What is VAG?

Producer (Cattle)

Cattle are raised in all states of Australia. Queensland is the major cattle-producing State (38% of cattle population) followed by New South Wales (24.9%), Victoria (16.9%), Western Australia (7.5%), the Northern Territory (5.6%), South Australia (4.5%) and Tasmania (2.6%).

There are basically two kinds of beef cattle production carried out in Australia. In the north (Queensland, the Northern Territory and upper regions of Western Australia), tropical breeds of cattle (e.g. Bos indicus), are run extensively on large cattle stations, grazing on native pastures at very low stocking densities. The main products of this sector of the industry are manufacturing beef destined for the United States (US), lot-fed beef and live cattle exports.

In the south, temperate breeds of cattle (e.g. Bos Taurus, derived from British stock) are grazed more intensively on smaller farm holdings sown with introduced pastures and fodder crops. The industry here supplies smaller, younger animals chiefly for the Australian domestic market and higher quality stock for the Japanese market.

Main issue in VAG is for the player to manage a herd for the meat market

Drivers: Make Money Maintain healthy herd structure

Major Impactors: Market Price (up or down) Environment (drought)

Measures of progress: Animals in (number, weight structure, health, incoming value). Animals out (number, weight structure, health, outgoing value)