‘Too Much Fat’ On N.Z. Cattle
(New Zealand Press Assoctatton)
HAMILTON, May 27. Fat was still the greatest enemy of the beef producer in New Zealand, said Mr J. ('. Coleman, general manager of W. and R. Fletcher, Ltd., Auckland.
“We are continually getting visitors from overseas who cannot understand why we still produce fat on our animals when we should be producing meat.” he told spectators and exhibitors at the Waikato winter show beef competition in Frankton yesterday afternoon. Mr Coleman said that in the coming season his company would introdu ; a “trim-
“Our production costs are very heavy, so if we are to make any profit, we will have to make everything we do worthwhile.”
mer” grading system, whereby meat would be trimmed of surplus fat before it was weighed for payment.
i “We all believe New Zealand’s grass-fed cattle are as good as" any in the world, but we must not rest on our laurels." he said.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31071, 28 May 1966, Page 3
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