Australia: A year of highs sets the stage for a jam-packed 2025

Published 2024년 12월 11일

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In 2024, Australia's goatmeat industry saw record-breaking performances in both exports and slaughter numbers, with the United States being the largest market. The industry also hosted the National Goat Roadshow webinar series and updated its 'Going into Goats' resources. Looking ahead to 2025, the industry plans to mandate eID for sheep and goats, introduce a new Harvest Rangeland Goat LPA module, and conduct a tag retention study, supported by government grants. Additionally, the Goat Industry Research, Development and Adoption Committee has outlined four investment priorities for the year, based on a recent RD&A scoping analysis survey, ready to advertise tender opportunities in early 2025.

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For Australia's goatmeat industry, 2024 has set the stage for a busy but prosperous 2025 – from market activities, to research, development and adoption programs, find out what’s in store. A look back at 2024: Record exports and slaughter Australian goatmeat has broken records across the globe this year. As of November, exports for 2024 have smashed the previous Australian record of 35,778 tonnes from 2014 to hit a new high of 46,939 tonnes. The United States (US) continues to be Australia’s largest goatmeat export market, comprising 54% of all exports this year. Rounding out the top five markets are South Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan and Canada. The majority of exported goatmeat continues to be frozen, either as a whole carcase or in a six-way split. In line with exports, slaughter has also hit record highs, reaching an all-time high of 74,226 goats in August. Slaughter has continued to hold steady with 63,518 goats at the end of November, well above the November 2023 figures ...

Source: Mla