Record year for goat slaughter, even with nine-month figures
Last year was a record year for goal slaughter and goatmeat product and export for Australia.
Although figures are only available for the first nine months of 2024, Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has confirmed that the totals for goat already surpass previous records.
Between January and September 2024, Australian meat companies processed more than 2.5 million head of goat. This is 4% higher than the full-year figure for 2023, which was the previous record.
Exports for the nine-month period last year reached a volume of close to 51,500 tonnes. This gives a substantially higher figure than the previous export volume record, the full-year figure for 2014, which was 35,778 tonnes.
MLA said that, although Australia produces only a small fraction of the world’s goatmeat, it is the number-one exporter.
