Australian beef #industry sweating on Japan trade deal
With Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Japan talking free trade, Australian farmers are sweating on whether he’ll be able to secure reduced tariffs on their beef and dairy products.
Australia Push for Japan Trade Deal Hit by Beef, #Dairy Discord
Australia’s bid to reach a trade deal with Japan during Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s North Asia visit next week is being jeopardized by a disagreement over agricultural and car tariffs, Trade Minister Andrew Robb said.
Claire Trevett: Why Key needs to spread the #milk message in China
Much of the recent focus on sending milk to China has been on Justice Minister Judith Collins, accused of a conflict of interest for drinking and praising a cup of milk while visiting her close friends’ Oravida factory in Shanghai.
China’s demand for #milk powder becomes a white gold rush on Aussie dairy farms
Chinese are buying up infant milk powder everywhere they can get it, outside of China. And that has led to shortages in at least a half-dozen countries …
Funding drought curbs Australia's "food bowl to Asia" ambitions
Australia’s lofty ambitions to become a «food bowl» for a rapidly growing middle-class in Asia are in danger of falling at the farm gate due to the country’s harsh, drought-prone climate and a lack of investment in agricultural innovation.
Boosting supply is mother's #milk to farmers and will get dairy moving
JUDITH Swales has a reputation as the «Ms Fixit» of the Australian food industry but believes the answer in dairy is all about making the farmer happy and confident because that is the way to increase supply.
#Chinese circle Tassie dairy
THE giant state-owned China Investment Corporation could emerge with almost half of the nation’s oldest dairy producer under a proposed $200 million deal that will test the commitment of the new government to foreign investment.
Tony Abbott promises jobs to flow from Liberal election sweetener at Cadbury
The federal opposition has offered an election sweetener to Tasmania, by pledging to help fund an upgrade at Hobart’s Cadbury chocolate factory.
#Dairy industry calls for scrapping of Sunday penalty rates
The dairy industry wants to scrap the minimum three hour shift for workers and reduce penalties for Sunday work.