PEA - Stats + Quotes

Question 1

ECOL - % GHG comdair makes up of aus total GHG emissions

Answer 1

~2% - Dairying Australia, 2022

Question 2

ECOL - % GHG in dairying comes from…

Answer 2

60% GHG produced comes from enteric methane (cow burps) - Dairying Australia 2022

Question 3

ECOL - % commitment aus dairying industry has made to reduce GHG by which year

Answer 3

30% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030

Question 4

ECOL - % seaweed emission reduction

Answer 4

seaweed can reduce methane emissions by up to 80% (CSIRO 2022)

Question 5

ECON - comp adv: how much of cattle feed requirements in SE aus comes from grazing?

Answer 5

65% (Dairy Aus)

Question 6

ECOL - fut dir: shelter belts (of trees as corridor for biodiversity) impact

Answer 6

reduce summer heat loads in cows up to 50% - Victoria dept. environment, 2019)

Question 7

ECOL - silage plastic wrap currently unrecycled in Aus

Answer 7

95% (Dairy Aus 2021)

Question 8

ECOL - aims for silage wrap

Answer 8

recycle 100% by 2030 (Dairy Aus 2022)

Question 9

ECON - comp adv: fut dir: changing scale/size of farms?

Answer 9

Past 40 yrs - 75% decrease in no CoDa farms in aus, avg herd size more than doubled —> economies of scale, acquisitions + mergers

Question 10

Biggest producer of milk globally? (not country)

Answer 10

EU - 150million metric tons per year (Jacoby 2021)

Question 11

Fastest growing region of commercial dairying

Answer 11

South-East Asia

Question 12

not a stat but WHATEVER. what’s the definition of comda?

Answer 12

Capital and labour-intensive agricultural farming in which the main activity is the production of milk to be sold as such or processed into cream, butter, cheese, or powdered milk.

Question 13

how much water do cows consume per day?

Answer 13

~150L

Question 14

ECOL: fut dir - how much can genetically engineered cows reduce methane production by?

Answer 14

80% - DataGene

Question 15

ECOL: % farms w/ reveg program in riparian ecosystems in past 10 years

Answer 15

> 50% (Dairy Aus 2018)

Question 16

ECON - % export to China from Aus

Answer 16

30% (Rural Bank 2020)

Question 17

SOCI - how many ppl employed on-farm or in manufacturing in Aus, related to CD?

Answer 17

38 000

Question 18

EE - how much milk does LPC produce each year

Answer 18

30 million litres

Question 19

EL - normal price of milk selling to supplier vs LPC selling to A2

Answer 19

normal: 42c/L
LPC: 60c/L

Question 20

Economic + Econ Impact - How many full-time jobs does dairying create globally

Answer 20

240 million (UN FAO)

Question 21

Econ Impact - how much is aus dairy production estimated to be worth 2022-23

Answer 21

6 billion (Dept. agriculture 2022)

Question 22

% of regular price of milk A2 sells for

Answer 22

150%

Question 23

SOCIO - median age farmers

Answer 23

50-60 (guardian 2017)

Question 24

ORGANIS - market share coles + Woolies

Answer 24

70%

Question 25

ORGAN - name of enquiry, year, result

Answer 25

NSW dairy industry inquiry 2022. Result: Milk Supply Agreement = more transparency in prices so farmers cannot be sold short

Question 26

Bengbu farm - how big is the milking herd?

Answer 26

20 000 (Dairy global 2022)

Question 27

ECON impact - how much of India’s GDP is from dairying?

Answer 27

5%

Question 28

ECON or SOC impact - CD supporting regional communities?

Answer 28

“the dairy industry… revitalises + rejuvenates small towns” (Dairy Australia)

Question 29

ECON impact - dairying multiplier effect

Answer 29

2.5x