South Africa: Beef industry healthy, more export opportunities beckon according to RPO Western Cape

Published Jun 1, 2021

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The Red Meat Producers' Organization (RPO) in the Western Cape has welcomed Nico Uys as its new chairman, successor to Louis Wessels, who led the organization through challenging times during the Covid-19 pandemic. Wessels highlighted the resilience of the red meat industry, with price increases for beef and mutton despite drought conditions and sheep slaughter numbers being down due to herd-building and losses from stock theft and predation. The industry has potential for growth in beef and live mutton exports, supported by the high quality of South African beef and positive market demand. The RPO is enthusiastic about the potential of live cattle exports for mutton production and the increased demand for storage lambs, despite ongoing drought impacts on production capacity in drought-stricken areas. For more information, the RPO can be contacted at 012 349 1102 or rpo@lantic.net.

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The Red Meat Producers' Organization (RPO) in the Western Cape's newly elected chairman, Nico Uys, from Region 8 (Heidelberg) will do its best to build on the good work already being done by this organization. In the process, he also wants to take this industry "further forward". Uys undertook this shortly after he was appointed chairman at the RPO's annual general meeting, which was presented virtually on 27 May 2021. Uys, who was the vice-chairman of the RPO, is succeeded by Jaco van den Berg of Region 12 (Murraysburg). Uys took over the reins from Louis Wessels, who has served as chairman for the past five years. At that meeting, Wessels said in his chairman's report for 2019 to 2021 that a report from the past two years was presented due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, but despite the challenges, the red meat industry still performed "excellently". He believes the South African beef industry is extremely competitive and is currently 30% below the world price norm. That ...

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