Slaughter rates climb due to dry

Kristen Frost
Updated November 15 2018 - 7:15am, first published November 7 2018 - 1:11pm
ON THE UP: Sheep and cattle slaughter rates have risen this year, with levels anticipated to finish well above 2017.
ON THE UP: Sheep and cattle slaughter rates have risen this year, with levels anticipated to finish well above 2017.

After tracking near even with 2017 for the first three months of the year, a long dry winter, expensive feed and scarce grass on the ground had farmers de-stocking their paddocks to the abattoir.

Kristen Frost

Kristen Frost

National Sheep and Wool Writer

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