Raising Cattle for Sale in the Domestic and Export Market

 

Any business related to food does not need too much marketing as sustenance is a fundamental commodity necessary to survive.   Sustainability of the business is also not a question because food consumable product that needs to be replenished on a daily basis. The question really is where you’d want to position yourself in terms of its market and at which point of the supply chain.

Making your Choice

In Australia, the biggest industry is in agriculture in terms of production and revenue and employment generation.  You can either go into plant farming or raising cattle for sale domestically or export.  Vegetable and Fruit farming is more challenging because it could go wrong in so many ways such as invasion of pests, inadequate  rainfall,  choice of fertilizers and the like. Raising cattle for sale on the other hand requires less maintenance although bovines are susceptible several kinds of diseases and are also affected by the amount of rainfall – less rain, less grass. Nonetheless, these challenges are relatively simple to deal with.

Raising cattle for sale in the food industry or for livestock proliferation requires an ample amount of grass land.  A regular cow consumes about 100 kilograms of plant matter each day.  Wide open spaces are a requirement as these domesticated animals love the peace and quiet. Their growth is also affected by their state of mind.  A stressed cow is unable to sleep and a contented cow sleeps well for a total of two hours of about 10 minutes each in wide intervals.

Breed Choices from North to South

The choice of breed depends on the location of the farm and the kind of meat you’d want to sell.  Beef quality is determines by the size of cuts and the marbling of the beef. When choosing a breed, look for available cattle for sale in farms adjacent to yours.  Cattle farms are divided into two farming systems - Northern and Southern farms.  Northern farms raise Bos Indicus cattle because of its hardiness, tick resistance and its ability to cope with heat.  However, beef from the Bos Indicus (Brahman and Santa Gertrudis) produces lower quality beef and are package to make hamburger, hotdogs and beef jerky among others. Or they are shipped live to destinations like India or sent to Southern farms for fattening.  Cattle for sale in the Southern end of the Australian continent are usually of the Bos Taurus breed (British Angus and Hereford and French Charolais).

There thousands of cattle breeding farms all over Australia which are open to make business ties domestically and globally.  Visit the OZ Suppliers website and start a productive business connection.