Industry news

Goat producers from throughout Australia will have direct involvement in levy investment decisions with the establishment of a new Goat Industry Research, Development and Adoption Committee (GIRDAC).

Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) virtual reality Australian Lamb Paddock to Plate Story is set to hit the road in February for a three-month tour through the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.

With a hot summer following a dry 2018, farm advisor Cam Nicholson (pictured) talks through simple paddock assessments to help establish if your pastures will regrow or need renewing.

The Phosphorus Challenge, that is. MLA’s seeking 100 northern beef producers to paddock-test the theories that good phosphorus management helps profit. Find out more about the challenge here.

While the focus during the catastrophic flooding in north-west Queensland is naturally on the current emergency situation, MLA has started to consider the longer-term impacts on businesses, families and cattle supply.

A new MLA-funded project which looks at identifying and promoting ways of improving the reproductive performance of meat goat herds is asking: what sort of performance should you be able to expect from your breeding does.

During the 2017-18 financial year, 1.9 million goats were processed in Australia (Department of Agriculture and Water, 2018). Here we look at the source, production and supply chain movements of these goats. 

Groups of producers from across Australia are acknowledging their biosecurity responsibilities by ramping up their on-farm disease surveillance through a program called the Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) Ready Project.

A new Goat industry research, development and adoption committee (GIRDAC) to provide recommendations on research and development (R&D), extension and adoption (E&A) initiatives and investments for the Australian goatmeat & livestock industry.

Meet the Goat Industry Council of Australia and find out what they do.

The recent floods are devastating for many Queensland cattle producers, especially on the back of the drought conditions many have been experiencing.

Developing a robust drought feeding regime for their sheep enterprise has laid the foundations for central-west NSW producers Rob and Jude Cooke to lift long-term productivity even further.

Jason Strong has been appointed as Managing Director of MLA. Jason brings a wealth of red meat and livestock experience, knowledge and connections – from the farm through to the consumer. He starts on 1 April.

Australian lamb slaughter is forecast to reach its lowest level since 2012 as poor conditions that impacted 2018 are expected to continue to affect sheepmeat supply this year, according to Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) 2019 Sheep Industry Projections.

The latest chapter of the popular ‘Australian Beef. The Greatest’ campaign, which reinforces and promotes the provenance and high quality of Australian beef, launched today.

We can't control the weather, but we can manage our attitude towards it. Read change management consultant Dennis Hoiberg's (pictured) tips for managing climate-related stress.

Arm yourself with the facts by learning more about current industry investments on behalf of producers in ongoing improvements to animal health and welfare.

Australia’s national beef cattle herd is expected to fall to its lowest level since the mid-1990s as ongoing dry conditions persist across many key cattle production areas, according to MLA 2019 Cattle Industry Projections.