Australia's cattle industry is being celebrated for its efforts to reduce emissions and become more sustainable.

A Meat and Livestock Australia report shows the sector has reduced carbon emissions by 70 percent over the past two decades. 

Solid waste to landfill by the processing sector has fallen by the around the same amount. 

Rural Editor Emily Minney caught up with Australian Beef Sustainability Framework Spokesman Patrick Hutchinson. 

Listen to the full interview above or Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast

Australia's cattle industry is being celebrated for its efforts to reduce emissions and become more sustainable.
A Meat and Livestock Australia report shows the sector has reduced carbon emissions by 70 percent over the past two decades.&nbsp;
Solid waste to landfill by the processing sector has fallen by the around the same amount.&nbsp;
Rural Editor Emily Minney caught up with Australian Beef Sustainability Framework Spokesman Patrick Hutchinson.&nbsp;
Listen to the full interview above or Subscribe to the National Rural News podcast: http://bit.ly/RuralNewsPodcast

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The Rural News is market leader, dealing exclusively with stories of interest to the farming sector and has the support of Australia&rsquo;s largest media business and international correspondents.