1367.2 - State and Regional Indicators, Victoria, Mar 2008  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 15/05/2008   
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LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTERING AND MEAT PRODUCTION

Between February 2007 and February 2008, the trend estimate for total meat production for Victoria fell by 5.1% from 60,057.9 tonnes to 56,992.7 tonnes. The production of veal and lamb increased by 12.6% and 0.2% respectively, while falls in production were recorded for pig meat (-12.8%), beef (-7.6%) and mutton (-3.1%) over the period.


Total Meat Production, Victoria: Trend


The trend estimate for livestock slaughtering decreased by 132,100 (9.6%) between February 2007 and February 2008. This decrease was a result of reductions across all five categories of livestock. Pig slaughtering experienced the highest fall (-21.6%) while calves, sheep, cattle and lamb slaughtering decreased by 18.9%, 15.2%, 11.2% and 5.1% respectively over the period.

View underlying table as an Excel spreadsheet: 1367.2 Table 20, Livestock Slaughtering and Meat Production, Victoria, All Series (file size 15kB).

View underlying table as an Excel spreadsheet: 1367.2 Table 21, Other Agricultural Production (file size 15kB).



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