DON’T wait for industry carbon research before you start doing something.
Begin working towards reducing carbon by understanding your baseline emissions, where your business sits – in relation to its emissions – and the data required to establish this understanding. That was the call to action from Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) General Manager Adoption and Commercial Services Sarah Strachan at Beef 24 in Rockhampton, Queensland today.
Sarah spoke at the session about the sustainable Australian beef industry, where producers, including Angus Australia President Erica Haliday and Tess Herbert from Gundamain Pastoral, NSW, shared what they’ve done on-farm to reduce their emissions. Teys Australia General Manager Corporate Affairs Michael Rogers explained the value of The Australian Beef Sustainability Framework as a tool to “broaden the conversation” around sustainability with customers and demonstrate that the industry is “engaged” with this issue.
MLA CN30 Project Manager Julia Waite also hinted about trials with a feed additive that not only reduced methane emissions, it delivered an average daily gain improvement of 7 per cent.
Building a Ridgeback®: The benefits outweigh the cost. The results of the Rangers Valley trial, where partially covered housing in the final 100 days boosted cattle performance – as presented by Dr Melissa George at BeefEx’s R&D session.
ONE global food integrity expert has praised Australia’s feedlot quality assurance program, crediting it for market access benefits and assisting the entire global beef industry’s social licence.
