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is australia’s organic dairy industry better at weathering the storm?
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with the new zealand-based dairy multinational fonterra announcing a drop in profits from its organic dairy operations in new zealand this week, australian food news has been investigating the current state of australia’s organic dairy industry. dr. andrew monk, convenor of the biological farmers of australia (bfa) standards advisory group says australia’s organic dairy industry is a “small but growing industry”. “it faces a challenge in meeting the consistently growing demand for the product while remaining within a sustainable price range - both for producers and consumers. australia’s “growing and under-supplied” organic dairy market “supply of australian organic dairy has continued to struggle to keep up with demand and in fact has even been importing new zealand organic dairy to supplement local supply in australia. in the short term, this remains good news for australian organic dairy producers to continue to supply into a growing and under supplied market,” dr monk said. he continued, “however, organic dairy involves an intensive production system requiring organic feed inputs and other higher costs of slower growth or production (due to the organic standard requirements of natural production systems). these mean a significant price imposition for organic milk, greater than for most other organic product lines.”
retail opportunities for australia’s organic dairy producers according to dr. monk, “australia’s major supermarket chains, coles and woolworths, are starting to scale up their involvement in organic offerings, despite current financial instability in the general economy. “the irony of fonterra’s cutback of organic dairy in new zealand is that countries like australia are starting to see an increase in mainstream [supermarket] demand for organic products.” companies under pressure for shorter term returns to shareholders
dr. monk acknowledged that the large dairy groups are under greater pressure to maintain high shorter term returns for their owners. combined with projected high world prices for non-organic dairy products in the coming period, companies like fonterra may be considering their organic dairy operations are simply not a business priority. “even if organic dairy rises to 5% of the total australian or new zealand dairy product market in the coming decade, the likes of fonterra may still view this as too “niche” for such a large company,” dr. monk said. “organic is about a long term project - particularly for dairy - not something to dip in or out of without care and effort. as i understand it, fonterra certainly isn’t backing away from support for its existing organic producers in new zealand.”
sustainable floor price sought for organic produce dr. monk said, “organic dairy producers in australia have worked hard and well to establish a credible niche with a sustainable premium in the australian market. “there is clearly an identifiable and growing, albeit certainly niche, market segment for discerning consumers who “get” the organic package. organic producers have had to convey the message to consumers about the added expenses in the supply chain. organic production involves real costs of production and this must be managed in the face of relentless pressure from the retailers to drop prices to a point where it might then be not sustainable. this has been an important element of the success story of australian organic dairy to date and arguably something possibly less evident in new zealand. “it is unclear where the market will settle out in the coming years ahead for organic dairy, but the issues will remain that without a sustainable floor price for organic produce, it will become more difficult for organic farmers to meet demand.” -->
Source :ausfoodnews.com.au
Date :
24
August
2011
Category :
Dairy Products
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mcdonalds has defended their iconic happy meals against a lawsuit alleging that the fast food company’s use of toys is unfair and deceptive marketing, and lures children into unhealthy choices. america’s centre for science in the public interest (cspi) announced in june that they would sue mcdonalds if mcdonalds continued to include toys in the meal, and yesterday announced their support for california mother-of-two monet parham in filing her class-action lawsuit against the company.
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new south wales premier kristina kenneally yesterday announced that menus for fast-food outlets across nsw will be required to display kilojoule information on their printed and menu boards, as of february 1st 2011. businesses such as major fast food, bakery, coffee and doughnut chains will now be required to ‘clearly and legibly’ display the kilojoule content on their menu board, as well as prominently featuring the average adult daily energy intake of 8700 kilojoules.
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australia’s premier consumer advocacy group choice has reignited the food debate over whether australia should adopt a traffic light system for front-of-package labelling of packaged foods. choice has called for mandatory front-of-pack traffic light labelling on muesli in australia. traffic light labelling is a system that features red, green, or amber symbols on the label for each of the main nutrients in the product (such as fat, sugars, and salt).
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hj heinz has announced it will move its beetroot, sauces and some of its meals production from three factories in australia to a facility in new zealand. the changes, part of the supply-chain revamp the us food maker announced yesterday (26 may), will see the production moved from plants in girgarre, brisbane and wagga wagga. the gigarre plant is set to close, although the brisbane and wagga wagga facilities will be kept open.
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san francisco has become the first u.s. city to crack down on the dubious practice of fast food companies luring children into eating unhealthy meals by giving away gimmicky toys. \"our children are sick. rates of obesity in san francisco are disturbingly high, especially among children of color,\" said san francisco supervisor eric mar, the sponsor of the measure, in a press conference.the new law, which goes into effect december, 2011, would only allow toys to be given away with \"healthy\" children\'s meals.
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us food writer anthony bourdain’s new book, medium raw, hits australian shelves today. in his latest offering, the author of kitchen confidential roasts the food industry from top to bottom, including the food network, the restaurant industry, the us meat industry and mcdonalds, and as always, his fellow chefs. bourdain also explores the obesity and diabetes epidemic, ‘fat taxes’, the slow food movement, nose-to-tail eating and vegetarianism, all in his characteristic blunt, funny, foul-mouthed, no-punches-pulled style.
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sa health minister john hill has announced moves to require all major fast food retailers in south australia to display kilojoule information on their menu boards, websites, leaflets and menus. the new regulations (under the food act 2001) would require food chains with 20 or more stores in sa, or 50 or more stores nationally, to state the kilojoule content of each item clearly and legibly alongside the price of the product, as well as prominently featuring the average adult daily energy intake of 8700kj, and any outlet failing to provide the information as required could be fined and, if successfully prosecuted, named on the department of health website.
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food relief agency foodbank is calling for assistance with its critical role in queensland’s emergency support efforts, with its warehouse in the brisbane suburb of morningside due to reopen tomorrow after evacuation yesterday. the organisation said that its industry donors have dug deep in response to a call for extra supplies and, so far, have committed 400,000 kilograms of food and groceries, worth close to $3 million, with more pledges coming in daily.
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