Ag production and export values hit by dry season

Andrew Marshall
Updated September 19 2017 - 9:15am, first published 6:30am
Drying seasonal conditions are likely to drive a rise in cattle slaughter numbers after two years of declining turn-off, but prices are expected to slip as domestic supplies at saleyards increase and competition in export markets gets tighter.
Drying seasonal conditions are likely to drive a rise in cattle slaughter numbers after two years of declining turn-off, but prices are expected to slip as domestic supplies at saleyards increase and competition in export markets gets tighter.

For the second time in a week the thirsty seasonal outlook has tarnished the news from commodity forecaster, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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