Changes being made to Australia’s lamb definition are a win for the red meat sector and will open up new market opportunities, Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) CEO Patrick Hutchinson has claimed.
Beef and lamb from New Zealand could benefit from consumers’ demands over provenance, welfare and the environment, Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has claimed.
The Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) has called on the Federal Government to give financial support to the red meat industry after it suffered long periods of drought and flood.
More well-educated and high income Chinese city-dwellers are embracing plant-based and clean meat as a healthier, more nutritious, and exciting option.
One of China’s leading pig breeding firms is building a massive new slaughtering capacity as it seeks to diversify and bets on a long-term trend of consolidation in the pig breeding sector.
African Swine Fever (ASF) has been one of the biggest talking points throughout the international meat industry over the past year, with China feeling the full brunt of it.
Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) is set to tap the demand for duck meat by targeting the Hong Kong, South Korea and Australian export markets.
New Zealand’s Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC) has revealed that it will invest almost NZ$49m over the next 10 years to fuel agricultural greenhouse gas emissions research.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has welcomed the latest Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) Technical Advisory Group (TAG) report which confirms that the phased eradication of the disease is on track.
Australia’s Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has urged visitors celebrating Chinese New Year to refrain from bringing in meat items through its borders, which could pose biosecurity risks.
Meat consumption in Japan rose in 2018, but only because of a growing appetite for chicken, according to data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD).
The Australian Meat Industry (AMIC) has called for animal activist group Aussie Farms to shut down its website after they published a satellite map showing hundreds of farm and abattoir locations across Australia.
Australia’s Department of Agriculture and Water Resources is putting together precautionary measures through its border controls to stop African swine fever (ASF) from entering the country.
Australian meat processor Thomas Foods International has revealed details about its new Murray Bridge abattoir one year after its old one was destroyed in a fire.
Several organisations and firms across Australia have secured an Australian Research Council grant for a three-year project into improving pig welfare.
Value-added in supermarket and convenience is proving to be a successful category for the Australian red meat industry, generating millions in additional profit for the sector.
The Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council (ALEC) have made further strides in animal welfare improvements after introducing a three-month moratorium on sheep shipments to the Middle East during Northern Hemisphere summers.
The Australian Government has confirmed it will change the definition of lamb for export purposes, bringing it in line with the New Zealand definition.
The Australian Meat Industry Council (AMIC) has called on its state and federal government to bring down operating costs after a report revealed that Australia was one of the highest-paying nations for processing.
Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection has urged the public to be vigilant after a human case of avian influenza A (H5N6) was reported in China’s Guanxi region.
Sufficient market supply in the Chinese market and US trade tensions for pork have halted WH Group’s revenue sales in its Q3 results, for the period ended 30 September 2018.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has been concluded after Australia became the sixth and final nation to complete its ratification.
The Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has revealed that an Australian pork producer has been charged with illegal import offences of pig semen.
The New Zealand (NZ) red meat sector has urged other member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to complete their ratifications.
Lamb and mutton exports are among the key contributors to a successful year of red meat exports for New Zealand, according to Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).
Public pressures and higher production standards could result in New Zealand’s red meat farmers being forced to comply with increased regulations, according to Rabobank.
Korean retailer Mega Mart has launched a beef traceability model through a collaboration with food producer NDS and global supply chain management business Ambrosus.
Japan’s wagyu producers are penetrating the Australian market following the lifting of an import ban on Japanese beef in May, but sales may be limited to the high-end market.
The Australia beef industry is set to receive a boost after the government approved the construction of a solar-powered abattoir in Gladstone, Queensland.
