Deal may be close on Cootamundra abattoir purchase

Meat and livestock analyst Simon Quilty linked up with four fellow analysts in Brazil, the US and China last week, trying to make sense of trade wars, tariffs, global demand and supply and the potential ongoing impact of African Swine Fever and drought in Australia for 2019. Here’s a summary of their views….

Customs authorities in China have detained a man attempting to smuggle prized Japanese Wagyu cattle genetics into the country. The man was detained at Shanghai airport with frozen Wagyu cattle embryos, removed illegally from Japan.