FARMGATE returns generated via the Meat Standards Australia eating quality-based grading system generated additional value worth more than $204 million last financial year, Meat & Livestock Australia has estimated.
The figure was a significant increase from a calculation of $157m delivered in 2020–21, and more than the previous record high of $198m in 2018–19.
A record 55 percent of national adult slaughter cattle were graded for MSA last year, representing 3.25 million cattle processed through 39 licenced processors. Outright numbers have fallen for the past two years due to low…
