Indonesian opportunities are endless: NT cattleman

Written by Linda Mantova, Australian Brahman Breeders Association

Opportunities are endless for Australian Brahman producers exporting live cattle to Indonesia, according to Northern Territory cattleman, Brad Inglis.

Operating Sturt Plains Station, 360km south of Katherine, Mr Inglis and partner, Lisa Dyer run a herd of 7000 grey Brahmans, including 2700 breeders, and the family group have been exporting cattle since it began.

Brad believes producers can reap the benefits of the Indonesian President, Prabowo Subianto’s program launched this year to combat childhood malnutrition, which is aimed at providing every schoolchild and pregnant woman in the country with more nutritious meals including fresh beef and milk daily.

“That’s huge – 90 million mouths to feed beef to daily,” Mr Inglis said.

Shipping 18 decks of Brahman steers to Indonesia late last year, the couple believes a grading system should be introduced to the live export market.

“Live export is our main market, but we have sold our cattle to bullock growers over recent years when the market has been strong, and to some feedlots down south, mainly because it was a bit better money than the export job at the time,” he said.

“However, at the moment export is where we are at. We load trucks here and the cattle are weighed at the Katherine weighbridge, with our most recent steers averaging 405 kilograms.

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