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Banks driving increase in global meat and dairy production, report finds https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/18/banks-driving-increase-in-global-meat-and-dairy-production-report-finds #WorldBanks #meatproduction #dairyproduction #ClimateCrisis #climatechange

Woolworths ditches Australian-owned Norco milk from all metro Sydney stores
By Jennifer Nichols

Woolworths says the decision to remove the products was based on customer demand.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-02-27/woolworths-stops-selling-norco-milk-metro-sydney-stores/103515582

#Rural #DairyProduction #Agribusiness #RetailIndustry #FoodandBeverageProcessingIndustry #FoodProcessing #JenniferNichols

@shaman

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...all meat and dairy #subsidies, in particular in #G20 countries.

We already use the equivalent of all the #Americas for #livestock, i. e. #meat and #DairyProduction. This must be reduced. In so doing, this would greatly advance humanity in our aim to preserve #biodiversity when combined with less #IntensiveFarming methods, such as rededicating a certain amount of "Green strips" to #wildlife.

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/land-use

7. Food Production.

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Former senior managers at Murray Goulburn broke the law: Federal Court Gary Helou and Brandley Hingle led dairy processor Murray Goulburn to its demise. Now the Federal Court has found they broke the law doing it. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-11-13/murray-goulburn-managers-broke-law/12881298 #FraudandCorporateCrime #FoodandBeverage #DairyProduction #CourtsandTrials #FoodProcessing

Victorian agriculture workers can now cross into NSW without quarantining Farmers, contractors and those employed in the agriculture sector can now cross from Victoria into New South Wales without quarantining in Sydney for two weeks. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-08-18/victorian-agriculture-workers-can-cross-into-nsw-coronavirus/12558944 #AgriculturalCrops #LivestockWelfare #SheepProduction #DairyProduction #Horticulture #RuralWomen #BeefCattle #FruitCrops #Livestock #COVID-19

Victorian agriculture workers can now cross into NSW without quarantining Farmers, contractors and those employed in the agriculture sector can now cross from Victoria into New South Wales without quarantining in Sydney for two weeks. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-08-18/victorian-agriculture-workers-can-cross-into-nsw-coronavirus/12558944 #AgriculturalCrops #LivestockWelfare #SheepProduction #DairyProduction #Horticulture #RuralWomen #BeefCattle #FruitCrops #Livestock #COVID-19

'Just magic': Bega records wettest July since 1922 with more rain forecast Farmers only had two weeks left before running out of water for stock and irrigation, and then the skies opened like they haven't for almost a century. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-29/record-rainfall-across-bega-valley/12502584 #DisastersandAccidents #DairyProduction #Environment #Agriculture #BeefCattle #Livestock #Rainfall #Weather #Drought #Rural

Farmers fly the Eureka flag in their revolt against water costs The Eureka flag is flying across regional Victoria again as farmers make a fresh stand against water prices. They say they are being ripped off and that towns are dying. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-07-18/eureka-flag-flies-victoria-dairy-farmers-rebellion-water-prices/12466422 #PoliticsandGovernment #RegionalDevelopment #Murray-DarlingBasin #WomenInAgriculture #AgriculturalPolicy #RoyalCommissions #DairyProduction

Farmers fly the Eureka flag in their revolt against water costs The Eureka flag is flying across regional Victoria again as farmers make a fresh stand against water prices. They say they are being ripped off and that towns are dying. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-07-18/eureka-flag-flies-victoria-dairy-farmers-rebellion-water-prices/12466422 #PoliticsandGovernment #RegionalDevelopment #Murray-DarlingBasin #WomenInAgriculture #AgriculturalPolicy #RoyalCommissions #DairyProduction

Warwick Hill learnt camel wrangling from Aboriginal elders in the APY lands. Milking them's another story Warwick Hill was sent to the APY lands to hunt rabbits. Instead he formed a deep bond with the traditional owners, and learned to catch and milk camels. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-18/australian-outback-camel-mustering-indigenous-apy-lands/12450574 #SustainableandAlternativeFarming #Pests-Horticulture #AboriginalLanguage #DairyProduction #PestManagement #PestControl #Animals

China increases tariffs on Australian beef, milk powder Tariffs on Australian beef into China will jump from less than 5 per cent to 12 per cent for six months, with increases also expected on whole milk powder as preferential tariffs are withdrawn. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-02/china-increases-tariffs-australian-beef-milk-powder/12412612 #InternationalAidandTrade #GovernmentandPolitics #AgriculturalPolicy #FederalGovernment #DairyProduction #Agribusiness #BeefCattle #Livestock

Robotic dairy makes life easier for farmers and cows A solar-powered, robotic dairy allows the herd to choose when it wants to be milked, making life much easier for a long-time dairy family. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-06-04/robotic-solar-nsw-mid-north-coast-dairy-gives-new-opportunities/12313688 #RobotsandArtificialIntelligence #ComputersandTechnology #AgriculturalMachinery #ScienceandTechnology #WomenInAgriculture #InternetTechnology #DairyProduction #FoodandBeverage

Blueberry growers fear long pursuit of Chinese market in jeopardy Australian blueberry growers who have been chasing the lucrative China market for a decade are concerned that political tensions could further delay access. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-05-19/blueberry-concerns-over-china-but-dairy-macadamia-exports-ok/12250240 #InternationalAidandTrade #AgriculturalMarketing #DairyProduction #Fruit

'Massive blow to Queensland's dairy industry': Workers to lose jobs as Lactalis factory shuts In what is being seen as another nail in the coffin for Queensland milk suppliers, a French-owned dairy business is shutting its Rockhampton factory at the end of the month, sacking all 47 of its workers. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-05/lactalis-dairy-factory-in-rockhampton-shuts/11932744 #GovernmentandPolitics #ActivismandLobbying #DairyProduction #StateParliament #FoodProcessing #Rural