Host: Ross Ainsworth Want to know more? Keep up to date with Ross’ website the South East Asian Beef Market Report and the Way Laga Cattle & Palm Integration Project on Facebook. The position of Animal Welfare Officer (AWO) is the single most important element to the successful operation of ESCAS (Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System). […]
Host: Ross Ainsworth Want to know more? Keep up to date with Ross’ website the South East Asian Beef Market Report and the Way Laga Cattle & Palm Integration Project on Facebook. The Industry Collaborative Animal Welfare Program is quite a mouthful so it is usually described by its acronym ICWP. It refers to a Livestock […]
Host: Ross Ainsworth Want to know more? Keep up to date with Ross’ website the South East Asian Beef Market Report and the Way Laga Cattle & Palm Integration Project on Facebook. The production of beef cattle integrated with oil palm plantations is arguably more efficient than any other production model available today with the exception […]
Host: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. I had really high hopes of my blogs for Central Station this year. I had my topics laid out for what I was going to tell you about. I wanted to be informative and entertaining and give a contrast to the Australian side […]
Host: Yougawalla Pastoral Co. Written by Jane Sale – Manager, Yougawalla Pastoral Co. My sister moved to Dubai from London two years ago. You would gather from this that we are very different in our life choices, as well as many other things and have been since we grew up together. This however does not […]
Host: BMC Consulting Written by Blythe Calnan – Consultant, BMC Consulting. As I come to the end of my Central Station week, I start a new adventure in agriculture. I have had an amazing journey from a handy stock woman to an international consultant. I have travelled the world doing work I am passionate about […]
Host: BMC Consulting Written by Blythe Calnan – Consultant, BMC Consulting. For the last three years I have had the opportunity to host a group of Nuffield agricultural scholars in Doha, Qatar. Nuffield Australian Farming Scholarships is a unique program that awards primary producers with a life changing scholarship to travel overseas and study an […]
Host: BMC Consulting Written by Blythe Calnan – Consultant, BMC Consulting. Strazvootiya In April this year I had the opportunity to accompany a team to Russia to undertake cattle handling and horsemanship schools for a company with multiple farms. With the Russia/Ukraine situation simmering and the notoriously unpredictable scheduling of live export we gathered in […]
Host: BMC Consulting Written by Blythe Calnan – Consultant, BMC Consulting. Where a career in Ag can take you with good attitude, hard work, and a fair dose of luck? Time flies when your having fun, its been a year since I blogged at Central Station last. When I finished up last year I had […]
Host: Influential Women Written by Carly Brooks – CEO, Influential Women. Saddle up Central Station, The forecast for Western Australia is blue skies, clean air, and a large chance of high pressure photo taking. A dozen East Javanese businesswomen arrive in Perth to begin Part Two of the ‘Empowering Women in Agriculture – Australia and Indonesia’ project. […]
Host: Influential Women Written by Carly Brooks – CEO, Influential Women. Selamat Pagi Central Station, Hang onto your hat – IW is going to take you where no man has gone before; on a mission to empower women in agriculture in East Java and WA. We’ve taken the leg work out of it so you don’t […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. So I left you yesterday at the end of our relaxing day and having got the go ahead to visit an abattoir that night. After an early dinner and quick couple of hours sleep, we dragged ourselves out of our comfortable hotel […]
Host: Country Downs Station Written by Nikki Elezovich – Owner, Country Downs Station. My parents (being the wonderful people that they are!) late last year, had offered Kurt and I to not only look after the property, but the kids as well (good gracious . . . that’s a whole lot of love!) for a […]
Host: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. Today I want to tell you about another project we have on the go – Our Kupang Cattle Micro Financing Project. The city of Kupang is in Nusa Tenggara Timor (NTT). This is one of the poorest regions of Indonesia with limited […]
Host: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. Today’s post is about one of our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects. For those joining us this year, Indonesian Big Business must participate in projects that enhance the society in which we live and operate. These projects are varied and tailored for […]
Host: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. **** WARNING – THIS POST CONTAINS PHOTOS OF THE BUTCHERING PROCESS. PLEASE DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE VERY SENSITIVE. THANK YOU**** At the time of writing this, I am inserting the photos along the way; having said that, I am leaving […]
Host: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. The average Indonesian Abattoir is not much more than a bare room with a bare floor. Some places may have rails and hooks for hanging the butchered meat. Other places pile it up on the floor. Abattoirs slaughtering imported cattle must have […]
Host: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by: Lisa Wood – Traceability Manager, AGP. As my deadline date to have my blogs in is here, I am sitting in an MLA conference, attempting to split my attention so as not to be overly late with my posts as well as keeping up with industry improvements in […]
Host: BMC Consulting Written by – Blythe Calnan, Consultant, BMC Consulting. Thumbs up Australia! Well Friday has arrived quicker than I expected, so welcome to my last blog for Central Station. Today I shall share with you the most important thing I have learnt in my work in the Middle East. Ironically, my work is […]
Host: BMC Consulting Written by – Blythe Calnan, Consultant, BMC Consulting. The Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System (ESCAS) can be confusing. It is a point of much discussion, and I find that even living, breathing, and working ESCAS for the last two years I can still end up in complex discussions on the finer points. […]
