Feed grains heading towards their own quality drivers

摘要

IIVESTOCK industries are a major market for grains on Australia's east coast and a significant market for grain exports from Western Australia and South Australia. The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource economics (ABARE) has estimated that80% of the annual demand for nearlynine million metric tonnes of feed grains (cereals, oilseeds and pulses) is from livestock industries in the eastern states. An analysis of this demand suggests that the current usage is shared almost equally between ruminant animals (feedlot cattle anddairy cows) and non-ruminant animals (pigs and poultry).