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Welcome to the Stock Feed Manufacturers' Council of Australia

The Stock Feed Manufacturers' Council of Australia (SFMCA) represents feed milling companies throughout Australia. SFMCA members manufacture over 5,500,000 tonnes of feed annually; this is principally feed which is supplied to commercial poultry, pig, beef, dairy, sheep, horse, aquaculture and household livestock producers.

SFMCA members operate 116 feed milling sites located in all States of Australia. The number of mills and volume of feed manufactured represents over 90% of all commercial feed sold within Australia.

What's new!

Document (25 Aug 2010)
Feed Grain Partnership Handout
Information about the Feed Grain Partnership is provided. This organisation brings livestock, grains and the stockfeed industries together the address common research and development goals in feed grains.

Issues Update (29 Jun 2010)
Food, Beverage & Tobacco Manufacturing Award
This is the employment award that covers the stockfeed industry. It replaces the former Milling Industry Award. This new award has been implemented under the Award Modernisation process. The attached copy is current at 29 June 2010. To confirm there is not a more recent award version refer to the Fair Work Australia website - www.fwa.gov.au

Document (28 Jun 2010)
SFMCA letter to Animal Health Australia on EADRA Horse Feed levies
This letter sets out the SFMCA's objection to using horse feed as a means of collecting levies in response to exotic disease outbreaks in the horse industry. Applying a levy on the sale of manufactured horse feed is biased against horse owners buying feed. Those owners not feeding their horse or mixing their own feeds would not pay any levy. The SFMCA is fighting against proposals to use the feed industry as a levy collection tool.

Issues Update (21 May 2010)
Issues Update May 2010
Looks at current issues, also includes some photos from our Milling Conference.

Event (7 May 2010)
Australian Grains Industry Conference 2010 - Crown Promenade Melbourne
www.ausgrainsconf.com

News Article (9 Feb 2010)
MLA Vendor Declaration Forms Released
MLA releases new Vendor Declaration Forms for stock feed ingredients.

Document (28 Jan 2010)
Vegetable Protein Meal Dangerous Goods Guidelines
These guidelines relate to the storage of vegetable protein meals that are classified as dangerous goods due to self combustion. The guidelines provide directions to allow compliance with work safety authority regulations.

Issues Update (11 Dec 2009)
Issues Update December 2009
Provides commentary on issues the SFMCA Federal Council is addressing.

Document (2 Dec 2009)
Feed Grain Update Report
This report written for the Feed Grain Partnership provides an update to data provided within a 2008 report entitled Benefits to Australian Grain Growers in the Feed Grain Market. The report identifies changes in the supply of Australian grains as well as those occuring in grain demand industries. Published ABS and ABARE grain stocks and use data are discussed.

Document (13 Nov 2009)
Submission - Wheat Export Marketing Inquiry
SFMCA Submission to the Wheat Export Marketing Inquiry conducted by the Productivity Commission. The submissionn addresses issues relating to provision of market supply and demand information and quality assurance.

Document (26 Aug 2009)
News Article - Accredited and accountable for food chain safety

Document (26 Aug 2009)
News Article - Growers turn to FeedSafe to counter grain contamination risks

Document (26 Aug 2009)
News Article - FeedSafe assures health and performance for livestock

Document (26 Aug 2009)
News Article -Program improves accountability for stock feed safety

Document (26 Aug 2009)
News Article - FeedSafe responds to animal welfare and food quality concerns

Document (14 Jul 2009)
Stockfeed Supply Chain Project Report
This report commissioned by the Victorian Stock Feed Manufacturers' Association documents the Australian feed supply chain from supply of raw materials to finished feed delivery on farm. The report uses supply chain mapping to define the supply chain and looks at food and feed safety hazards. The use of HACCP analysis provides information relating to risk hazards and existing quality assurance programs operating to minimise these hazards.

Document (13 Jul 2009)
Dairy Industry Market Update
This market update provided by Dairy Australia identifies trends in stockfeed use and the impact of lower milk prices on feed demand.

News Article (29 Jun 2009)
Revised Code of GMP and FeedSafe Audit Documents Released
The SFMCA has released a revised edition of the Code of Good Manufacturing Practice for the Feed Milling Industry. This follows endorsement of the revised Code by the Primary Industries Ministerial Council and the Commonwealth Animal Health Committee.

News Article (28 May 2009)
Australasian Milling Conference 2010
13-15 April 2010 at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne. Combined conference of the Stock Feed Manufacturers' Council of Australia, Flour Millers' Council of Australia and Australian Technical Miller's Association.

Document (3 Mar 2009)
OGTR GM in Stockfeed Fact Sheet
This Fact Sheet from the OGTR provides information on GM ingredient use in stockfeed.

Document (3 Mar 2009)
ABARE GM in Stockfeed Report 2009
This report documents availability and use of GM ingredients in animal feeding.

Document (3 Feb 2009)
GRDC Ground Cover Feedgrains Supplement
This publication provides information on the Australian feedgrain market.

News Article (11 Sep 2008)
Relase of Feed Ingredient Purchasing Guidelines
Feed mills as part of FeedSafe need to have an approved supplier list, with this being based upon supliers capacity to supply low risk feed ingredients.

News Article (14 May 2008)
Stock Feed Legislation Listing
Legislation for the manufacture and supply of stock feed has been updated and is available to SFMA members on the FeedSafe Manual page of this website.

News Article (29 Apr 2008)
AOF Presentation - Implications of ending the GM Canola Moratoria
This presentation provides details relating to global GM crop production and the 2008 Australian canola crop. Details relating to the production of GM canola and methods of segregation of canola seed through to canola meal are presented.

News Article (2 Apr 2008)
ARA Accredited Rendering Site Listing
SFMCA members can download the listing of ARA Accredited Rendering Sites from the FeedSafe section of our website. This listing identifies Australian rendering plants that have met accreditation standards.