27 MARCH 2024: We were proud to support the charitable work of Rural Aid with a lunch in Brisbane last Friday that raised more than $250,000. The annual ‘Our Mates in the Bush’ event was attended by agribusiness leaders supporting the work of the national farm charity. Rural Aid’s CEO John Warlters said: “The work …
Month: March 2024
GENETICS JOURNEY IN THE SPOTLIGHT
21 MARCH 2024: Advances in artificial breeding have seen great improvements in the genetic merit of Australia’s national beef and dairy herds. And it’s been a journey for Australian Country Choice too, as we shifted from Herefords and northern Australian breeds into Angus and the highly impressive Wagyu bloodlines. It’s been a successful transition led …
TRAINING ELITE MEAT JUDGES
18 MARCH 2024: Last week ACC hosted the University of Queensland ICMJ student team training for the Intercollegiate Meat Judging competition at Rockhampton in April. The team visited our Cannon Hill processing facility for first-hand coaching from AMPC Co-Innovation Manager Rebecca Bennett and hosted by our Group Manager R&D Paul Gibson. The students from UQ Gatton Campus …
AI TO BOOST SAFETY
11 MARCH 2024: Embracing AI for the good of the workforce will be in the focus of our WHS boss Joell Brown, representing Queensland at a national conference this week.Joell, our WHS Health and Injury Manager, is addressing the industry at the Australian Meat Processor Corporation conference in Melbourne.“We have just finished a three-year project,” …
WIN RECALLS HEREFORD HERITAGE
6 MARCH 2024: It was a flashback moment at the recent Millmerran Show where we co-sponsored the new super sire challenge. The challenge winner (and Interbreed bull champion) was a Hereford, Kalara TikTok Boom T4. Herefords were the foundation breed of the Lee family farming enterprise four generations ago (see historic photograph). Their company, Australian …
INVESTING IN FUTURE LEADERS
4 MARCH 2024: Building staff capability is a hallmark of a progressive employer. Our annual emerging leaders’ program is designed to identify candidates, to challenge them and provide them with the tools … and then to celebrate their achievements. We ruled the line under that final element recently. CEO Anthony Lee (left) and COO Andrew …