Goat flock grows again in Australia

20/04/2022

Red meat promotions body Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has said the country’s goat flock recovered in 2021, leading to an end in a downward trend in goat slaughter that had been in place since 2015.

MLA said several years of drought conditions had led to a smaller national flock of goats, but that widespread rainfall during 2020 and sustained good conditions owing to a La Niña weather pattern during 2021 had led flock numbers to increase.