15 FEBRUARY 2024: Ben Attewell, ACC’s manager Brindley Park feedlot, (below) has been newly appointed to the important Industry Capacity Committee of the Australian Lot Feeders’ Association (ALFA). The committee oversees activities relating to membership services, specifically career development, training and professional development. These include ALFA’s Feedlot Fundamentals eLearning modules on Feedlot TECH, the MPM …
Month: February 2024
ECO-TICK FOR NEW TANK
14 FEBRUARY 2024: Our latest investment in sustainability, a new 40,000 litre tallow tank arrived today and our Cannon Hill maintenance team hit their straps to get it installed by lunch-time. Tallow, the base for bio-ethanol, is in increasing demand as a renewable fuel … in fact, Australia is the world’s largest exporter of the …
GO THE GAL-GEEKS!
Sunday, February 11 is recognised globally as the UN Day of Women and Girls in Science.Three years ago, we featured the two science-based female staff working at our Cannon Hill processing plant.This year, we celebrate six of them.Diversity and capability in real terms in our super-smart quality assurance department! Pictured (L to R) are:Zoe Xu …
BBQ BONANZA FOR ROTARY
8 FEBRUARY 2024: What does it take to feed breakfast to more than 2000 people? It takes a lot of meat and volunteers and seven BBQs! We were pleased to donate sausages to the Rotary Club of Wynnum and Manly for its annual community breakfast. The club has been serving free sausages for more than …
NATIONAL COURSE FOR FEEDMILL LEADERS
6 FEBRUARY 2024: Two of ACC’s Feedlot leadership team have been selected for an industry-leading professional development program. Cyril Makiputin, feedmill supervisor at Opal Creek Feedlot (below) and Liam Martin – feedmill manager at Brindley Park feedlot will join the 2024 cohort for the annual Margin and People Management (MPM) program run by the Australian …