The live sheep trade – a personal reflection

PICTURED at Sheepvention last year is the FEEDTEST stand, with its presence harkening back to small beginnings in the 1980s at Hamilton’s then Pastoral Research Institute. The procurement of near infrared spectroscopy testing at the time was an important step to its success in the analysis of feed quality. Photo: SUPPLIED.

By Admin

July 22, 2024 | 5:00 PM

BARRING a change of government, Australian live sheep exports are set to totally cease in 2028, so ending an important trade for the sheep industry (albeit now confined to Western Australia) but having been plagued by controversy for over forty years.

My perspective on this trade does not relate to the tidal wave of opposition from animal rights activists, the anti-meat lobby and the current Federal Labor Government with its fellow-travellers.