COMPETING land use could pressure Australian beef and lamb production capacity in coming years, a recent analysis shows.
The battle for Australia’s land use is heating up with cropping, livestock production, forestry, conservation and government needs all competing for the same land, independent meat and livestock analyst Simon Quilty from Global Agritrends suggests in a recent paper.
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Simon Quilty
The extreme drought of 2018 and 2019 profoundly impacted land use in marginal farming areas of Australia and has made many farmers rethink how they manage the next drought, he suggested.
“As…