New Zealand lamb slaughter hits 12m head
With Australia and New Zealand making up between 80%-90% of the global lamb and mutton supply, how have our counterparts from across the ditch been going this year? From January to May, New Zealand and Australia were neck and neck with lamb slaughter, with both hitting 10 million head. However, since then the New Zealand numbers have slowed significantly, which is in line with historical trends, to see 12.8m slaughtered from January to August. Australia has gone on to hit 16m head slaughtered in that time.
