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Australia, free trade agreements

Note to news outlets. Before discussing recent events it is useful to put some perspective on Australia's success in Free trade agreements. The role of coalition governments is to be applauded and recent flying visits by the current administration are quite insignificant. https://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/agreements/trade-agreements

Weekly report 11 April 2023

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Northern wet season to date rainfall totals for Australia

A very wet season

Notable flooding across the continent and intense moisture and precipitation. It is still raining in many parts and parts of the South East coast is sodden. If the weather remains stable and normal conditions arrive, it should be another bumper winter crop.

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/maps/rainfall/?variable=rainfall&map=totals&period=cnws®ion=nat&year=2023&month=04&day=05

Beef consumption in Brazil drops to lowest level in 18 years, says Itaú

Beef consumption in Brazil fell once again in 2022, for the 4th consecutive year. In the period, consumption of animal protein reached 24.2 kg per inhabitant, the lowest level since 2004

The data are from the Agro Consultancy of Itaú BBA. Consumer beef prices started to rise in 2020, which made many Brazilians take protein off their plate. The increase in poverty and the drop in income during the pandemic also impacted the reduction in consumption. The value of meat, in general, rose 18% in 2020, but slowed down in 2021 (+7%) and 2022 (+1.84%), according to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Until February of this year, the price of protein accumulates a drop of 1.68%. Despite the lower consumption, the production of refrigerators grew again last year. In total, 29.8 million head were slaughtered in Brazil, an increase of 7.5% compared to 2021. It was the first increase in production since 2019. The increase was driven by the return of female slaughter.

https://www.abrafrigo.com.br/index.php/2023/04/03/clipping-da-abrafrigo-no-1951-de-03-de-abril-de-2023/

CSIRO research. Net protein contribution

This study makes a number of key points. CSIRO livestock systems scientist Dr Dean Thomas said Australian beef production is efficient at converting both low quality protein in grains that humans can eat, as well as protein in grass that humans can’t eat, into high quality protein for human nutrition.

“Cattle are efficient upcyclers of grass and other feedstuffs not just in terms of the quality of protein they create. They contribute a greater amount of protein to our food system than is used in their production as well,” Dr Thomas said.

https://www.csiro.au/en/news/News-releases/2021/CSIRO-sets-beef-benchmark-for-protein-production

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731121002354?via%3Dihub

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