Intercollegiate Meat Judging Association students examine the ration at Mort & Co’s Grassdale feedlot last year. Photo: Eric Barker
THE feedlot sector looks like it has maintained its position as Australia’s biggest user of feedgrain, with grain comprising roughly 50-70 percent of rations.
According to the Stock Feed Manufacturers Council of Australia latest figures, the feedlot sector consumed 6.5 million tonnes (Mt) of feed in 2018, including 3.9Mt of grain.
Since Beef Central released its last Top 25 Lot Feeders survey in 2015, what goes into the benchmark ration has changed.
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