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admin | Food & Beverages | 15 Jan 2022 05:38:52
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Recovery drives livestock value… 

Australia’s livestock value will increase substantially. Hence, the prediction is for it to increase by 8% to $33.4 billion in 2022. There is an increasing demand and short supply. Thus, it’s driving the prices higher. So far, the economic recovery is the main reason for driving livestock value to record highs. In fact, the prediction is that favourable conditions in Australia will continue in 2022. It helps to support building flock and herd. Thus far, as countries reopen their borders, global demand for livestock increases with it. So, the border reopening is helping to drive a return to positive global economic growth. Hence, It helps to increase disposable income and positive consumer confidence.  Furthermore, savings during lockdowns contribute to the demand too.

Domestic conditions

So far, the encouraging seasonal conditions during 2021 may continue into 2022. Prediction is that it will support wool and dairy product production. Thus far, it helps to rebuild cattle herds and sheep flocks. Therefore, beef, mutton, and lamb production will increase too. However, lamb and mutton may increase relatively more than beef.

So, record-high cattle prices may continue to increase further. Thus far, it is a great incentive for farmers to maximise weight gains before selling the stock. It provides a better income. The future looks good for the farmers with increasing revenue. Red meat and livestock prices will continue to increase. Thus far, higher market prices encourage farmers to increase production. So, the gross value of slaughtered sheep and cattle production will increase. There is a healthy domestic price because of restocking demands. The value of cattle to be slaughtered is to increase by 16 percent.  So, it will be worth about $15 billion. Furthermore, the value of sheep and lamb is to increase by 16 percent too. Thus far, the prediction is that average saleyard prices may increase more than 11 percent for beef and 8 percent for lamb.  

Global demand

Prices are soaring as the global demand increases for meat supplies. Moving forward, global prices for beef and sheepmeat will increase. In the last 12 months, meat prices in the USA have risen substantially. Thus, resulting in more lamb exports to the USA at higher prices. Australia’s lower beef productions will restrict the ability to take advantage of export opportunities.

Thus far, sheepmeat volumes are may increase by 9 percent and beef by 5 percent. However, these may remain lower than 2019/20 export levels. The prices of Chinese beef imports are likely to remain high too. Brazil suspended beef exports to China in September 2021. It identified cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in domestic meat facilities. Hence, China had imposed a ban on Brazilian beef imports. Therefore, some of these beef exports were redirected to the thriving USA market.

So far, Argentina has put a restriction on its beef export because of domestic reasons too. Thus, the restriction on Argentinian beef exports has put a greater impact on beef exports to China. However, it has a lesser impact on the USA and European markets. 

China’s pork production

Thus far, the USA Department of Agriculture predicts a reduction in China’s pork production by almost 5 percent. This is mostly because of the high input costs, especially feed grains. So, these factors together with the increases in meat demand will most probably put upward pressure on the Chinese meat market. Therefore, this may help Australian meat exports to China. There is an advantage, especially for mutton exports. Thus far, mutton demand is somewhat sensitive to the Chinese.

Positive outlook

Australian lamb and mutton production is forecast to be 680,000 tonnes. So, beef production expects to increase to 2 million tonnes. Sheep slaughter may increase by 13 percent because of attractive prices for marginal ewes. They were kept for an extra season to rebuild the stock. Hence, lamb production will increase due to the flock rebuilding program that brings more lamb to the market. 

While beef herds are rebuilding too, prediction in the slaughter of cattle may not be as high as for sheep. The easing and reopening of border restrictions may minimise labour shortages for some meat processors. Thus, providing an opportunity for production to increase.

Export volumes are forecast to increase at a slightly higher rate than production. So, the high global prices may divert additional beef to export markets. This is forecast to result in lower volumes of domestic retail beef, continuing a trend of falling beef and sheep meat consumption per person relative to pork and chicken in Australia

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