This year top honours in the Gin Gin heifer competition went to first-time entrant Tim Croot, Koorian, who scored impressively to win the commercial section, when his pen of four Angus heifers scored 92 points out of a possible 100.
Shifts in consumption behaviour and incomes, combined with increasingly positive perceptions of Australian beef, paint a bright picture for suppliers of a premium product against a backdrop of the long term downward trend for overall red meat consumption.
A new financial literacy tool specifically designed for Australian agriculture has the potential to transform how Australian beef producers operate their businesses, Cattle Council Chief Executive Officer, Duncan Bremner, said.
The forecast continuation of the breed’s explosive past five years of growth means Wagyu has the “ability to turn the key in the Australian beef industry to start really adding value and profitably.”
A new financial literacy tool specifically designed for Australian agriculture has the potential to transform how Australian beef producers operate their businesses.