Option 2: Beef Cattle. We eat beef every day, might as well know why its killing us.
Beef Cattle is a growing industry throughout the world, and Australia is
playing a major part in this, while beef is quickly becoming one of our major industries itself.
In 2000-01, there were 35,000 establishments whose main income was derived
from beef cattle farming (25% out of a total of 140,000 establishments with an estimated value of agricultural operations
(EVAO) equal to or greater than $5,000). There were another 25,000 establishments (18%) whose main income involved significant
contributions from beef cattle combined with grain growing and/or sheep farming. *Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics*
Our exports include 988, 000 tonnes of beef and veal in 2000-01
This chart shows the major buyer:
|
| United States of America |
214.9 |
245.1 |
295.8 |
317.9 |
397.6 |
| Japan |
288.6 |
326.0 |
318.3 |
326.9 |
334.0 |
| Republic of Korea |
57.7 |
44.5 |
76.7 |
72.7 |
66.0 |
| Canada |
35.5 |
33.7 |
45.0 |
34.4 |
46.5 |
| Taiwan |
28.7 |
33.2 |
37.3 |
29.5 |
33.0 |
| Philippines |
22.1 |
24.5 |
22.8 |
17.9 |
20.3 |
| Indonesia |
24.0 |
11.4 |
6.3 |
15.4 |
12.7 |
| Malaysia |
7.4 |
7.1 |
7.5 |
7.3 |
8.8 |
| Puerto
Rico |
- |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
2.3 |
| Mexico |
1.0 |
3.7 |
4.3 |
3.8 |
7.9 |
| United
Kingdom |
8.4 |
10.3 |
8.1 |
7.4 |
6.7 |
| Other |
57.4 |
110.7 |
82.9 |
37.7 |
52.1 |
 | | | | | |
| Total |
745.6 |
850.2 |
905.4 |
871.3 |
988.0 |
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