SHAKE UP AT MEAT & LIVESTOCK AUSTRALIA, AS INDUSTRY GRUMBLES ABOUT FUNDING
September 1st, 2014
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) will cut its budget by 10% per cent of its operating costs and plans on revamping its research programmes, amidst grumbles from the industry about its funding arrangements. Job losses amongst its 248 staff are anticipated.The MLA's new managing director Richard Norton, who took over the marketing and research agency in May, expects a fall in levy revenue from producers of about Australian dollars AUD6 million (USD5.6 million) over the coming two years because record cattle sales over the previous two years are unlikely to be ...
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