29 MAY 2024: Recycling cellulose from undigested cattle feed kept some of Australia’s brightest meat-science brains busy in a recent industry pitch-fest. Several project ideas presented by UNE students focussed on recycling paunch contents, a meat processing byproduct that costs the industry millions in annual disposal costs. Making their presentations at Australian Country Choice’s (ACC) …
Month: May 2024
ACC AT FEEDLOT WORKSHOP
28 MAY 2024: Cameron Ward, our Compliance Manager – Agribusiness was the ACC representative at a recent workshop addressing best-practice action plans for a potential foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak. The workshop, Exercise High Steaks, was led by the Australian Lot Feeders’ Association (ALFA) and Biosecurity Queensland. Cameron (seventh from the right) was among the 30 …
SHARING INSIGHTS INTO CAREERS
27 MAY 2024: ACC staff shared insights into beef industry opportunities at the Brisbane Careers and Employment Expo on Friday and Saturday, offering students a glimpse of life on the land … and beyond. They were kept busy – the Friday session at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre attracted 9000 attendees, with 4,500 guests …
SOUTHPORT STUDENTS VISIT
20 MAY 2024: These Year 12 students from The Southport School were absorbed by their visit to our Cannon Hill processing plant this morning. The 21 visitors had plenty of questions for our workplace training officer Tony Kickert, who led the group on a plant tour. The ACC team also explained career pathways into the …
CEO SHARES VISION AT BEEF 2024
12 MAY 2025: The speech our CEO Anthony Lee delivered to the Droughtmaster conference so impressed the TV team at Beef2024 they took him into the on-site studio to record this interview. Here, he discusses how agriculture should be advocating for itself. “My personal view is that we’re structurally set up incorrectly. We make it …