“Shorter lairage will improve carcase weight and meat quality.  It is really all about stress and fear.  The practice is inherently cruel.  Transporting the animals long distances to modern “efficient” abattoirs is another factor.  If we can, through sustainability and regenerative farming practices, de-intensify livestock production it will also help.” {Earth and Leaf Editorial}     Shorter lairage will improve carcase weight and meat quality     Shorter pre-slaughter lairage improves carcase weight and meat quality, study shows   SHORTER waiting times before slaughter for cattle at Australian Country Choice’s Cannon Hill processing facility could produce a 4.64kg/carcase weight advantage, according to a new study. Shared across the wider Australian red-meat…