India will soon be the world's leading beef exporters, says United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service report.
According to the report, India is forecast to become the world’s leading beef exporter in 2012 due to an expanding dairy herd, efficiency improvements, increased slaughter and price-competitiveness in the international market particularly vis-à-vis Brazil. India will be shipping roughly 1.5 million metric tons of beef, passing reigning export champion Australia.
Although Indian federal law bans cow slaughter, as well as the killing of milk producing buffalo. But the males and unproductive females are still fair game for the abattoir. Buffalo are preferred to cattle due to their adaptability to climatic conditions and high milk fat content as dairy production fuels the bovine sector.
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