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Poultry Industry Calendar of Events
2019
JUL 9-14 – Australian Intercollegiate Meat Judging Association Careers Expo, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga www.icmj.com.au
JUL 10-12 – International Course ANECA Posture, Aguascalientes, Mexico www.aneca.org.mx
SEP 4-6 – International Poultry Science Symposium, Polanczyk Poland www.wpsa.pl
SEP 10-11 – Ideas Exchange 2019, Sydney NSW www.poultryhub.org/ ideas-exchange-conference-2019
SEP 16-20 –World Veterinary Poultry Association Congress, Bangkok, Thailand www.wvpac2019.com
SEP 17 – Poultry Meat Conference Northamptonshire, UK www. poultryconference.com/PMC/Default. aspx
SEP 20 – Judging – Royal Melbourne Poultry Show, The Grand Pavilion, Melbourne, VIC www.rasv.com.au/ royal-melbourne-poultry-show
OCT 23-25 – European Symposium on Poultry Genetics, Prague, Czech Republic www.espg2019.org
NOV 3-4 – Egg and Poultry Industry Conference, Celtic Manor, Usk, Wales www.epiconference.co.uk
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WITH the State Budget handed down last month, it’s hard not be a bit con- sumed with numbers.
Looking at the sector’s headline numbers, what do they tell us?
In the 2016-17 financial year, Queensland’s agri- cultural sector, includ- ing first stage process- ing, was worth almost $20.5 billion to the state economy.
Comparatively, it is esti- mated that the sector will be worth around $17.5 bil- lion this financial year – $3 billion less than the 2016-17 peak and about $200 million less than it was four years ago.
The 2018-19 numbers
by TRAVIS TOBIN CEO
are obviously impacted by some unfavourable seasonal conditions, with 65 percent of the state drought declared and the sector recovering from widespread flood- ing across the north of
the state in February this year.
But consider that in 2016- 17, the state’s drought dec- larations reached record levels at 87 percent and cyclone Debbie hit in March 2017 leaving an
extensive trail of damage from north Queensland down to northern NSW.
Looking at the trade numbers, annual exports for the state to the end of April 2019 reached re- cord levels at $85.2 bil- lion, with agriculture’s percentage remaining constant year on year be- tween 2014-15 to 2018-19.
However, at a farm level margins continue to be squeezed and profitabil- ity is increasingly being challenged across many industries.
A more general obser- vation is the substantial and sometimes painful reforms that underpinned the growth achieved in re-
cent decades have largely run their course and that favourable global prices account for about 90 per- cent of more recent past trend growth.
What these highlight is that the numbers can be useful but they can also be misleading when reflect- ing on the ‘health’ of the sector.
Ultimately, our col- lective goal should be on realising productive, profitable and sustain- able farm businesses and industries – this may or may not be pinned to re- alising a headline value number, so we must en- sure it does not cloud our focus.
Queensland agriculture by the numbers
Queensland rainfall deficiencies from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2019. Distribution based on gridded data. Australian Bureau of Meteorology.
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