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Weekly kill: Drier conditions in some areas see kills on the rise

AFTER weeks, and in many cases months of saturated conditions, grazing paddocks across some parts of eastern Australia are starting to dry out enough for slaughter cattle movements to resume.

The effect has been a lift in throughput at many sites this week, with fewer disruptions in sight.

The weekly NLRS slaughter report for the seven days ended Friday had not been compiled by the time this item was posted, but results will be added here when they are released.

But anecdotally, at least, processors in Queensland and parts of NSW are lifting throughput this week and managing to place…

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