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Country-of-origin: A USP in marketing? (20/01/2006)

... by several industry organisations within Australia.Horticulture Australia, Dairy Australia, and Meat and Livestock Australia are some examples of organisations whose advertising and promotional messages are COO driven.Why do the marketing ...

2006 FOOD magazine Business Outlook: oil and fat manufacturing (19/01/2006)

... as domestic production will be less than demand, the difference will be made up from imports. Increased livestock slaughtering will increase the supply of tallow and reduce the price of that input.At present, a fairly small proportion of the ...

2006 FOOD magazine Business Outlook: meat processing (19/01/2006)

... conditions in the medium term.Three factors expected to shape the industry’s future are: the availability of livestock for slaughter, trends in meat consumption, and competitive forces in international markets.Key variables and ...

CSIRO stands by Total Wellbeing Diet (16/01/2006)

... weight loss studies were conducted by CSIRO on the diet, two of which were funded by industry -one by Meat and Livestock Australia, one by the dairy industry. The rest of the costs were covered by CSIRO. The findings of the research, like all of ...

Freshmeat wins Gold Award at 2005 Southern Cross Package Design Awards (26/10/2005)

... Szocinski has won gold in the Meat and Livestock Australia Award at the 2005 Southern Cross Package Design Awards for her entry, Freshmeat.What the judges said…In a highly competitive environment, this range of dual ovenable packs ...

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Good year for x-ray food inspection company (13/10/2005)

... be found in most of the major beef export abattoirs across Australia. The company is working presently with Meat and Livestock Australia and a leading beef exporter to develop a new generation of machines capable of finding even smaller pieces of ...

World first for Queensland forensic lab (27/09/2005)

... for these exciting technologies in the Homeland Security sector, Health, "paddock to plate" verification in food and livestock area as well as a multitude of applications such as sample tracking."GMS labs is no stranger to forensic innovation. ...

More power for RFID (7/09/2005)

... is emerging as a key driver of RFID adoption in Australia, with tags on cattle being required as part of a National Livestock Identification Scheme. The identification system will soon be extended to sheep. Regulators see RFIDs as a means of being ...

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Telescopic materials handling trucks (4/08/2005)

... in agricultural materials handling, the Maniscopic MLT 627 range, has been hailed as a boon for Australia's busy livestock farmers in search of greater efficiencies.Tom Naffine, marketing manager at local national distributor for Manitou ...

Turbulent times for dairy (29/06/2005)

... complexity of their businesses, and the increasing competition for resources including capital, land, labour, livestock, and water.Dr Ginnivan said: “I’m pleased to say that projects like Taking Stock, which was born out of the industry’s ...

Marking and encoding – future trends (27/05/2005)

... area where coding technology is playing an increasing role is in agriculture, with the introduction of the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS), where cattle and sheep must carry a coded tag, that can trace each animal back to the farm ...

Food scientists get down to business (3/05/2005)

... meat, poultry and dairy,” Parker said.Speakers include representatives of CSIRO Sustainability Network, Meat and Livestock Australia, Food Science Australia, Dairy Australia, Sydney Water and the NSW Government.An interesting session on ...

Where are meat processors headed? (3/05/2005)

... the fortunes of meat processors will impact significantly on the financial health of the food manufacturing industry, livestock producers and the many businesses and people associated with the industry.“Maintenance of our reputation as a ...

Food export opportunities to Asia (19/04/2005)

... which is known for its high-quality dairy and livestock products, has established itself well as an exporter of processed food and beverages to Asia.Yet, the unexploited potential is enormous. Australia can do much more to outperform its US ...

Australian red meat exceptional (29/03/2005)

... is exceptional according to the results of the third national baseline microbiological survey conducted by Meat & Livestock Australia last year.Designed to define the performance of the industry using an internationally recognised set of ...

Exports saving our bacon (23/03/2005)

... the unusual decline down to rebounding drought conditions.A relief in drought conditions reduced the turn-off in livestock for the 2003-04 period, as farmers retained beef cattle, sheep and pigs for herd rebuilding.Reduced stocks in the ...

Business Outlook: meat processing (19/01/2005)

... conditions in the medium term.Three factors expected to shape the industry’s future: the availability of livestock for slaughter, trends in meat consumption, and competitive forces in international markets.RevenueIBISWorld estimates ...

Business Outlook: pet food manufacturing (19/01/2005)

... performance will also be a function of a host of exogenous variables including: economic conditions, pet ownership and livestock farming.In the five years leading up to June 2004, animal feed manufacturers recorded successive falls in ...

FoodPro Sets the Standard in 2005 (14/01/2005)

... product where six units were installed in October 2004.The IBEX trimmer technology was developed under Meat & Livestock Australia’s Partners in Innovation program with funding from IBEX Industries Limited and MLA. The new IBEX system uses ...

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Compact light level transmitter (3/11/2004)

... applications could include shade control for greenhouses, for hydroponics, for light level control in livestock sheds, poultry farms, etc, or for ambient lighting measurement in large populated areas such as convention centres or shopping ...

Dairy excellence awards another successful export (6/10/2004)

... opportunity to take a national study tour around selected Fonterra sites.The awards are proudly sponsored by DTS, Livestock Improvement, Pioneer, RD1, Ravensdown, Telecom and supported by Dexcel.Fonterra suppliers wishing to enter the ...

Commodity exports to rise 16% (21/09/2004)

... are forecast to increase by 3.2% to $26.9bn in 2004-05, with crop exports expected to rise by 8.6% to $14.5bn and livestock product exports likely to fall by 2.3% to ...

New beef quality gene marker (28/06/2004)

... of their animals to produce better tasting, more valuable, beef, according to the CSIRO.The discovery by CSIRO Livestock Industries’ scientist, Dr Bill Barendse, and his team in Brisbane, is the most recent in the team’s long line of gene ...

Meaty market (20/04/2004)

... from the US for the same reason. This has proven beneficial for sales of Australian meat into the country.Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) managing director, Mark Spurr, said that Australia still enjoys a reputation as a supplier of safe, ...

Purging fan for stale air removal (1/12/2003)

... of purging 2800L/sec of air.Areas of application include grease traps, sewers, factories, food processing plants, livestock and primary industry operations, pharmaceutical laboratories, foundries, tunnels and excavations, mine operations, and ...

The five cent fallacy (31/10/2003)

... projects exploring the potential of RFID technologies.For example, RFID tags are at the centre of the National Livestock Identification Scheme, a cattle identification system linking information relating to the animal, such as disease status, ...

Smart price tags may spell the end to checkout queues (28/02/2003)

... use the technology in a broad range of applications worldwide including access control, automotive, document tracking, livestock, product authentication, retail, sports timing, supply chain, ticketing and wireless ...

Industrial carbon dioxide measurement (28/01/2003)

... safety alarms, leakage monitoring and advanced demand control ventilation applications such as mushroom farming and livestock husbandry.The transmitters feature an interchangeable measurement probe, enabling ease of onsite calibration and ...

High-speed RFID track and trace systems (27/11/2002)

... track and trace solutions within the 100 and 140kHz frequency range.Suitable for use in applications as diverse as livestock identification, casino gaming, laundry logistics and waste management, Hitag S chips are available across three ...

STMicro prototypes DNA analysis chip (1/11/2002)

... delays of laboratory testing.Other applications include in the search for more effective new drugs, the testing of livestock for genetic disease, and the monitoring of water supplies for biological contamination, according to STMicro’s MEMS ...