2002 Australian Agribusiness Forum - Sydney November 11.

Session 'A' Papers 1147 Kb

• The experience of New Zealand agricultural co-operatives in accessing global markets
  Dr Romuald E.  J. Rudzki and Karla Davidson, Massey University New Zealand

• The internationalisation of agricultural co-operatives – A source of conflict?
  Ignacio Donoso, Massey University New Zealand

• The impact of the 1997 swine FMD outbreak in Taiwan on demand for Australian beef
  Hui-Shung (Christie) Chang, University of New England, Armidale and Chung-Jen Hsia Agricultural Marketing Division, Council of Agriculture, Taipei, Taiwan

• Animal Product Consumption Trends in China
  Ji-Min Wang ^a, Zhang-Yue Zhou ^b and Rod Cox

• Cost of production on New Zealand dairy farms; the impact of feed conversion efficiency and milk price.
  P Salles, N M Shadbolt, J Hodgson, C Holmes & P Matthews College of Science, Massey University

• Efficiency Measurement of Australian Dairy Farms: National and Regional Performance
  Mary Graham School of Economics Deakin University and Dr. Iain Fraser Department of Economics and Finance La Trobe University

•  Decision aid to evaluate a change in feeding systems. A dairy case study on maize silage.
  Lloyd Davies, Economist, NSW Agriculture, Tocal Agricultural Centre. NSW

• Weather and Climate Services for Agriculture
  Ian Muirhead, Grant Beard, Barry Southern, Graham de Hoedt and Blair Trewin Steve Lellyett, Climate and Consultancy Services Manager NSW - Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology

• StockPlan - A drought decision tool for graziers
  Lloyd Davies Economist, NSW Agriculture, Tocal Agricultural Centre

• Who Can Help the Australian Sugar Industry?
  George Antony, Andrew Higgins and Mark Smith

Session 'B' Papers 606 Kb

• Information Communication to Coordinate Food Processor Customers and Suppliers
  Christine Storer Muresk Institute of Agriculture, Curtin University of Technology

• Consumer Trade-Off Factors for GM Food: A Queensland Case Study
  Geon Shim-Prydon Queensland Department of Primary Industries

• Agrifood Globalisation And Asia:  Asia And The Agrifood Trade Framework
  Andrew Mitchell - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

• Excellence in Food Value Chain Management: Ensuring Results by Creating Communities of Practice
  Richard Coutts and David Milstein 

• Agrifood Globalisation and Asia:Food Retailing and Foodservice The End of the Line for Asian Food Retail and Foodservice Players?
  Judith Laffan, Principal Analyst, Agrifood Research, Office of Trade Negotiations, DFAT

• Economic Issues for Plant Breeding – Public Funding and Private Ownership
  Professor Bob Lindner The University of Western Australia

• drumMUSTER Stewardship Success - The Collection and Recycling of Farm Chemical Containers
  Sam Ponder - General Manager - Agsafe Limited

• Aesop on Australian Agriculture
  Bruce Gardiner

• GM Herbicide Tolerant Canola - Benefits in an Australian Rotational Cropping System A Summary of Australian Roundup Ready® Canola Trials (1999 – 2001)
  Sam Grieve Commercial Manager, Canola Business, Monsanto Australia Ltd