Year 9 HASS – Food production lamb – YourLibrary@MLC

Year 9 HASS
Lamb

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Library Catalogue

This page has been created to support Year 9 HASS students with their task on Food Production in Australia.

Some note making sheets with focus questions to direct your research.

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General Information

Meat and livestock Australia. (2017). Fast facts: Australia’s sheep industry. https://www.mla.com.au/globalassets/mla-corporate/prices–markets/documents/trends–analysis/fast-facts–maps/mla_sheep-fast-facts-2017_final.pdf

Sheep Central. (2019). Australian lamb exports set to reach new peak. https://www.sheepcentral.com/australian-lamb-exports-set-to-reach-new-peak/

Major problems facing food production

DISEASES

Hough, C. (2015, July 1). Sheep diseases cost Australian farmers $2 billion each year. ABC News. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2015-07-01/sheep-diseases-cost-producers-billions/6587568

DEMAND

Mitchell, J. (2018). Lamb consumption on the decline, according to Meat and Livestock Australia. Retrieved from https://www.theland.com.au/story/5543439/lamb-consumption-on-the-decline/#!

DROUGHT

Coming soon.

PREDATION

Meat & Livestock Australia. (n.d.). Predation management. https://www.mla.com.au/research-and-development/genetics-and-breeding/sheep/reproduction/predation-management

Pancia, A. (2018, March 8). Foxes take $28 million bite out of Australian agricultural sector, so farmers fight back. ABC News. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-07/fox-numbers-take-bite-out-of-australian-agriculture-economy/9485428

Queensland Government. (2019). Protecting sheep and lambs from predators. https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/farms-fishing-forestry/agriculture/livestock/animal-welfare/sheep-health/predators

TECHNOLOGY

Coming soon.

Sustainable solutions

References

Fir0002. (2005). Sheep eating grass [Image]. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheep_eating_grass_edit02.jpg

Last updated 11 March 2020