Demand for Australian goats declined in the last 3 years
Australia is exporting fewer goats due to a decline in demand for live animals, informs Weekly Times Now magazine, who is quoting data from the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources’ annual report.
The country’s live goat trade is diminishing due to the fact that it was just a niche market supplying Malaysia. “Domestic goat prices have grown significantly in the past couple of years, which has meant Australian live goats are far less competitive in Malaysia when compared to other sources. Hence importers have reduced their orders and, in some cases, opted to import more lambs via airfreight instead of goats", mentioned a spokesman from the Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council.
Meat and Livestock Australia’s goat industry project manager, Julie Petty, said the decline coincided with a reduction in numbers, with the NSW goat population lower this year after a drop last year. NSW supplies most of the goats for this market. “Hopefully the population will be bumped up by more producers in Queensland getting into goats,” Ms Petty said.
Numbers analysed by Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) show that 26.6 million lambs were slaugh...
Simplifying further the policies and increasing the uptake of innovation and digitalisation are p...
The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FAVV) warns that dead or sick birds should n...
