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Organic Livestock

The market for organic food has been growing rapidly for most of the past twenty years, and although rates of growth have slowed slightly from the peak period around the turn of the century, organic agriculture is still the fastest growing sector of agriculture across the globe. The fastest growing sectors of organic market currently, globally and in Australia, include alcoholic beverages (wine beer and spirits), processed product generally, and meat and livestock.Organic livestock markets in Australia include dairy products, beef, sheep, eggs, poultry, aquaculture and wool.Australia has a larger area of certified organic land than any other country, larger ... Read more

Poultry Standards

This summary has been drawn from the National Standard for Organic and Bio-Dynamic Produce. The National Standards a minimum standard for Australian certification bodies (CBs) and some CBs may use ... Read more

Livestock - Standards

Spear Creek Dorper Lamb

Scott and Katherine Herde own 7000 Ha property located in Woolundunga, Spear Creek situated between Pt Augusta and Wilmington in the Flinders Ranges. The Herde’s have always produced wool from a self-replacing flock of Merinos, (30% wethers for wool growing and the rest breeding ewes) however, in recent times with prices being so low they decided to move on from wool. In 1995, Scott’s parents retired and leased the property to him. Since then the only good year has been 2001, followed by a prolonged drought to date. In response to the drought Scott started trading livestock, purchasing lambs from ... Readmore

Spear Creek Dorper Lamb

Market Trade and Supply Chain

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Livestock - Export

Export Markets outside USA and JapanAt present all AQIS accredited certified organic produce is accepted for entry into the EU, based upon an equivalence arrangement between the EU and the Australian Government. For most categories of goods, specific certification arrangements are required for entry into the USA and Japan. The USDA operates the National Organic Program (NOP) and Japan operates the Japanese Agricultural Standards (JAS).China has recently announced a requirement for Chinese certification, and most organic goods will need to ... Read more

Farmers Markets

Shocked by the poor quality of food available in US cities, I started the search for an edible piece of fruit. I first discovered farmers markets on a six-week research trip to the USA in 1993. ... Read more

The Market for Organic food

The market for organic food continues to grow in response to rising environmental awareness and even in current economic downturn the industry is still growing, albeit at a lower rate than for the previous decade.The ... Read more

Livestock - Features

Converting to Organic in the Livestock Industry

Organic certificationThe health and environmental benefits of organic growing are available to anyone who adopts organic growing practices, but most organic growers find that they require ‘certification’ to obtain the market benefits of organic growing.Certification protects both the genuine organic grower and consumers of organic food.Organic certification requires that produce can be tracked all the way ‘from paddock to plate’. Inspection of organic producers and handlers ensures that there is a complete audit chain that can prove organic produce has ... Read more...

Livestock - Latest News

Organic Pigs to market

THE growing demand for organic produce is sending the country's handful of genuine organic pork producers broke.Large pork suppliers claiming organic status for factory-bred produce are undercutting the price of the real article and high-end ... Read more...

New Australian Standard for organic products

At last we have an organic standard with some real relevance to the domestic marketplace. It represents the culmination of over 20 years effort by the organic industry. I personally was first involved in an ... Read more...

Call to enforce free range eggs

SUPERMARKETS should use their power to enforce strict free-range standards, a Labertouche egg farmer says.Free Range Farmers Association accreditation officer Ron Moore said supermarkets should use consumer expectation as the guide to shape their own ... Read more...