date:Apr 09, 2014
Chinese meat processing capacity continues to expand apace with the latest announcement of a new 50,000-head beef lot and slaughtering plant in the mid-sized city of Xiangyang in the central province of Hubei.
However one of the countrys foremost beef breeding researchers believes any meat plant here will struggle to source cattle.
Chinas smaller farmers in particular prefer to sell to smaller slaughterhouses because they are more conveniently located, says Professor Xu Shangzhong, a beef g