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Beef industry pilot to reduce methane emissions
The cattle will be fed at Mort & Co Grassdale Feedlot and processed at the Teys Australia Beenleigh processing plant, Queensland.
Coles chief executive, commercial & express, Leah Weckert, said the trial is one way that Coles is working with suppliers to innovate for better sustainability outcomes.
“This trial is going to give us a wealth of data and knowledge to help us understand how we can reduce emissions in one part of our supply chain, while continuing to deliver quality meat to our customers,” she said.
Mort & Co CEO Stephen O’Brien said Bovaer is worthy of a trial of this size.
“The Australian red meat and livestock indus- try goal is to be carbon neutral by 2030, and we look forward to working with Coles to lead the way,” he said.
COLES IS PARTNERING with Mort & Co Grassdale Feedlot in Queensland on Australia’s largest commercial feedlot trial of feed supple- ment Bovaer. DSM, the developer of Bovaer, is a partner in the trial.
International studies have already shown Bovaer , which is broken down as part of the natural digestive process of the animal, to be successful in reducing methane emissions. This trial, however, will be the first in Australia to test the feed supplement in a real-world, large-scale commercial feedlot of industry size and scale.
The trial will study how effectively Bovaer
reduces methane production in feedlot cattle. A recent study of 20 cattle funded by Meat and Livestock Australia found Bovaer, which is added to cattle feed at the rate of just a quarter teaspoon per day, to reduce methane emissions
by between 60 to 90 per cent.
Nine thousand eight hundred cattle will form
part of the trial, and Coles will provide grading data to be analysed. Specialised cattle veteri- narians and researchers Bovine Dynamics will produce a research paper outlining the findings of the study to be then published in a scientific peer-reviewed journal.
Coles is working with suppliers for better sustainability outcomes.
Investing in next generation of RAC
THE AUSTRALIAN REFRIGERATION
Council (ARC) is investing in the future of the RAC industry with a promotion targeting stu- dents at almost 3,000 secondary schools across Australia.
Career advisers at every school will receive a package explaining how the industry can offer great careers to students who want to make a difference.
ARC chair Michael Bennett said the mail-out was part of ARC’s commitment to ensuring the industry could meet the constantly growing demand for RAC services in today’s society.
“Our industry, like almost every industry these days, needs more highly skilled people, so we are targeting our best and brightest youth to become the fridgies of the future,” he said.
“We want to ensure that secondary students
– and their parents and teachers – know about the excellent career opportunities our indus- try offers.
“By contacting the careers advisers who are a key source of information for students, we are ensuring they can tell their students about the pathways to a career in the RAC sector.
“We are also profiling and positioning the RAC industry as something they might not have heard much about, but something that bright, ambitious students should embrace as their first choice.
“A RAC career calls for a high level of skill, extensive problem solving abilities and a desire to work in a truly specialist occupation, not just a generalist trade like plumbing or electrical.”
Each package includes a video and printed brochures, highlighting the breadth of
opportunity both on and off the tools, and explaining the various different career paths.
Bennett said the mail-out was one of several ARC efforts, including attending careers expos and supporting WorldSkills and NextGen, to attract bright young people into the industry. ✺
ABOVE: Industry is targeting the best and brightest to be fridgie’s of the future.
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