Beef is slaughtering its future as drought continues to bite herd

June 13 2019 - 3:30pm
UNWANTED RECORD: Australia continues to liquidate its cattle breeding herd because of drought which will limited export beef sales when the rains come again.
UNWANTED RECORD: Australia continues to liquidate its cattle breeding herd because of drought which will limited export beef sales when the rains come again.

Victoria and Western Australia led the field in Australia's record slaughter of female cattle in the first four months of the year.

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