Live cattle shipments soar in first quarter of 2019, up by 21pc

Vernon Graham
April 18 2019 - 11:00am
Indonesia imported 618,754 cattle from Australia in the 12 months to March with the bulk of them feeder cattle for fattening in local feedlots.
Indonesia imported 618,754 cattle from Australia in the 12 months to March with the bulk of them feeder cattle for fattening in local feedlots.

Live cattle exports have gone gangbusters for the first three months of the year, up 21 per cent year-on-year to 271,000 head.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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