An increasing number of Australian farmers and pastoralists are using smart phones to help run their daily operations. (Image: Steven Walling/Wikimedia)
Agricultural research firm Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has launched an app to help the farmers buy and sell their livestock
While Australian beef made up just 10 per cent of China’s total consumption, demand for the product was growing. (Image source: US Department of Agriculture/Flickr)
Dairy, beef, lamb, horticulture, grains and seafood are some of the sectors set to benefit following the signing of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) recently
The Asian business currently represents 40 per cent of CPC’s revenues. (Image source: Humusak2/sxc.hu)
Australia’s largest privately-owned beef producer Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) is looking to pursue partnership opportunities in China, Indonesia and new markets such as Vietnam
China is Australia’s largest trading partner, with two-way trade of around US$150bn in 2013. (Image source: Marc Dalmulder/Flickr)
Australia will export one million cattle worth US$856mn to China each year in a deal that will double the size of the live export industry
New Zealand-based Dairy Solutionz has developed a dairy cow breed that has been conditioned to survive in tropical climates
