TACKLING TOP-OF-MIND HEALTH HASSLES
23 APRIL: Sleep, weight and fitness … those were the three top-of-mind health worries that our staff listed in the annual wellbeing survey. So ACC is working with the Queensland Government program ‘My Health for Life’ to support the health and wellbeing of our employees by offering free, confidential one-on-one health checks for all staff. The …
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CLEAN PRODUCTION IMPRESSES WAGYU VISITORS
Leaders in international Wagyu production visited our Cannon Hill plant this week as part of the WagyuEdge national conference. Visitors from UK, the US and Brazil toured the facility, guided by ACC’s GM Properties and Farming, Christian Coffey (right of group, below) and Supply Chain Manager Tony Laurent (left of group). Christian said: “The biggest …
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COACHING FOR A WINNING TEAM
9 APRIL 2024: Old fashioned hands-on coaching at our ACC Cannon Hill facility in recent weeks paid off for the The University of Queensland team with outstanding results at last week’s Australian ICMJ northern conference beef-judging competition at Rockhampton. The team secured multiple wins at the first of two national events after undertaking a training …
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GAB BATTLE HITS LANDLINE
8 APRIL 2024: A coal-mining company’s proposal to store waste carbon dioxide in Australia’s greatest freshwater resource, the Great Artesian Basin, has shocked food producers. Our CEO Anthony Lee has joined farm leaders opposing Glencore’s plan to pollute the nation’s vital Precipice aquifer. He was interviewed by ABC Landline’s Pip Courtney broadcast last weekend. Series …
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OPAL CREEK HOSTS STUDENTS
29 MARCH 2024: ACC’s General Manager Feedlots, David Bailey and Opal Creek Feedlot Manager, Angus Lee welcomed year 12 agriculture students from Toowoomba Grammar School this week. The 15-member group toured our feed mill operations, including the steam flakers and batching systems. They saw different cattle breeds on customised feed for the various end-markets and …
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AIDING RURAL AID CHARITY
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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,” …
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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 …
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