# Labour crisis bites into beef offal production | Farm Online | ACT

> Australian beef processors are shifting labour toward higher-value cuts, leaving lower-value offal volumes at historic lows for export. Cheek meat, head meat and tendon prices rose sharply in September according to MLA data.

- Date: 2022-10-03 · published 2022-10-03T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39257-labour-crisis-bites-into-beef-offal-production-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Tighter beef offal availability reduces supply of animal-based protein ingredients, but the impact on grain and oilseed feed prices is limited.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: bullish ▲

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/7926998/offal-demand-up-but-australia-lacks-the-labour-to-process-it/

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