The Great British Beef Week, organised by UK Ladies in Beef, emphasises the nation’s locally produced food. Here are some meaty facts from the group:

Dairy farmers are spooked and they have every right to be.

Australian dairy farmers produced an estimated 650 million litres in March, an increase of 2% on March 2017. 

Farms in Germany are profitting from biogas from animal waste.

A 1000-head barn and automated milking system is the centrepiece of an impressive family farm in east Germany.

Fertiliser co-op Ravensdown and Lincoln University have unveiled effluent technology that could lift the dairy sector’s effluent and water efficiency.

Meat processor Alliance Group is reporting promising outcomes from a pilot programme marketing hogget as a premium product.

Busy Brook Holstein’s Gold Label Sale near Duntroon in mid-April was a huge success, setting a believed-record price for a New Zealand calf — $35,000.

Whole milk powder prices were softer at last week’s GDT auction, taking the average price down 1.5% to US$3231/t and the overall price index down 1.1%, says Rabobank dairy analyst Emma Higgins.  

Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says the previous Government took a hands-off approach to biosecurity.