The offices of Yandell Media Group will close on Friday 21st December 2012 and we will be reopening on Thursday 3rd January 2013.

The editor and the whole Meat Management team would like to say a huge thank you to all our readers and advertisers for their continued support. We wish you all a very merry Christmas and here's to a happy, peaceful and profitable new year in 2013.

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