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 strain has never been detected in humans, but an outbreak in South Korea means millions of farm birds have to be slaughtered to contain it. (Image source: Mcf/Flickr)
South Korea has banned the import of poultry from the UK and the Netherlands amid reported cases of bird flu in the European countries
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
The signing ceremony was attended by Zhang Qingrong, the deputy director of the General Administration of Quality Supervision and Quarantine (AQSIQ) of China and Jorge Heine, Ambassador of Chile. (Image source: Szymon Kochański/Flickr)
China and Chile have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an aim to strengthen fishery and aquaculture trade between the two nations
