11th May 2011
The green revolution was a period of extreme innovation that occurred in agriculture predominantly in the 1960’s and 1970’s, although commenced in the 1940’s. During this period huge amounts of research and development were undertaken that increased agri...
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19th April 2011
Methane is the principal component in natural gas and is produced from a wide variety of natural and man-made processes. In the context of livestock, methane is produced by the group of animals know as ruminants. Cattle, sheep and goats are domesticall...
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19th April 2011
There are nearly 136,000 Australian farms producing a wide variety of grains, vegetables and meats.
Australia is among the world's largest and most successful and efficient producers of cattle and sheep and a leader in the export of red meat and live...
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18th February 2011
A growing global beef industry
The main producers of beef globally are Brazil, Australia, Argentina and the United States. Argentineans are the worlds largest beef consumers, while Brazil and Australia are the largest exporters of beef in the world.
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06th December 2010
"The Australian livestock industry spans across an incredible 47% of Australia’s landmass, so has a big impact on the environmental sustainability of the country. The management practices of our farmers can either have a positive impact on our natural re...
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02nd December 2010
Methane CH4 is a greenhouse gas that the International Panel on Climate Change estimates is between 21-23 times the potency of carbon dioxide. Methane is produced by the digestion process of cattle, from wetlands, termites, rice growing, fossil fuel use,...
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29th September 2010
Biodiversity in Australia
Of any continent, Australia has had the largest decline in biodiversity over the past 200 years. Despite this unfortunate record, Australia still has some of the richest biodiversity in the world. Today community groups, far...
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