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Australia’s cattle herd to grow after low cow slaughter rate

02/03/2023

Further analysis of Australia’s cattle slaughter in 2022 has revealed that the percentage of cows in the total was the lowest it has been since 1996 and the fifth lowest since records began.

Promotional body Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) has quoted a figure of 5.8 million head for the total slaughter last year. It now emerges that 42.8% of the total were female.

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