IN BRIEF Webinars towatchinwinter Got some spare time? Kick back and catch up on MLA’s recent Productivity and Profitability webinars, where livestock experts provide practical strategies to seasonal challenges. The webinars are coordinated by Holmes Sackett. Watch them at youtube.com/meatandlivestock/videos Managing bloat The effects of Your one-stop Infectious diseases in cattle temperatures on winter cleaning causing abortion Dr Bruce Allworth of pastureroductionp agronomy panel in sheep Charles Sturt University Dr Jim Virgona of It’s time to clean out those Paul Nilon from Nilon discusses the options to Graminus Consulting pesky annuals from your Farm Health drills down manage bloat in cattle. looks at the effects of perennial grass pastures. into the different causes, Topics include: cold temperatures on Before you get the impacts and treatments pasture production. spray gear out, listen of infections causing • What is bloat and why abortions in sheep. does it occur? Jim delves into: to Dr Jim Virgona of • What are the most • When is cold temperature Graminus Consulting and Topics include: cost-effective the limiting factor? Tim Prance of T Prance • Identifying if there is management options? • How does temperature Rural Consulting as they a problem impact nitrogen answer the important • Campylobacter, response? agronomy questions of toxoplasmosis and winter cleaning. listeriosis – what is • How does temperature impact plant expected and what can production in different we do about them? perennial species? • Other causes of abortions. Working towards tradecertainty MLA’s market access Here’s an update on recent trade negotiations. program supports industry Indonesia UK and government to defend The Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive The Australia-United Kingdom and maintain existing favourable Economic Partnership Agreement Free Trade Agreement (A-UK FTA) access conditions, position (IA-CEPA) entered into force on 5 July negotiations were launched in June. Australia favourably in trade 2020, paving the way for more trade As a consequence of Brexit, the UK negotiations and assist with the certainty for live cattle exports and is now on the path to securing trade alleviation of non-tariff (technical) the elimination of tariffs for all boxed relationships independently of the EU trade barriers. product exported to Indonesia. for the first time in 48 years. The benefits IA-CEPA will deliver for Australia’s beef and sheepmeat access mla.com.au/ia‑cepa the Australian red meat and livestock industry include: has been limited by virtue of the UK mla.com.au/a‑uk‑fta being a member of the EU. • duty-free quota for 575,000 head of live male cattle in the first year, whichCompared with other countries will grow by 4% a year over five years supplying the EU, Australia has to 700,000 head disproportionately low volume quota • import permits to be issued access coupled with trade prohibitive automatically on an annual basis above quota tariffs. This has stifled (without seasonal restrictions) Australia’s ability to respond to growing UK consumer demand for high quality • liberalised access for live female beef, sheepmeat and goatmeat. cattle exported to Indonesia, with 0% tariffs and no quota or import MLA represents the Australian red meat permit restrictions industry on the issue as a member • immediate or gradual liberalisation of of the Australia-UK Red Meat Market tariffs applicable to boxed beef and Access Taskforce. The Taskforce will sheepmeat exports to Indonesia. The encourage negotiators to embrace the tariffs will be eliminated altogether merits of liberalised trade. ■ over five years. 5