Beware bad lamb genetics says Cowra meat processor

Vernon Graham
March 16 2020 - 5:00pm
NO SECOND BEST: Matt Pollard, manager of Breakout River Meats at Cowra, says the abattoir's customers have become much more fussy because of record lamb prices.
NO SECOND BEST: Matt Pollard, manager of Breakout River Meats at Cowra, says the abattoir's customers have become much more fussy because of record lamb prices.

The manager of a NSW abattoir which processes livestock exclusively for domestic butchers has warned lamb producers they will have to focus harder on using the right genetics or cop a price backlash from increasingly fussy buyers.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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