COVID leaves lamb supply chain in tatters

Annabelle Cleeland
Updated January 26 2022 - 11:14am, first published January 25 2022 - 10:40am
BROTHERS: Tom and Marcus Hooke, East Loddon Merino stud, Wanganella, NSW, sold 230 Merino ewes for $230 at Deniliquin, NSW, last week.
BROTHERS: Tom and Marcus Hooke, East Loddon Merino stud, Wanganella, NSW, sold 230 Merino ewes for $230 at Deniliquin, NSW, last week.

Victoria is facing a dire lamb shortage this Australia Day as meat companies warn of crippling shortages leaving farmers holding onto lambs destined for slaughter.

Annabelle Cleeland

Annabelle Cleeland is a Stock & Land journalist. She has worked at Australian Community Media for more than a decade serving in a number of roles including editor, senior journalist and national sheep & wool writer. She runs a fine Merino wool property with her young family in North-East Victoria.

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