UNRAVELLING KAZAKHSTAN’S BEEF EXPORT POTENTIAL

KAZAKHSTAN’S promising beef industry is trying to create its own breeder herds, with a plan to import as many as 10,000 Angus and Hereford cows from the US and Australia, KazBeef Ltd  LLC director general Beibit Yerubayev told globalmeatnews.com.This is all part of efforts to make the central Asian country a beef exporting powerhouse, building from its current 5,000 tonnes of annual beef and beef products exports. Of this raw beef exports accounted for only 500 tonnes in 2013, Mr Yerubayev said.KazBeef wants to “build a vertically integrated food company - ...


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