Cattle shipments to China set to sail

Andrew Marshall
Updated January 5 2017 - 8:57am, first published 5:30am
Exporters suggest Chinese demand for live cattle for immediate processing  could see up to 150,000 shipped from southern Australia in 2017, and more next year.
Exporters suggest Chinese demand for live cattle for immediate processing could see up to 150,000 shipped from southern Australia in 2017, and more next year.

Australia’s first seabound live cattle shipments to Chinese meatworks are expected to be on the water within weeks.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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