Industry news

The consumer and market trends influencing demand for Australian sheepmeat globally will be among the insights discussed when Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) 2018 Global Markets Forum – Sheepmeat is held at LambEx 2018 in Perth.

The launch of Australia-European Union Free Trade Agreement (A-EU FTA) negotiations today by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the Australian Minister for Trade, Hon Steven Ciobo MP, and the European Commissioner for Trade, Cecilia Malmström, have been warmly welcomed by the Australian red meat industry.

Find out what Tony Robert has learnt about pastures from using a mix of experimentation, local advice, research and new Pasture Trial Network data to identify good performers.

Twenty-four young professionals are unleashing their talents on the agribusiness sector after graduating from the Insights2Innovation Young Food Innovators program, supported by MLA.

Check out these tips from the Meat Standards Australia team on how to consistently reach MSA compliance with cattle all year round.

With late winter and spring identified as a challenging time for Queensland beef producers targeting Meat Standards Australia (MSA) requirements, here are some timely tips to help improve compliance.

One of the sheep industry’s most popular extension and adoption programs, It’s Ewe Time, returns in July and August, designed to increase producer awareness of the principles, practices and tools of sheep enterprise productivity and profitability.

An alliance of Australia’s meat, wine, dairy and horticulture industries will this week embark on a mission to reinforce the nation’s position as a premium food source for high-end Chinese consumers.

On-farm animal welfare and biosecurity management practices are key elements of the Livestock Production Assurance (LPA) program and compliance with these additional elements will be enforced under the program’s random audit system from July 2018.

With help from MLA, seven dishes featuring Australian lamb and beef will be served at 30,000 feet when American Airlines introduces a new menu on flights from Sydney and Los Angeles during the next year.

Livestock producers in North and North West Queensland now have access to a Wild Dog specialist to help reduce the impact of wild dogs under a new project co-funded by MLA.

There continue to be a lot of opportunities as well as challenges for Australian red meat globally, influenced strongly by a series of complex global trade agendas currently at play, says MLA’s Michael Finucan.

MLA’s Global Markets Forum was held earlier this month at Beef Australia 2018 in Rockhampton, where MLA’s market specialists from around the world shared their insights with 200 beef producers and industry stakeholders.

MLA’s International Business Manager – North America Rob Williams takes explains how Australian chilled grassfed beef is making significant inroads in the fiercely competitive United States market.

MLA has appointed Ellen Rodgers as its new International Business Manager for Southern Asia.

Computer specialists directing their energy to Australia's red meat industry are developing breakthrough technologies which could revolutionise how producers use data to manage their livestock.

No one paddock stands alone and together they create an integrated grazing system, according to producer Matt Kindred (pictured) who shares his strategy for pasture selection.

Healthy Cuisines is a new education program for health professionals. Here Senior Nutrition Manager Vero Droulez explains MLA's work in promoting red meat as part of a healthy diet.