WHILE the early part of November was caught up in shortened supply of slaughter cattle due to the October rain, numbers returned by mid-November and beef exporters turned in a creditable 95,469 tonnes for the month.
According to Department of Agriculture and Water Resourcesthis takes the 11-month progressive tally for the calendar year to 1.033 million tonnes which is up by 11pc on the same period last year.
With remaining shifts covered for numbers until season closure, December exports should comfortably take the result for the full year to around 1.12mt.
That will be a significant result as in recent times only the two big drought liquidation years of 2014 and 2015 saw bigger export tonnages.
Since then the national herd is thought to hav…
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