NT stations' cattle selling plans halted

Vanessa Binks
Updated July 19 2021 - 5:43pm, first published July 16 2021 - 7:06pm
REBUILD BEGINS: Undoolya Station's Ben Hayes will hang onto this season's females instead of selling them, to rebuild his herd after destocking throughout the drought.
REBUILD BEGINS: Undoolya Station's Ben Hayes will hang onto this season's females instead of selling them, to rebuild his herd after destocking throughout the drought.

AFTER three consecutive years of drought, central Australian cattle producers began selling off some of the largest numbers of stock in the country, reducing local herd sizes by up to 50 per cent.

Vanessa Binks

Vanessa Binks

Markets Editor/Journalist

I am the Markets Editor and journalist at the Stock Journal. I am based at Nuriootpa in SA's lower north.

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