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Farmers hypocritical for sending cattle east

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Farmers hypocritical for sending cattle east
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A beef processor has labelled a group of producers who are sending their cattle east as hypocrites.

Beef farmers in the south-west are trucking their cattle across the Nullarbor in search of a bigger profit, despite transport costs of up to $300 a head.

Rod Russell is the managing director of the Western Meatpacker Group and doubts producers are getting the high profit by selling interstate.

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