Cattle Council Report

Summary

Talk about having big shoes to fill... For those who may not know, I have recently taken on the late Alastair Henderson's position as ACV representative to CCA. This involves four face to face meetings a year as well as contributing to policy formulation and discussions throughout the year. From November 12 to 14 I attended the CCA AGM, Animal Health and Welfare Consultative Committee meeting and the CCA board meeting. This coincided with the RMAC and MLA producer forums and the MLA AGM, all of which I attended as an observer. Obviously a LOT of red meat industry issues were discussed over the three days - certainly far too many to cover in this report - but I have attempted to distil it down to some essential points that are of most relevance and significance to ACV.