Performance recorded under the Meat Standards Australia eating quality index improved last financial year, as the impact of the 2019-20 drought on the national cattle herd continues to recede.
As this graph shows, annual EQ index performance reached a peak in 2019-20, above 58, before falling for two consecutive years due to nutrition and drought impact on growth rate, and other factors.
Last year, 2022-23, the figure recovered to just above 57.5, lifting from 57.4 the year before.
Over the two year period 2021–23, the average MSA Index was 57.45, a small decrease from the 2019–21…
