Hunter farmers welcome jump in cattle prices
HUNTER cattle farmers have been rewarded for their stoic perseverance with a jump in prices by up to 50 cents a kilogram at Maitland's first cattle auction of the year.
For an industry in dire straits less than a month ago, there is a new optimism thanks to some much-needed rain.
Fewer cattle were offered at Maitland's first sale of the year last week, but today's sale would be a good indicator of things to come, Bowe and Lidbury auctioneer Rodney McDonald said.
Though conditions were improving, the region needed a good dumping of follow-up rain for it to have any lasting effect, Mr McDonald said.
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