Building the flock focus for SPA in 2020
Sheep Producers Australia has reported on a year of strategic work and outlined its core areas of focus for 2020 at its Annual General Meeting yesterday in Tamworth, NSW.
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Author: Small Farms
Releasing the expansion squeeze for cropping land
Prices for Australian cropland have been increasing at a much faster rate than other farm land – far exceeding price growth of country used for dairy and pastoral grazing – with close to double-digit average annual growth rates since 2014, a recent Rabobank report has found.
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Australian honey abuzz with high-value antibacterial activity
Australia has at least seven Leptospermum species that produce honey with exceptionally high levels of antibacterial activity, providing the scientific basis to facilitate the entry of Australian honey producers into premium medicinal markets.
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Nation’s fruit and veggies bear weight in 2030 debate
The Australian horticulture sector could climb to up to $30 billion over the next decade, putting a significant dent in the national agriculture industry’s target of reaching $100 billion in production by 2030.
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MSA program delivers record high farm gate returns
Australia’s world-leading eating quality grading program, Meat Standards Australia (MSA) delivered an additional $198m to producers in the form of price differential for MSA v Non-MSA young cattle in 2018-19, which translates to a direct in the pocket benefit of $84/head for non-feedlot cattle producers, according to the latest data contained in the MSA Annual Outcomes Report.
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