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Robin Lammie is still Western Dairy chairman | Farm Weekly

Ms Ashby, from Mount Gambier, South Australia, a former extension officer with DairySA, is one of five regional climate adaptation leads recently appointed by Dairy Australia to work with dairy farmers to help them plan, manage and adapt their operations to build resilience for a changing climate, with more frequent extreme weather events expected. Click […]

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Hudson Pear battle heats up with funding injection | The Land

“There’s no quick fix when it comes to Hudson Pear, but what this program does is ensure we can go hard with spraying for the next few months, have people on the ground overseeing the work, and long-term we will utilise the cochineal to eat away at the infestations inside the containment line,” he said. […]

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Union workers vote to strike at JBS Denver plant

Approximately 200 United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 members who work at JBS-owned Denver Processing meat plant voted Dec. 10 to strike in protest of “the company’s continued unfair labor practices.” Negotiations between UFCW and the company began on Sept. 10, but the parties have failed to come to an agreement. The plant […]

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Major beef exporters and importers in 2023

Global beef production is forecast to decrease slightly in 2023. Beef production decreases in the U.S. and European Union will more than offset increasing beef production in Australia and modest increases in Mexico and India. Changes in beef production and consumption will impact global beef exports and imports in the coming year. Brazil is expected to remain […]

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