Cattle shortage forces processor cut backs

By Shan Goodwin
Updated February 17 2016 - 7:21am, first published February 16 2016 - 12:51pm
Processors are scaling back daily throughput numbers in response to tightening cattle supply.
Processors are scaling back daily throughput numbers in response to tightening cattle supply.

DAILY throughputs across Eastern Seaboard beef processing plants are being wound back at an increasingly fast rate as exporters butt up against tougher trading conditions in overseas markets combined with dwindling cattle supply.

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