Tridge summary
Botswana has imported its first live Australian cattle as part of an initiative to improve the genetic pool and provide quality genetics to local producers. The country's representative, Thapelo Seilaleksos, spent six months in Australia scouting for cattle breeds such as black and red Angus, Brahman, Charolais, Droughtmaster, Limousin, Murray Grey, Santa Gertrudis, Simmental, Shorthorn, and Wagyu. The government considers the chartering costs a worthwhile investment, with the expectation that the benefits will outweigh the costs. The imported cattle will be made available at subsidised prices, and the project also aims to increase Botswana's cattle population and achieve higher dairy self-sufficiency. Live export business AUSTREX played a key role in the preparation of the livestock for export and the negotiation of the import permit.
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Botswana representative Thapelo Seilaleksos attending Beef 2024 in Rockhampton. Picture: Ellouise Bailey Various breeds of live Australian cattle, including from Queensland, have been imported into Botswana for the first time in history. Representative Thapelo Seilaleksos spent the last six months travelling Australia, scouting for suitable cattle on behalf of the government to lift the country's genetic pool and provide quality genetics to its producers at a subsidise rate. He said the country had been reliant on genetics from South Africa, but wanted to cease livestock trade from there due to "uncontrollable foot-and-mouth disease". Last year, a representative from Botswana purchased and imported 163 head of live cattle from the United States. This year the country's second consignment were scouted from Australia. On Tuesday, Mr Seilaleksos' trip came to an end when he returned to Botswana with 92 head of live Australian cattle and 150 head of live dairy goats on a chartered ...
Source: Queenslandcountrylife
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