Big beef price hike tipped for producers who can hang on

Vernon Graham
Updated May 3 2019 - 8:42am, first published April 30 2019 - 2:00pm
NUMBERS DROUGHT: The national beef herd is expected to slip to 25.2 million head by June on the back of drought and floods in north west Queensland.
NUMBERS DROUGHT: The national beef herd is expected to slip to 25.2 million head by June on the back of drought and floods in north west Queensland.

The latest industry projections from Meat and Livestock Australia have underlined the potential for an outbreak of cattle buying fever in the event of major drought-breaking rains.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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