Australia-Beef production up.

AUSTRALIA- BEEF PRODUCTION.

Beef production in Australia, the second-biggest global exporter after Brazil, fell 1.2% on month in February to a seasonally adjusted 178,027 metric tons, but was up 8.4% from February 2008, the government’s Bureau of Statistics reported Thursday. The total number of cattle slaughtered in February, excluding calves, at 659,786 beasts, fell 1.1% on month but rose 8.9% on year, it said.