largest abattoir in South Australia to process camels for export as frozen meat.
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Profile: Australian Export Hero Richard Rains talks about beef, food security and how he secured a lucrative deal to sell McDonald’s its first imported beef.
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Australian lamb prices have risen to record levels, according to a report released by Meat & Livestock Australia last week. MLA’s 2011 Sheep Industry Projections reports the drought in Western Australia has reduced lamb numbers, causing prices inflated by demand to remain steady for the first few months of this year. Sylvia Athas, senior economist [...]
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Australian meat exports to Russia and the Middle East reached unprecedented levels in 2011, according to Meat and Livestock Australia. Beef exports surged in November, adding to increased annual demand from South East Asia, including Korea (9 percent), and developing markets the Philippines (12 percent), Malaysia (21 percent) and Taiwan (25 percent), but Russia has [...]
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Sustainable meat production tops the program at the 18th World Meat Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 26-29 September. The topic for the congress of meat industry producers and professionals is ‘meat for a sustainable world’. The delegates will discuss the mechanics of meat production in relation to environmental care, under pressure of growing global demand [...]
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Agricultural representative body Agforce will aim to rebuild ties with Russia regarding kangaroo meat exports when the the new Russian trade commissioner to Australia Yuri Aleshinon arrives in Australia next week. The Queensland organisation will take advantage of Russia’s renewed interest in Australia’s kangaroo and red meat markets, and hopes to provide strong bilateral agricultural [...]
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Australian kangaroo meat exporters have China to thank for saving their industry following last year’s disaster when trade with Russia collapsed, after striking a deal with the Asian giant. “The formalities with China are now agreed to in terms of the principles of being able to export, and China’s now waiting for a formal application [...]
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Dubbo Mayor Allan Smith yesterday urged the sheep meat industry to end live exports to protect jobs in Australian abattoirs. Following the announcement of job losses from the Fletcher International meat processing plant, where managing director Roger Fletcher was forced to axe 300 jobs due to insufficient demand, Smith spoke in support of the company. [...]
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