date:Apr 09, 2014
enetics specialist at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS).
The vast majority (95%) of Chinas cattle breeders/fatteners keep only one to nine beasts, according to Xus research. Thus, he says: It will remain difficult for the larger processors to suck up any more cattle supply.
The government wants to consolidate the sector, but this will remain very difficult, stresses Xu, noting, It will be much easier to import 30,000 tons of Australian beef than it is to source 30,000 ton