Host: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. All the things I’ve been reading over the past year about ‘investing in agriculture’ began to rub off on me. I’m a great believer in if you want something to change, you have to get involved: Be the Change you want to […]
Host: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. Last New Year’s, in between visiting my family for Christmas and needing to be in Brisbane for business meetings at the beginning of January, I was able to do a flying visit to a couple of cattle stations in the NT. I […]
Host: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. Last year I mentioned a bit about our moves into becoming milk providers. This year, quotas are still down, we don’t have as many feeders to sell as we would like and the feedlot still looks empty compared to how it was […]
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: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. Because I’m a glutton for punishment, I had great ideals of sharing my improved circumstances with you all; yet failed on the photo front. This year, I moved again and bought myself a hot water service that is for my shower only. […]
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: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. As I am the resident Central Station host currently living in Indonesia, I was asked to write a piece about Ramadan and what it’s all about. I am more than happy to do this, for numerous reasons, last but not least being […]
Host: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. Today is the day we go to the Indonesian abattoir. This is the day that I know some have been waiting for, while personally, I have been dreading. I am not looking forward to the deluge of hate comments that are sure […]
Host: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. What is Way Laga? In very simple terms, Way Laga is a research project that aims to answer the questions of: How do breeding cattle perform when their diet is based on waste palm oil (sawit) leaves? Does a base diet of […]
Host: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. I realise I may have jumped the gun a bit with introducing Dr. Neny, yet she is such an important part of our operations I felt she deserved to come in before the normal, daily operations of the feedlot. Today I will […]
Host: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. Here we are, the halfway point of my week hosting Central Station and we have seen the journey the cattle have made from the top end of Aus to a port, followed by a relatively short ship trip to another port (approx […]
Host: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. I would love to have wonderfully creative names for my pieces like Jo did, unfortunately ‘Cattle, Ships and Travel to Foreign Lands’ just doesn’t have the same ring as PMT (Pre Mustering Tension) This is the continuation of the story of the […]
Host: Lisa Wood/ AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. Today is a day where I’m not going to show you any cows. Today is about some of the people behind the scenes. Let’s face it, without people we cannot put systems in place that result in positive animal welfare outcomes. Without […]
Host: Lisa Wood/AGP Indonesia Written by Lisa Wood – Traceability Officer, AGP. Hi, as your host for this week, I’ll be taking you through what happens with Aus Cattle from the importers perspective. I work for an Indonesian importer and have been in Indo for close to three years. There are so many people involved […]
