# The threat that has the northern cattle industry on high alert - Beef Central

> Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association president David Connolly warned at the NTCA conference in Darwin that Australia must do more to stop lumpy skin disease. Lumpy skin disease is now confirmed in Indonesia about 3,000 km away, raising the risk of windborne spread into Australia, and the federal government has committed $61.6 million in emergency biosecurity funding.

- Date: 2022-03-27 · published 2022-03-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Australia · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42222-the-threat-that-has-the-northern-cattle-industry-on-high-alert-beef-central
- Commodities: [Feeder Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FCATTLE.md), [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Risk of an Australian outbreak threatens export access for cattle, hides and dairy, which could depress Australian cattle prices if realised.

## Read by commodity

- FCATTLE: bearish ▼
- LCATTLE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FCATTLE | 2022-06-17 | [May cattle exports near 60,000 head - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40865-may-cattle-exports-near-60-000-head-beef-central.md) | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2019-09-05 | [Kay’s Cuts: Abattoir fire strikes at heart of US cattle market - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6591-kay-s-cuts-abattoir-fire-strikes-at-heart-of-us-cattle-market-beef-central.md) | +0.4% | +4.8% |
| FCATTLE | 2022-06-09 | [SE Asia Report: FMD vaccine desperately needed to avert Indo catastrophe - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40869-se-asia-report-fmd-vaccine-desperately-needed-to-avert-indo-catastrophe-beef.md) | -1.4% | -2.2% |
| FCATTLE | 2020-05-05 | [Lots of Cattle, but No Beef](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53259-lots-of-cattle-but-no-beef.md) | +3.8% | +12.1% |
| FCATTLE | 2025-08-26 | [Cattle futures drop on screwworm fears and profit-taking - CME
						 \| The Beef Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23462-cattle-futures-drop-on-screwworm-fears-and-profit-taking-cme-the-beef-site.md) | +0.9% | +1.1% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-06-17 | [May cattle exports near 60,000 head - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40865-may-cattle-exports-near-60-000-head-beef-central.md) | +0.3% | +0.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-09-05 | [Kay’s Cuts: Abattoir fire strikes at heart of US cattle market - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6591-kay-s-cuts-abattoir-fire-strikes-at-heart-of-us-cattle-market-beef-central.md) | -2.1% | +3.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-01-29 | [China’s coronavirus outbreak will impact beef and cattle trade - Beef Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55036-china-s-coronavirus-outbreak-will-impact-beef-and-cattle-trade-beef-central.md) | -1.1% | -4.8% |

## Sources

- beefcentral.com: https://www.beefcentral.com/news/the-threat-that-has-the-northern-cattle-industry-on-high-alert/

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