Swine fever pushes up sheep and beef price

December 1 2019 - 3:00pm
Rabobank senior animal proteins analyst Angus Gidley-Baird said there was considerable upside potential for prices, given livestock inventories for both sheep and cattle are at their lowest levels in more than 20 years.
Rabobank senior animal proteins analyst Angus Gidley-Baird said there was considerable upside potential for prices, given livestock inventories for both sheep and cattle are at their lowest levels in more than 20 years.

AUSTRALIAN beef and sheepmeat prices are set to remain strong in 2020, as African swine fever (ASF) continues to grip the global animal protein sector and pull down overall sectoral growth, according to Rabobank's just-released Global Animal Protein Outlook 2020.

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