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The real cost of dark cutting meat

<p>THE early stages of a three-year research project by CSIRO Food and Nutrition are estimating dark meat colour (dark cutting) is costing the Australian red meat industry about $500 million annually, a far cry from the $36 million previously quoted by Meat and Livestock Australia. By Pamela Lawson</p>

Jessica Strauss
The real cost of dark cutting meat

  But trials looking at cattle from King Island slaughtered at a processing plant in Tasmania are indicating there may be factors relating to pasture intake impacting on the incidences of dark cutting....

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A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Farming Ahead team.

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