Japan’s social media has been abuzz recently over Asahi Breweries’ new canned offering that features a removable top, allowing them to be chugged down like an ice-cold mug of draft beer, known as nama in Japanese. Beer makers suffering from a plunge in consumption at restaurants and bars during the pandemic are zeroing in on canned beer, backed by tax
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Berwick-based Simpsons Malt has reduced net CO2 emissions from its wagons by up to 90% after switching its fleet from diesel to HVO fuel. HVO, or hydrotreated vegetable oil, is a synthetic, paraffinic fuel made from 100% renewable raw materials. It is stable, sustainable and high quality, offering better combustion, filterability and cold temperature resistance than other diesel products. In
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Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) predicts Australian farmgate production will break records at $66.3 billion this year. ABARES’ June quarter 2021 Agriculture Commodities report shows how the sector has navigated the uncertainties and challenges posed by COVID-19, as well as changes in the international trade landscape. The value of agricultural exports is forecast at just under $47B in 2020-21, according
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