BMC to miss Norway quota on cattle shortages
Wednesday, November 01, 2017
Speaking during a tour of Lobatse BMC plant by members of Ntlo ya Dikgosi recently, BMC executive manager in the livestock procurement department, Kenneth Makubate said the abattoir has only 4,000 cattle in the feedlots at the moment but they need to have at least 15,000 slaughter-ready cattle by January in order to meet the beef demands of Norway alone.
“BMC still continues to spend money on its feedlots. The process is costly and it takes time. Most of the cattle we receive from farmers are mostly not EU {European Union} market compliant. If farmers could register their cattle posts so that they meet EU standards, we will experience an increased intake of slaughter ready cattle.
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