AUSTRALIAN beef exports surged during March, in line with a rise in rates of slaughter as the year progresses.
Shipments to all markets reached 98,978 tonnes, the highest monthly level seen since 2021.
That’s considerably better than the five-year average for March exports of 90,629t – although those statistics include years that were both greatly inflated and greatly deflated, due to the drought cycle and cattle turnoff patterns.
Most significant markets showed progress in volume last month, after February exports reached just 70,300t.
As weekly national slaughter data has shown,…
