Amby grazier John Beitz' switch from wool to meat Merino sheep

Lucy Kinbacher
Updated March 22 2018 - 1:59pm, first published March 9 2018 - 3:00pm
John Beitz, Middle Ridge, Amby, with some of his meat merinos.
John Beitz, Middle Ridge, Amby, with some of his meat merinos.

IT wasn’t too long ago that Amby grazier John Beitz had wild dogs eating out his calves and lambs with those that survived to make it to shearing rewarded with low wool prices.

Lucy Kinbacher

Lucy Kinbacher

Editor - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Raised on a cattle property at Biggenden, Lucy Kinbacher has spent 10 years working across metropolitan, regional and rural publications in both Queensland and NSW. Lucy has been the editor of the Queensland Country Life and North Queensland Register since 2021.

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