Foxy
I deed I deed but it's a niche market.
The economics of the meat V beef/sheep is no where as good. Thus farmbers are reluctant they just want to grow things that have big established markets. Like wheat etc that actually costs more per tonne than it yields. (that is if you factor in all bounties etc).

Sheep/beef compact the soil which causes dead zones on tracks to water holes that can be seen from in satellite photos real depressing stuff.

The yanks still run campaigns against roo meat with bogus scare campaigns of mis treatment. I remember seeing one and I tracked down the group that played it ....they were backed by the beef farming Association.

So long as we have that sort of negative campaigns to contend with I think you'll find investors will run away. especially when they can stick to what they know.

Max,
As I understand it some beast don't tame that well and I understand that some species of roo are included. There is some doubt that they can be penned for fattening. Check out their breeding I think there's a hic cup there. Because they are a mob orientation one Alpha male gets all the booty from a maximum number of females there are issues with other males fighting(damaging stock).In short density and area are key issues. I guess the issue is the animal husbandry (sorry whistler but this is what it's called)is largely unknown and money for research is lacking because commercialization is still an unknown.

While I agree with the principal. I read somewhere that very little of the roo is good for the marketable meat. Unlike moo Which is 70% meat worthy I think the roo is as low as 35% (but I maybe wrong...I am getting old).

Smiles all around.
Not so testy examinator. :-)

Dear examinator, (Wise One, not old one!)

Thanks for reading the website.
I still feel that Roo meat doesn't have to
compete with beef - its a speciality,
and a selective market. Isn't it?

Dear Max,

I think what you're suggesting is great -
but doesn't the Government control the
market, and set the parameters on the
'kangaroo industry?'

examinator,
i'm not sure battery kangaroo
is considered animal husbandry.

Max and examinator,
Thats good stuff you blokes smoke.

Can you get me some?

Have fun.

Roo's got a dog food connotation associated with it. Rabbit is the same. Dunno why it is but that's partially what's holding it back.

I switched from beef to kangaroo for health reasons when it became available in the supermarkets at competitive prices. At $14/kg for steaks it costs much less than most beef and lamb cuts. The taste is different but you become very used to it after a while. I found that the best cooking techniques are different for Kangaroo compared with beef. (Rarer with an olive oil spice mix for grilling.)
The low price suggests that kangaroo is already competitive with more traditional grazing animal meats. It certainly makes more sense than grazing animals that recover very slowly after droughts and damage native plants and soils.