Not exact matches
China is the world's largest
sheep meat producer with a flock estimated
at nearly 140 million in 2011, but output has been declining as farmable land shrinks due to urbanisation.
«The greatest demand is for
sheep meat and wool, dry land cropping and irrigated row cropping (
at scale) and permanent plantings like tree nuts and citrus,» Mr Thomas said.
According to the Department of Foreign Affairs website, Australia can export up to about 7500 tons of high - quality beef, and 42,000 tons of grain fed beef and 20,000 tons of
sheep meat to the EU
at low tariffs under this deal.
Exports last year the industry group put
at $ 670 million in beef and $ 240 million in
sheep meat would get a boost from the addition of 15 beef abattoirs to the list of permitted exporters and the establishment of new protocols around the slaughter of Australian
sheep and goats, it said.
«I believe a lot of the
sheep at the event will have plenty of positive impact on the
meat sheep industry.»