Tag: MLA

Meat exports continue to rise

Despite an early Easter, red meat exports in March rose 9% from last year to 182,480 tonnes, making this past month the largest March...

‘New direction’

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has announced that Michael Crowley will be its next Managing Director, starting in the role on May 27.
The announcement...

Researchers investigate ways to put methane reducing technology into the paddock

New research is investigating the potential of a lick-block formula that could help reduce methane emissions from livestock. The research is part of a collaboration...

Social media push

Social media influencers Jaxon and Lachlan Fairbairn have partnered with Australian Good Meat, a program of Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA), to launch a...

Biosecurity boosted

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and the Australian Lot Feeders’ Association (ALFA) are working together to champion biosecurity preparedness for exotic animal disease (EAD)...

Record high meat exports

Last year Australia exported a total volume of 1.84 million shipped weight tonnes of red meat to over 100 countries worth a record A$17.08b...

Global trade focus

Last week the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its forecasts for global beef production in its quarterly Livestock Products and Trade publication.
MLA...

Farmers get food for thought

The new and improved BredWell FedWell workshop is creating quite a stir with producers around Australia. Lower South East beef producers will have their opportunity...

Summer preparation key

Ahead of this year’s summer bushfire season, Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has created a new resource to help livestock producers prepare and recover. The...

Meat sales ‘beef up’

Shoppers are increasingly putting red meat in their trolley as retail prices push back against the inflation trend being seen more generally at the...

Masterful approach

Meat & Livestock Australia’s marketing brand Australian Lamb has partnered with MasterChef alumni and founder of Marion’s Kitchen Marion Grasby to “Say More With...

Stats raise herd questions

Production and slaughter statistics for the April-June quarter, released last week by the ABS, allows MLA to consider the industry’s medium-term trajectory in light...

Aussie lamb goes global

MLA showcased Australian lamb on the world stage recently, hosting the second annual Lambassador Delegation in Melbourne. From its beginning in Japan in 2015, the...

No bull: Cattle herd hits 10-year high

The growth of the Australian national cattle herd is on track to increase throughout 2023, resulting in a high supply of both young cattle...

Prices reflect market challenges

After mid April’s national cattle yarding of 55,444 head (54% or 19,000 head above the 2023 weekly average), cattle numbers tightened substantially last week,...