TRAINING NEXT-GEN FEEDLOT LEADERS
10 MARCH 2025: ACC’s investment into Australia’s vital feedlot sector doesn’t stop at the farmgate. Great industries need great leadership … and three of our feedlot staff attended the recent Emerging Leaders Program in Brisbane. Renee Wilson, Chloe Gordon and Macy Hammermeister participated in the three-day professional development program run by the Australian Lot Feeders’ …
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ACC HOSTS THAI VISITORS
4 MARCH 2025: Mid-career professionals from Thailand’s agricultural and ag-research agencies visited our Cannon Hill facility and Brisbane Valley feedlot yesterday, studying ACC’s unique family-owned and operated beef supply chain. The 26 visitors are part of the Mekong-Australia Partnership Masterclass: Building Innovative and Climate-Smart Agribusiness at The University of Queensland, supported by the Australian Government’s …
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PUSH FOR NATIONAL AG-LITERATE EDUCATION PLAN
27 FEBRUARY 2025: Invited to join a statewide think tank into the next 25 years of Queensland agriculture, our CEO Anthony Lee (below) had a chance to chat with minister Tony Perrett yesterday. “He expressed his support for our campaign to boost food and fibre education across all levels of Australian schools,” Anthony said. “Across …
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Old trees clue to claypan conversion
17 FEBRUARY 2025: A 1000-acre (404ha) pilot project restoring ancient floodplains in marginal Queensland country has seen decades of barren claypan transformed to deep green. It’s been a year since a five-person crew spent a week cutting contour banks around the seasonal Stonehenge Creek at Wellclose station, but already staff at the Australian Country Choice …
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SHARING INDUSTRY-SMARTS
4 FEBRUARY 2025: Laser-guided robotics and computerised cooling systems were topics discussed at this morning’s visit by secondary students to our Cannon Hill facility. The students at Brisbane’s The Industry School are learning the technical and trades skills necessary for Australia’s industries of the future … including food processing. They visited our engineering workshop as …
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TOM FOR FEED LOT FUTURE TEAM
14 JANUARY 2025: Australia’s feed lotting industry is developing its next-gen with the establishment of the Future Feeders Network (FFN) Committee … and we are proud to see Tom Harrington included in the line-up. Tom, our R&D manager, agribusiness, (below) was officially named as one of eight inaugural committee members on Friday. The committee has …
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SHORT LAIRAGE BOOSTS RETURNS: STUDY
16 DECEMBER 2024: Shorter waiting times before slaughter for cattle at ACC’s Cannon Hill processing facility could see a 4.64kg/carcase benefit, according to a new study. Shared across the wider Australian red-meat industry, the research findings could offer a way to improve economic returns for livestock producers and meat processors, and improve meat eating quality …
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FEEDLOTS APPOINTMENT FOR DAVID
22 NOVEMBER 2024: We are delighted to see our General Manager Feedlots, David Bailey, re-elected as a director of the peak industry group, Australian Lot Feeders’ Association (ALFA). David, who works from our Opal Creek facility (pictured below), was re-elected at ALFA’s recent Brisbane AGM. In its 54th year, ALFA serves close to 90% of …
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REAL-TIME SAVINGS IN DATA PILOT
14 NOVEMBER 2024: A pilot project we have undertaken with CSIRO and the DAFF could see savings amounting to $900m/year across Australian’s red meat industry.A team of digital scientists, led by CSIRO’s Dr Bob Barlow, connected data sets we shared from our meat chilling operations and found savings worth $60m/year for our Cannon Hill site.Dr …
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HANDING OVER THE REINS
5 NOVEMBER 2024: Our CEO Anthony Lee sat down with James Wagstaff, editor of the national AgJournal, to discuss the business of business succession for Australia’s largest family-owned and operated beef and cattle supply chain. It makes for enlightening reading. 20241030_Weekly Times – Ag Journal …
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