Domestic panic buying fails to halt drop in lamb prices

Vernon Graham
Updated March 25 2020 - 2:43pm, first published 11:30am
OFF THE BOIL: Lamb prices have come off the boil as coronavirus casts its shadow across key export sheepmeat markets.
OFF THE BOIL: Lamb prices have come off the boil as coronavirus casts its shadow across key export sheepmeat markets.

Domestic panic buying of meat hasn't offset uncertainty caused by coronavirus in key sheepmeat export market with the National Trade Lamb Indicator dropping by 31 cents in the past week to land on 897c a kilogram on Tuesday.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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