IT was not surprise that the sequence of public holiday-shortened working weeks during April had a significant impact on Australian beef export volume shipped for the month.
DAFF figures released this morning show total beef exports to all markets last month reached only 72,063 tonnes. That was down a dramatic 27,000t or 27pc on the previous month, but up 10,300t or 17pc from April last year, when slaughter cattle supply was still extremely tight, due to drought-driven herd recovery.
For the calendar year to date (January- April), beef exports have now reached almost 293,000t, about…
