Australian beef farming soars in international markets

According to forecasts this year, the number of Australian cattle will exceed 28 million. A statistical study highlights that in the country during the next two years the production of cows for meat and milk will continue to increase despite the bad omens about the weather effects. Ripley Atkinson, an analyst for the Australian body Meat and Livestock of Australia, points out that market projections for 2023 will mean a substantial increase to reach 28.8 million head of beef. However, and looking back, he recalled the bad dry times in 2020 and 2021, when producers could not fulfill contracts due to lack of stock and a huge gap was created. In those two years, added the analyst, only 24.5 million cows were counted. For his part, Colin Greenfield, owner of a cattle farm in South Australia, told ABC journalist Lucy Cooper that during times of crisis, many farmers, instead of taking their herds to slaughter, encouraged raising cattle, which was very positive due to the increase in ...