“The research and development body predicts that large numbers of grass-fed cattle from the Channel Country will head to feedlots and processors, and from there to markets, and dinner tables around the world.”
You’re gonna have to excuse me if I am sceptical of any price reductions for us locals.
Is this really something we need more of?
Does it correlate with this?
Watch how much it stops when the El Nino goes brutally dry. Brace yourself for the news articles about the poor farmers with starving stock.
I’d hazard a guess that it does.
The sceptic in me suggests that with El Nino returning farmers might be destocking before the inevitable drought.
Eat more goat, real cheap if you can find it! Plus more ethical than beef, etc.
If people are consuming beef so often that price is an issue, they probably need to consider cutting down.
