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South Australian Livestock Industry Overview 2009-10

In 2009-10 the South Australian livestock industry contributed $3.4 billion or 27 per cent of South Australia’s gross food revenue. The net food revenue for the same period was $3.0 billion indicating that $321 million worth of livestock and livestock products were imported from overseas and interstate. Figure 1 shows the percentage and value that each livestock species contributed to the industry’s gross food revenue.

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Figure 1: South Australian Livestock Gross Food Revenue, 2009-10

$965m beef or 29% livestock gross food revenue; $924m Pigmeats or 27% of livestock gross food revenue; $795mSheep & Lamb Meat or 24% of livestock gross food revenue; $506m Chicken Meat or 15% livestock gross food revenue; $94m Eggs or 3% of livestock gross food revenue; $20m Kangaroo Meat or 1% of livestock gross food revenue; $58m Other or 2% of livestock gross food revenue;