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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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 …
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ACC APPOINTMENTS TO ALFA COMMITEES
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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