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Published on: 2/15/2005
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Alister Ferguson is Marketing Manager of Organic Meat Company, a subsidiary of ACO certified meat exporter Sanger Australia Pty Ltd.He believes Australia is well positioned to take advantage of the growing demand for organic beef in the USA as we can supply 100% grass-fed range reared organic beef in steady volumes 12 months of the year.He says the USA is up to 10 years off being able to do this as they are geared more towards grain fed programs and have bred their cattle for this purpose.
"Australia on the other hand has worked hard on developing breeds that can be finished on grass, also our cost of production is a lot lower when comparing land values etc," he said.