8 Feb 2012

Potential seen for lamb exports to China

6:33 am on 8 February 2012

An agribusiness professor thinks there's still scope to develop the lamb trade to China.

A meat industry plan for a consortium to market high value products in China fell over two years ago, when some companies decided the economics didn't stack up.

But Agribusiness Professor Keith Woodford of Lincoln University thinks that along with dairy, wine and horticulture, China holds great potential for the meat industry.