Feedlotting Adapting with confidence

1. Feedlotting Adapting with confidence Your Farm Your Future Dookie Greg Ferrier Farm Services Victoria

2. Feedlotting … outline • ‘Pictures’ of feedlotting • Drivers behind feedlotting • The Victorian/Australian industries • Adapting with confidence

3. Feedlotting … a ‘picture’ ‘Pictures’ of a feedlot? …… your words ……… to describe a feedlot/feedlotting (images/perceptions/experiences)

4. Feedlotting … outline • ‘Pictures’ of feedlotting • Drivers behind feedlotting • The Victorian/Australian industries • Adapting with confidence

5. Beef and Veal Channel Share Butchers (29.9%) managed to close the year with a slightly higher average share of beef and veal than Woolworths (29.7%), although the Woolworths’ share appeared higher for the last 4 months. The main movers were the same as in total fresh meat, with Coles/Bilo losing share, IGA and Aldi gaining share. 25-30% Domestic 65-70% Export

6. Climate impacts

7. Local climate impacts CSIRO modelling

8. Other drivers Grain supplies Diversification Business structure Other …. ?

9. Feedlotting … outline • ‘Pictures’ of feedlotting • Drivers behind feedlotting • The Victorian/Australian industries • Adapting with confidence

10. National ALFA/MLA survey

11. National - Victoria

12. Victoria ALFA/MLA survey

13. Victoria (as at MAR 2009) ALFA/MLA survey

14. Planning considerations

15. Planning Planning permit required – Code compliance Broilers – Meat Chickens Beef (and Dairy) Feedlots – greater than 1000 head No Planning permit required – Code compliance required Beef (and Dairy) feedlots less than 1000 head. Planning permit required – No Code Eggs – Cage, Barn, Free Range Sheep Feedlots – Lamb finishing systems Intensive poultry – turkeys, squab, quail No Planning permit required Stock Containment Areas – emergency or supplementary feeding systems. Planning permit required – regard to the Code Pigs – Intensive, Eco-shelters

16. Victoria Code

17. Cattle feedlots - Code Code has eight key elements: • Location and size • Design and construction • Odour • Noise • Waste storage, treatment and use • Traffic and parking • Landscaping • Operations and management

18. Cattle feedlots - auditing • Pre-operational audit • Annual audit • Additional audit(s) • Other audits … NFAS, e.g. ‘Woolies’

19. Feedlotting • ‘Pictures’ of feedlotting • Drivers behind feedlotting • The Victorian/Australian industries • Adapting with confidence

20. Feedlots … plan, plan, plan Changing/diversifying business strategy or direction: • Does it fit the (whole) farm plan? • Are there capabilities (infrastructure, people etc) to do this? • Is the supply chain solid? • Will the new business provide enough profit? • How are the products to be marketed?

21. With confidence? • A range of adaptation options is available, adapting with confidence reduces vulnerability • • Managerial e.g. farm practices • Technological e.g. heat/drought tolerant • • Behavioural e.g. purchasing decisions

22. With confidence? • A wide array of adaptation options is available, adapting with confidence reduces vulnerability • • Managerial, e.g. farm practices • Technological, e.g. heat/drought tolerant • • Behavioural, e.g. purchasing decisions • Though, there are economic, social, informational and attitudinal components in adapting with confidence

23. With confidence?

24. ‘Local’