PEA - Stats + Quotes Flashcards
ECOL - % GHG comdair makes up of aus total GHG emissions
~2% - Dairying Australia, 2022
ECOL - % GHG in dairying comes from…
60% GHG produced comes from enteric methane (cow burps) - Dairying Australia 2022
ECOL - % commitment aus dairying industry has made to reduce GHG by which year
30% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030
ECOL - % seaweed emission reduction
seaweed can reduce methane emissions by up to 80% (CSIRO 2022)
ECON - comp adv: how much of cattle feed requirements in SE aus comes from grazing?
65% (Dairy Aus)
ECOL - fut dir: shelter belts (of trees as corridor for biodiversity) impact
reduce summer heat loads in cows up to 50% - Victoria dept. environment, 2019)
ECOL - silage plastic wrap currently unrecycled in Aus
95% (Dairy Aus 2021)
ECOL - aims for silage wrap
recycle 100% by 2030 (Dairy Aus 2022)
ECON - comp adv: fut dir: changing scale/size of farms?
Past 40 yrs - 75% decrease in no CoDa farms in aus, avg herd size more than doubled —> economies of scale, acquisitions + mergers
Biggest producer of milk globally? (not country)
EU - 150million metric tons per year (Jacoby 2021)
Fastest growing region of commercial dairying
South-East Asia
not a stat but WHATEVER. what’s the definition of comda?
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.
how much water do cows consume per day?
~150L
ECOL: fut dir - how much can genetically engineered cows reduce methane production by?
80% - DataGene
ECOL: % farms w/ reveg program in riparian ecosystems in past 10 years
> 50% (Dairy Aus 2018)
ECON - % export to China from Aus
30% (Rural Bank 2020)
SOCI - how many ppl employed on-farm or in manufacturing in Aus, related to CD?
38 000
EE - how much milk does LPC produce each year
30 million litres
EL - normal price of milk selling to supplier vs LPC selling to A2
normal: 42c/L
LPC: 60c/L
Economic + Econ Impact - How many full-time jobs does dairying create globally
240 million (UN FAO)
Econ Impact - how much is aus dairy production estimated to be worth 2022-23
6 billion (Dept. agriculture 2022)
% of regular price of milk A2 sells for
150%
SOCIO - median age farmers
50-60 (guardian 2017)
ORGANIS - market share coles + Woolies
70%
ORGAN - name of enquiry, year, result
NSW dairy industry inquiry 2022. Result: Milk Supply Agreement = more transparency in prices so farmers cannot be sold short
Bengbu farm - how big is the milking herd?
20 000 (Dairy global 2022)
ECON impact - how much of India’s GDP is from dairying?
5%
ECON or SOC impact - CD supporting regional communities?
“the dairy industry… revitalises + rejuvenates small towns” (Dairy Australia)
ECON impact - dairying multiplier effect
2.5x
