Lambslide: National slaughter numbers dive to lowest levels since 2012

Updated July 17 2020 - 1:49pm, first published 9:30am
SHEEPMEAT SQUEEZE: Lamb and mutton slaughter numbers nosedived in May and and continue to drop.
SHEEPMEAT SQUEEZE: Lamb and mutton slaughter numbers nosedived in May and and continue to drop.

Australia's lamb slaughter plummeted to 1.45 million head in May, 33 per cent below year-ago levels and the lowest monthly slaughter since January 2012.

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