The foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Indonesia has brought northern Australia's live export trade almost to a halt and created chaos in Indonesia's food supply chain.Northern cattle producers are looking to other markets as live export slowsIndonesia has begun a national vaccine rollout for FMD but the disease continues to spread, with more than 200,000 cases now recorded across 19 provinces, according to Australia's Department of Agriculture.
In what is usually the most active months for the live cattle trade, Mr Sale said shipments had effectively stopped because importers were reluctant to buy expensive Australian cattle during such uncertain times. Data from the Darwin Port and Broome Port shows the slow-down in live cattle exports over the past few weeks,