The beef feedlot industry's access to imported feed grains

Summary

Australia's beef feedlot industry does not have free access to world grain supplies in times of domestic fee,d grain shortages - for quarantine reasons unprocessed imported whole grain cannot be moved to regional areas where feedlots are located. This restriction on unprocessed feed grain imports:

imposes significant additional costs on lot feeders;
reduces the contribution of the beef feedlot industry to the development of the Australian beef industry, the agricultural sector and the national economy
may not be of net benefit to the grains industry.