date:May 09, 2013
season up north.
The compounding effects of the 2011 banof live cattle exports to Indonesia have also been a major contributing factor to falling cattle prices. Live cattle exports to Indonesia in 2012-13 were down 38 per cent from 220,621 in 2011-12 to 137,2715, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), presented in a report by meat industry body Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA).
The MLA reports that the beef surplus has seen a significant increase in beef shipments