NEW-SEASON Australian beef exports are off to a slow start, with just 51,471 tonnes of chilled and frozen beef shipped for January, Department of Agriculture records show.
Historically, January is the slowest month each year for overseas beef trade, as many large export processing plants are closed for the Christmas/New Year holidays and annual maintenance over the early/mid January period.
As herd recovery continues to gain momentum, production volume last month was noticeably up on the same period last year (last week excepted, due to the Australian Day public holiday), and this trend…
