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The Sheepmeat Council of Australia (SCA) is the nation's peak body representing and promoting the national and international interests of lamb and sheepmeat producers in Australia.
Our goal is to deliver professional policy development and lobbying outcomes that enhance the integrity, profitability and sustainability of the Australian Sheepmeat industry.
The Council consists of nine Councillors (sheepmeat producers) who represent each sheep producing state of Australia, and who are supported by a small team of staff based at the National Farmers' Federation (NFF) House in Canberra.
Sheepmeat Council Updates
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Issue 2 of SCAs e-newsletter is out and about!
SCA's e-newsletter aims to keep you up to date on the Council's activities and the big issues at the national level affecting you as a sheepmeat producer.
This e-newsletter is distributed to 8,500 sheep producers nationally.
 Sheepmeat Council represents the Australian sheepmeat industry overseas
Sheepmeat Council’s President, Kate Joseph, recently travelled to Europe to represent Australia’s sheepmeat industry at the first ever world congress of sheep producers. Australia is sharing its expertise with overseas trading partners in an effort to increase the world consumption of sheepmeat. Growing competition from other products around the globe makes working together and sharing skills in marketing and breeding even more important.
Learn about the International Sheepmeat Forum for Producers and Industry attended by Ms Joseph in Brussels.
TRI-LAMB Group
Sheepmeat Council President, Kate Joseph recently arrived back from the US fulfilling the goal of resigning a new memorandum of understanding between United States, New Zealand and Australian lamb industry peak bodies. This agreement is important in keeping lamb on the shelves of our key market, the United States. Read further about this visit and the TRI-LAMB group.
Copenhagen (COP 15) - Latest news from Copenhagen
The National Farmers' Federation, of which SCA is a member, is leading a delegation to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark (7-18 Dec). The conference includes the fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the fifth Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 5). Sheepmeat Council's next e-newsletter will update you on the outcomes of this delegation. In the meantime find out what Sheepmeat Council and the NFF are pushing for at Copenhagen.
Climate Change Policy
Sheepmeat Council is working with the National Farmers' Federation in lobbying for changes to the International Accounting rules that govern Australia's actions. Currently, the International Accounting rules do not recognise producers' positive contribution on-farm, including the full carbon cycle and agriculture’s ability to sequester carbon.
Read further about SCA's views on the Government's CPRS.
Learn more about producers' positive contribution to the environment
9th World Sheep and Wool Congress
REGISTRATION KITS are now available for the 9th World Sheep and Wool Congress, to be held at Rosehill in Sydney from 6 to 9 April.
The congress, endorsed by the Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Tony Burke is gearing up to attract around 1000 international sheep and wool producers and agribusiness delegates.
Kate Joseph, President of the Sheepmeat Council of Australia, will be presenting on how Australia turned the lamb industry around, sharing Australia’s success with overseas delegates and stakeholders. (delegates from over 14 countries will be present).
Sheepmeat Council encourages your attendance at the World Sheep and Wool Congress. The congress is staged in one of the world’s sheep producing nations every 3 years and this year we are lucky enough to have it staged in Australia.
Red Meat Industry Strategic Plan
MISP3 represents a single view of the Australian red-meat and livestock industry. This plan provides a roadmap for the period 2010-2015. Download an electronic copy or alternatively, hard copy versions are available by contacting Red Meat Advisory Council.
New Animal Welfare Standards & Guidelines for Sheep
The Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Sheep, initiated by the Federal Government, is a set of new Standards (legislated and enforceable = must) and Guidelines (non-legislative = should) supporting sheep welfare at the farm level in Australia. Sheepmeat Council is ensuring that the sheepmeat industry is tightly engaged throughout the development of the Standards and is consulting directly with state farming members to ensure that a practical and realistic outcome is achieved for all sheep producers.
Learn more about the Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Sheep
Call for Abstracts & Registration Now Open! - FMD Symposium 12-14 April 2010
The Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) International Symposium and Workshop is taking place from 12 – 14 April 2010 in Melbourne, Australia.
What do you think about Satellite surveying?
The University College London is undertaking a research project, focusing on Government monitoring of vegetation clearing on land using satellite technologies. The University is carrying out an independent survey of farmers' attitudes towards monitoring clearing this way and is asking farmers to complete a survey so they may understand the benefits and concerns with the use of satellite technology. Survey available online, for farmers/landholders.
Sheepmeat Council Meetings
- February: 22 - 24, Canberra, ACT
- May: 3 - 4, Canberra, ACT
- August: 2 - 3, Perth, WA
- Annual General Meeting, November, Tasmania
State Farming Organisations
If you are a member of your State Farming Organisation (SFO) and they are a member of SCA, then you have an opportunity to have your say on the national issues that affect you. You have a say through your SFO and the Councillors who represent your views as an SCA delegate. To strengthen the Council's influence over those issues that matter most to you, we need you to be engaged in the discussion. SCA encourage you to join your SFO today and have your say on the issues that affect you as a sheepmeat producer.
Locate your State Farmer Organisation - join now and have your say
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