Meat & Livestock Industry Journal Supplement September 2008 TOP 25 RED MEAT PROCESSORS Calendar year 2007 TOP 2007 Industry Overview

Drought producers expected to reduce livestock turn-off and to focus on rebuilding Drought conditions continued across herds in 2008. 25 Australia at varying degrees over 2007 and into 2008 impacting the 2007 saw some of the lowest water RED MEAT value of livestock turn-off in the 2006- storage levels on record combined with 07 year by increasing total value by reduced irrigation water allocations. PROCESSORS approximately 2% from the previous The increased costs and competition for year to $15.9 billion. water heralds a significant challenge for the industry given its position as In Tasmania, parts of Western Australia one of the highest users of the nation’s and conditions water supply. significant major export markets of the worsened resulting in producers in US (increase from USD$0.7457 to these areas increasing turn-off rates USD$0.7840 average) and Japan and reducing sheep and beef cattle Increased fuel prices (increase of ¥85.45 to ¥92.72 average). numbers due to a reduction in pasture The increased price of fuel was viewed availability and an increase in feed as a major challenge to those surveyed, TOP 25 RED MEAT PROCESSORS grain and fodder costs. placing pressure on processors through Production Levels increased operational costs with no In 2007 cattle numbers were 25.4 million Grainfed cattle numbers continued reprieve in the foreseeable future. which is down from 28.85 million in to decline in 2007 contributing to a 2006. Decreases in numbers in NSW, strong decrease in feedlot numbers; Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and due in part to higher grain prices. Impact of currency fluctuations Western Australia were offset by With an improvement in seasonal increases in the northern regions of 2007 saw a strong Australian dollar up conditions from spring 2007 many Queensland and . against currencies of Australia’s Sheep and lamb numbers dropped to their lowest level in over 80 years to 2007 AT A GLANCE: 85.7 million in the 2006-07 period – a decrease of 6% on the previous year. • JBS Swift Australia maintains number one position in the 2007 ranking with a national kill share of 15.77%. Export Market Snapshot The US continued to be Australia’s • Second placed Teys Bros. production levels increased by 26% on largest lamb export market with nearly 2006 figures. 30% of all lamb exported. Increased beef turn-off due to dry conditions • Top five red meat processors account for approximately 45% of in the US resulted in a decrease in production with the combined top 25 accounting for approximately demand for Australian imports, whilst 79% of national production. increasing income in developing • The top 25 processors represent 51 plant sites. countries, particularly China and much of South East Asia, is creating increased demand for product.

feedback supplement – September 2008 1 N orvic n/a n/a n/a n/a 950 475 450 550 580 550 L td 654 390 470 360 377 300 961 480 L td, 4,800 2,700 1,650 1,900 1,100 1,400 1,365 P ty P ty numbers Employee O tway) rading T CRF ( C olac L td, Beef Beef Beef Beef Beef Beef Beef Beef Beef Beef Beef Beef Beef Beef Multi Multi Multi Multi Multi Multi Sheep Sheep Sheep Sheep Sheep Species P ty S outh Burnett Beef L td L td, P ty P ty

C ompany M eat rocessing P 4 6 3 6 2 4 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 51 atiara Bindaree Beef F ood operated in 2007 No. plants In: t O ut: Data compiled by Indigo Marketing & Communications

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5.72% 5.68% 5.29% 4.63% 2.87% 2.10% 2.02% 1.91% 1.89% 1.72% 1.66% 1.64% 1.55% 1.40% 1.38% 1.36% 1.32% 1.29% 1.22% 1.19% 1.19% 1.05% 0.97% % 15.77% 12.01% 78.84% 2007 (b) Kill share n/a n/a S tatistics) 99,800 80,000 54,750 53,500 54,750 52,800 47,600 72,000 45,500 44,200 35,000 39,500 36,500 37,000 32,000 35,600 45,932 51,000 436,000 273,300 168,700 162,000 145,000 2006 ETCW Throughput

82,400 60,250 58,000 54,870 54,200 49,515 47,766 47,000 44,486 40,140 39,500 39,200 38,000 37,000 35,000 34,320 34,320 30,226 28,000 453,000 344,933 164,200 163,072 152,000 133,000 ETCW 2,264,398 2007 (a) Throughput op 25 red meat processors 2007 T JBS Swift Australia Pty Limited Teys Bros Pty Limited Teys Organisation Nippon Meat Packers Aust Pty Limited Tasman Group ServicesTasman Cargill Beef Australia T&R Pastoral Pty Limited Fletcher International Exports Pty Limited Australian Country Choice Production Pty Limited H. W. Greenham & H. Sons W. Pty Limited Rockdale Beef Pty Limited Kilcoy Pastoral Company Limited JSA Jackson & Son Pty Limited (c) MC Herd Pty Limited Harvey Industries Group Pty Limited G & B Gathercole (Vic) Pty Limited (c) Tatiara Meat Company Pty Tatiara Limited Stanbroke Beef Company Pty Limited (c) Primo Australia Scone Abattoir CRF (Colac Otway) Pty Limited V & Pty V Limited Walsh Northern Co-Operative Meat Co Limited Southern Meats Pty Limited Combined total of 25: Top 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 13 15 17 18 24 20 22 21 23 16 14 n/a n/a feedback’s Rank 2006 Equal 10 Equal 10 Equal 25 1 – A ustralian national kill figure for all veal, beef, mutton and lamb equating to 2,872,127t carcase weight ( A ustralian Bureau of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Rank Data not approved by company. 2007 2007 c. F igure Notes: a. T hroughput based on estimated tonnes carcase ) weight processed ( ETCW at plants under common ownership or control at 30 June 2008. b.

2 feedback supplement – September 2008 BSsE impact on Asian How is it calculated? Highlights of the 2007 markets The top 25 processors has been ranking Japanese restrictions on US imported published by feedback since 1999, with Following on from the 2006 ranking beef continue however throughout the omission of calendar year 2005. it was status quo for the top seven 2007 the US continued to lobby Japan processors in 2007. Although This year, 32 companies were surveyed to raise this to OIE standards. dominated again by the beef regarding their metric tonnage figures processing sector, Tasman and T&R Similarly Korean restrictions on US for the calendar year and company Pastoral solidified their 2006 ranking imported beef continue with cattle details regarding administration, as the two top ranking multi-species less than 31 months of age imported operations, finance and marketing. industry processors and Fletcher the top as part of a staged lifting of beef Of the 26 respondents, the top 25 ranked sheepmeat processor. import restrictions in order to gain a processors were then determined based fully ratified trade agreement between on metric tonne figures. It should be JBS Swift consolidated its first place the two countries. This is expected to noted that the data provided has not position in 2007, following the merger come into force at some stage in 2008 been independently audited, and the with Brazilian based JBS Friboi and resulting in greater competition for top 25 ranking has been based on Swift Australia in the same year, with Australian beef exports and decline information received by participating an increase of 4% on 2006 in demand. organisations. production levels. The national kill share percentage is It is also worthwhile to note that in Labour calculated as a percentage of national early 2008 JBS Swift acquired Tasman. The critical shortage of labour across kill for all beef, veal, mutton and TOP 25 RED MEAT PROCESSORS Teys production levels rose an the industry continues to be of concern lamb, and is a figure provided by the impressive 26% – on the back of a to those surveyed. Those surveyed Australian Bureau of Statistics. 33% increase between 2004 and maintain that the attraction of labour 2006. This increase is despite the resources is the biggest challenge that Katherine and Innisfail plants the industry faces. remaining closed.

Figure 2: 2007 red meat produced

Total Australia

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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

feedback supplement – September 2008 3 Of a similar nature, T&R Pastoral Figure 3: 2007 red meat processing by state increased production levels by the same percentage between 2006 and 2007. This has been mainly attributed to the introduction of a second shift 8% 3% at Murray Bridge and the substantial 22% upgrade to the Lobethal plant. 7% The majority of movement has occurred in the middle of the ranking where all companies processing between 35,000t and 60,000t in 2007 (with the exception of one) have moved up the ranking order from the previous year. In most instances these companies have moved three ranking points from where they were in 2006 but with increases of only between 2,000t and 4,000t. The biggest mover was Gathercoles who has gone from 24 in 38% 22% 2006 to 16 in 2007 with an increase TOP 25 RED MEAT PROCESSORS in production of just under 5,000t. New appearances in 2007 are attributed to CRF (Colac Otway) and NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS Tatiara, both omitted from the 2006 ranking. Bindaree Beef Pty Ltd which was Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics ranked fifth in 2006 did not participate in the 2007 ranking.

Located near Ipswich in south east Queensland, Dinmore is the largest and most technologically advanced meat processing plant in Australia. It is owned by JBS Swift & Company, who have been named as the top processing company for 2007.

4 feedback supplement – September 2008 1. JBS Swift Australia Pty Ltd • Neville Tame, Manger, In 2007 the Innisfail and Katherine Human Resources plants did not operate but may be 1 Lock Way Riverview QLD 4303 • Osni Walter, Manger, Operations reopened when suitable stock, climatic Phone: 07 3810 2100 and labour conditions are resumed. • Michael Doyle, Manager Feedlots Fax: 07 3816 0356 The Teys feedlot located at Condamine, Abattoirs: 4 Queensland, has a capacity of 30,000 Web: www.jbsswift.com.au • Beef City, Toowoomba, QLD Beef (A+) head and due to redevelopment is one Email: [email protected] of the most modern in Australia. • Dinmore, QLD Beef (A+) Teys operates two further processing Country of ownership: Brazil • Rockhampton, QLD Beef (A+) facilities including Murgon Leather, in Parent company: • Townsville, QLD Beef (A+) Queensland, a well-regarded tannery JBS Swift Feedlots: 4 specialising in wet blue and salted hides for export. Teys Food Services Background: • Caroona, NSW was created in 2006 to allow Teys to Swift Australia is Australia’s largest • Prime City, Griffith, NSW expand into the retail and food service meat processing operation. Swift • Mungindi, QLD areas across several key export markets Australia is owned by Brazilian • Beef City, Toowoomba, QLD which has been successfully orchestrated based JBS Swift & Company, who are under the ‘Teys Gold’ brand. the world’s largest meat processor Further processing facilities with production facilities across four and locations Company officers: continents supported by a network of Foodpartners Allan Teys, Gary Teys, Graham Cubbin, 20 international offices. James Packer, Ashok Jacob, TOP 25 RED MEAT PROCESSORS Total combined 2007 throughput: The company was founded by Jose Michael Johnson, Geoffrey Teys, Batista Sobrinho, also known as 453,000t Robin Teys, Kirsty Jackson (Secretary) “Ze Mineiro” in 1953 in the city of Estimated share of national kill: Senior management: Anapolis, in the state of Goias Brazil. 15.77% • Allan Teys, Chairman In 2007 JBS Friboi purchased the US based Swift & Company, inclusive of its Production split: • Bradley Teys, Chief Executive Officer Australian entity AMH, to become the 85% export, 15% domestic • Michael Brown, Chief Financial Officer largest beef processor in the world. • Geoffrey Teys, Executive Director Species split: 100% beef Today, JBS remains a Batista family of Livestock owned business operating across Employees: 4,800 • Tom Maguire, General Manager, diverse areas as agribusiness, food, Sales turnover: Corporate Affairs and Innovation distribution and transportation, • John Salter, General Manager, household cleaning products, asset $A2.6 billion (fiscal year end 06-07) Human Resources management, and retail banking. Brands: • Eric Van Ras, General Manager, operation consists Swift Premium, AMH, Beef City, Your Marketing and Sales of four processing sites across Choice, Royal, Prime 220, Pure Prime, Queensland including Dinmore (7 day, River Valley, Tender Valley, Premium • Paul Day, General Manager, 11 shift operation), Beef City (5 day, Gold, Aberdeen Beef, Premium Black Executive Services single shift kill and double shift bone Major export markets: • Gabriel Perez, General Manager, operation), Rockhampton (6 day single Information Technology USA, Russia, Japan, Korea, European shift operation), and Townsville (7 day, • Kym McBride, General Manager, Union, Middle East, Chile, Brazil, single shift operation). Logisitics and Purchasing Canada, Mexico & Taiwan. The company’s four feedlots are located • John Coughlan, General Manager, at Caroona, New South Wales, Prime Engineering and Environment City, New South Wales, Mungindi, 2. Teys Bros (Holdings) Pty Ltd Queensland and Beef City Queensland. Abattoirs: 6 PO Box 15, Beenleigh, QLD 4207 The total one time capacity for the • Beenleigh, QLD Beef (A+) Phone: 07 3287 2188 feedlots is 100,000 head. • Biloela, QLD Beef (A+) Fax: 07 3808 0003 Directors: • Innisfail, QLD (closed) Beef (A+) Iain Mars, John K Berry, Web: www.teysbros.com.au • Rockhampton, QLD Beef (A+) Edison Alvares, Ross Keane Email: [email protected] • Katherine, NT (closed) Beef (A+) Senior management: Country of ownership: Australia • Naracoorte, SA Beef (A+) • Iain Mars, Chief Executive Officer Background: Feedlots: 1 • John K Berry, Manger, Corporate Teys is the largest Australian-owned • Condamine, QLD (JV with Itochu and Regulatory red meat processor in the ranking. and Prima) • Ross Keane, Manager Livestock Established in 1946, Teys is a vertically Further processing facilities • Edison Alvares, Manager, Finance integrated, family-owned business and locations and Administration with 6 processing facilities located • Teys Food Services, Brisbane, QLD • Jean Carlo Dilly, Manager, Sales throughout Queensland, the Northern and Marketing Territory and South Australia, directly • Murgon Leather Pty Ltd, Murgon, QLD employing over 2,700 staff across a combination of single and double shifts, plant dependant.

feedback supplement – September 2008 5 Total combined 2007 throughput: process up to 900 head per day. Each Feedlots: 1 344,933t site has an on-site rendering plant • ‘Whyalla’, QLD producing meat and bone meal, blood Estimated share of national kill: meal, bone chips, concentrated gall, Tanneries: 3 12.01% beef bone extract and tallow. • Toowoomba, QLD Production split: New Wave Leather, a NMPA tannery • Gunnedah, NSW operation, operates wet blue tanneries in 80% export, 20% domestic • Melbourne, VIC Toowoomba (south east Queensland), Species split: 100% beef Gunnedah (northern NSW) and Total combined 2007 throughput: Employees: 2,700 Melbourne (Victoria), producing high 164,200t quality wet blue leather and related Estimated share of national kill: Sales turnover: products. New Wave Leathers $A1.24 billion (fiscal year end 06-07) processes approximately 50,000 hides 5.72% per week for the export market. Brands: Production split: Oakey Holdings operates the Whyalla Royal Gold, Teys Gold, President’s 80% export, 20% domestic cattle feedlot near Texas (southern Choice, Aussie Premium Species split: Queensland), one of Australia’s largest 100% beef Major export markets: feedlots and two cattle properties Employees: 1,650 US, Japan, Korea, Canada, European Walla Wallah (central NSW) and Sales turnover: Union. Sheelite (King Island, Tasmania). $A1,050 million [fiscal year end 06-07

TOP 25 RED MEAT PROCESSORS Beef Producers Australia is the domestic April-March (Japan fiscal year)] 3. Nippon Meat Packers Australia distribution company for NMPA with $A930 million [fiscal year end 07-08 Pty Limited depots in (NSW), Mackay and Cannonvale (central Queensland). April-March (Japan fiscal year)] Level 10, 76 Berry Street Beef Producers Australia supplies a full Brands: North Sydney NSW 2060 range of both chilled and frozen beef, Omugi-gyu, Olive, Oakey, Oakey stocking most of our grass and grain Phone: 02 8918 0000 Black, Borthwick, Borthwick Organic, fed brands including budget grass fed BPA, CBP, Wingham, Wingham Gold, Fax: 02 9954 1592 cuts to the higher export quality grain Wingham Reserve Web: www.nmpa.com.au fed beef together with a select range of Email: [email protected] beef offals. Major export markets: Directors: Japan, USA, Korea, Russia, Taiwan, Country of ownership: Japan European Union. Katsumi Inoue, Takaharu Chujo, Parent company: Stephen Kelly, Seiji Inatomi, Jock Nippon Meat Packers Inc., Japan Hudson, Hideyuki Koide, Tetsudai Kito, 4. Tasman Group Services Pty Ltd Michael Harris, Takayuki Miwa Background: PO Box 36, Altona North, VIC 3025 Nippon Meat Packers Australia (NMPA) Senior management: Phone: 03 9316 4413 was established in 1978 and is a • Katsumi Inoue, Managing Director Fax: 03 9314 1011 wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon • Stephen Kelly, Director, Sales and Web: www.tasmangroup.com.au Meat Packers, Inc., Japan. A consistent Marketing top 25 performer, Nippon Meat Packers Email: [email protected] • Howard Halter, Managing Director, has grown its operation to a significant Oakey Abattoir level in the Australian industry. Country of ownership: Australia • Michael Hughes, Managing Director, Nippon Meat Packers Australia Background: Wingham Abattoir produces a large range of beef Australian-owned, Tasman Group products and by-products and exports • Simon Stahl, Managing Director, Services was established in Melbourne, to more than 34 countries. With its Mackay Abattoir Australia, in the early 1970’s. The head office, sales and distribution • Hyde Kojima, Managing Director, company has grown over the years centre (Beef Producers Australia) Oakey Holdings with the acquisition of similar located in Sydney, NMPA employs over • Jack Hudson, Director, By-products businesses to become one of Australia’s 1,650 people across three processing Division largest multi-species meat processor, plants, three tanneries and feedlot. • Michael Harris, Managing Director, with a capacity to process in excess of The Oakey Abattoir located in Beef Producers Australia 600,000 cattle, three million smallstock Queensland was purchased in 1987 and 80,000 pigs annually. • Andrew Ralph, President, Australian and is one of the largest chilled (mainly Premium Brands, Inc. USA The Group employs in excess of 1,800 grain) beef processors to service the people and has operations spread Japanese market, processing up to Abattoirs: 3 throughout south-eastern Australia 1,000 head per day. The Wingham • Mackay, QLD Beef (A+) including six processing plants (three in abattoir (NSW) specialises in British Head capacity 850 head per day Victoria and three in Tasmania). breed grain fed cattle and free range • Oakey, QLD Beef (A+) Tasman Group sources top quality beef, processing up to 800 head per Head capacity 1,200 head per day cattle, lambs and sheep from most day. The Borthwicks processing site at states and can guarantee flexibility and Mackay was one of the first Australian • Wingham, NSW Beef (A+) consistency of supply through the production facilities to be certified Head capacity 800 head per day utilisation of stock from its beef and for organic beef production and can smallstock feedlot, ‘Yambinya’, located

6 feedback supplement – September 2008 just outside Wakool in New South Wales. 5. Cargill Beef Australia Total combined 2007 throughput: Tasman Group offers an extensive PO Box 166, Wagga Wagga 152,000t range of products to domestic and NSW 2650 Estimated share of national kill: export customers in the retail, food service and manufacturing sectors. Its Phone: 02 6938 3000 5.29% product range includes chilled and Fax: 02 6921 1174 Production split: frozen veal, lamb, mutton and grassfed Web: www.cargillbeefaustralia.com.au 50% export, 50% domestic and grainfed beef. Email: [email protected] Tasman Group Services has built up a Employees: 1,100 strong reputation as an exporter of high Country of ownership: US Species split: 100% beef quality beef and sheepmeat items to Parent company: Sales turnover: n/a over 50 international markets and in late 2007 was presented with the Cargill Inc. Brands: TasPorts Agribusiness Award for Background: CAAB, Riverine Premium Beef, Excel demonstrated outstanding export Cargill Australia is a subsidiary of Genuinely Better achievement in the field of agricultural the US Cargill Inc – an enterprise products, as part of the 2007 Tasmanian Major export markets: with interests across food, agriculture Export Awards. The award was in Japan, Korea, USA. and risk management products and recognition of the substantial part services, employing approximately export plays to the company’s turnover, 160,000 people in 66 countries. 6. T&R Pastoral Pty Ltd and to the Tasmanian economy. TOP 25 RED MEAT PROCESSORS Commencing Australian operations Lagoon Road Murray Bridge SA 5253 Senior management: in beef processing in 1991, Cargill Phone: 08 8532 1955 • Gilbert Cabral, Managing Director Australia operates two processing • Ross Goodman, Sales Manager plants in Wagga Wagga and Fax: 08 8532 6216 Tamworth. The Wagga plant, also the • Steve Chapman, Livestock Manager, Web: www.tandrpastoral.com.au headquarters for Cargill in Australia Smallstock Email: [email protected]. has the capacity to process over au • Barry Hunter, Livestock Manager, Beef 300,000 head per annum, and the • Lydia Horsburgh, Marketing Manager Tamworth plant 200,000 per annum Country of ownership: Australia and between the two plants, Cargill Abattoirs: 6 employees approximately 1,100 staff. Background: • Brooklyn, VIC Beef, lamb (A+) The Cargill feedlot (‘Jindalee’) is Founded in 1988, the family-owned • Cobram, VIC Lamb (A+) situated at Stockinbingal, NSW with a T&R Pastoral Pty Limited is one of • Yarrawonga, VIC Beef (A+) capacity of 17,000 head. the few multi-species meat exporting and trading companies in Australia, • Longford, TAS Beef, lamb (A+) Grain fed product is heavily marketed employing 1,400 staff across its • King Island, TAS Beef (A+) towards Asia, and the Australian feedlotting, processing and tannery domestic high-end food service channel. • Devonport, TAS Beef, smallstock operations. Directors (Cargill Aust Ltd): Feedlots: 1 With four processing locations – three in Ralph Selwood, Andrew MacPherson, South Australia including Murray • Wakool, NSW Gavin Joyce, Jeral Dsouza Bridge, Lobethal and Port Pirie and the Further processing facilities North Dandalup abattoir situated in Senior management: and locations WA, throughput has increased • Andrew MacPherson, Managing • Longford, Tasmania significantly year on year, with Director processing capacity up to 195,000 Total combined 2007 throughput: • Alan Calvert, Financial Controller cattle and 3,432,000 sheep and lambs 163,072t • Shaun Crapp, Human Resource per year. Estimated share of national kill: Manager T&R supplies a wide range of premium meat products such as chilled and 5.68% • Matt Wentzel, Operations Manager frozen beef, veal, lamb, mutton and Production split: • Grant Garey, General Manager, goat. The company is committed to Livestock 70% export, 30% domestic delivering quality products and services • Kevin Himmelberg, Sales Manager that meet customer demands and build Species split: Abattoirs: 2 long-term relationships with them. T&R 65% beef, 35% sheepmeat Pastoral exports to over 80 countries • Tamworth, NSW Beef (A+) including the USA, European Union, Employees: 1,800 Throughput 52,000t Japan, Middle East and Korea. Sales turnover: n/a Head capacity 200,000 hd pa Directors: Brands: • Wagga Wagga, NSW Beef (A+) Throughput 100,000t Robert Rowe (Chairman), Christopher Tasman Meats, King Island Beef, Head capacity 312,000 hd pa Thomas, Simon Rowe, Darren Thomas, Longford Meats, Seattle Meats Brian James, James Rattus, Frank Feedlots: 1 Major export markets: Porcaro, Allan Potter. • ‘Jindalee’ – NSW USA, Japan, Korea, Canada, European Union, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Russia.

feedback supplement – September 2008 7 Senior management: Background: 8. Australian Country Choice • Chris Thomas, Managing Director In 2007, Fletcher International Exports Production Pty Ltd • Darren Thomas, Chief Executive Officer continues to be Australia’s top ranked 117 Colmslie Road sheep and lamb processor with a fully • Simon Rowe, Livestock Cannon Hill QLD 4170 integrated operation across farming, • Brian James, Executive Director meat processing, hides, wool and Phone: 07 3902 4141 • Frank Porcaro, Marketing by-product. Fax: 07 3902 4142 • James Rattus, Operations The company has long maintained Web: www.accbeef.net.au the value of the whole carcase and Abattoirs: 4 Email: [email protected] has diversified its revenue streams • Lobethal, SA Sheep, lambs (A+) accordingly, competing with strong Country of ownership: Australia Throughput 23,000t pa branding across all business units on Parent company: Head capacity 21,000 per week the world stage, accessing diverse and Lee Group • Murray Bridge, SA Beef, sheep, numerous export markets including Background: lambs (A+) USA, Middle East, Japan, Taiwan, Australian Country Choice is part of the Throughput 110,000t pa China, EU and South Africa. Lee Group Pty Ltd, a Queensland family Head capacity 45,000 smallstock In 2007, Fletchers conducted a full company, privately owned and operated per week upgrade and expansion of its chilled by the Lee family, which commenced as 3,750 beef per week cutting and boning facilities at both H.J. Lee and Sons in 1958. It is Further processing facilities the Dubbo (NSW) and Albany (WA) Queensland’s largest privately owned

TOP 25 RED MEATand PROCESSORS locations plants. Fletcher farming operations now agribusiness company employing more extend to some 200,000 acres across than 940 people, across its 15 owned • Longford, Tasmania the states of WA and NSW, allowing and six leased rural properties, covering Total combined 2007 throughput: the company to maintain supply in tight around 530,000 hectares including 133,000t per year market conditions. cattle breeding and backgrounding properties, feedlot operations and a 195,000 cattle per year Directors: state of the art meat processing facility 3,432,000 sheep and lambs per year Roger Fletcher and Gail Fletcher in Cannon Hill, Brisbane. Estimated share of national kill: Senior management: ACC is dedicated to the supply of 4.63% • Roger Fletcher, Chief Executive Officer high quality beef and veal products to • Gail Fletcher, Joint Financial Controller Coles Supermarkets and other export Production split: customers maintaining a ‘plate to 90% export, 10% domestic • Kent Dickens, Joint Financial Controller paddock’ philosophy. Species split: • David McKay, General Manager, The Cannon Hill meat processing Dubbo 40% beef, 60% sheepmeat facility employs approximately 850 • Gerald Webster, Fletcher Sheepskins people in management, slaughtering, Employees: 1,400 • Greg Cross, General Manger, Albany boning, further processing and retail Sales turnover: packaging operations. The facility Abattoirs: 2 became a world leader in 2003 with $A380 million (fiscal year end 06-07) • Dubbo, NSW Sheep, lambs (A+) the successful partnership project $A450 million (calendar year 2007) Throughput 39,000t with Swires Cold Storage that saw $A500 million (estimated fiscal year Head capacity 2 million the development of a 230 meter end 07-08) • Albany, WA Sheep, lambs (A+) refrigerated overhead conveyor gallery that linked the ACC abattoir Brands: Throughput 43,400t Head capacity 2 million and processing plant with Swire’s Clare Valley, Murray Lands Premium, refrigerated storage and distribution Murray Bridge Meat, TandR Total combined 2007 throughput: facility built adjacent to the ACC plant. Major export markets: 82,400t The facility was designed to have a Estimated share of national kill: capacity of up to 10 million cartons per USA, European Union, Japan, Middle annum for distribution. The facilities are East, Korea. 2.87% USDA licensed, HALAL certified in strict Production split: accordance of SICHMA procedures, 7. Fletcher International Exports 98% export, 2% domestic Safefood Queensland/AQIS Certified Pty Ltd for Organic processing, and Aus-Meat Species split: 100% sheepmeat A+ accreditation under the inspection Lot 11, Yarrandale Road Employees: 1,365 and monitoring processes of AQIS. Dubbo NSW 2830 Each week Australian Country Choice Sales turnover: n/a Phone: 02 6884 5833 has the built capacity to produce over Fax: 02 6884 2965 Brands: two million kilograms of processed, Web: www.fletchint.com.au Fletcher, Premium Fletcher Lamb value-added and retail ready beef and veal products for the Coles Group. Email: mailbox@fletcher-international. Major export markets: ACC is one of the few beef processing com.au USA, Middle East, Japan, Taiwan, facilities in the world that can slaughter, China, EU and South Africa. Country of ownership: Australia bone, value-add, retail ready pack and distribute under one roof and unbroken cold chain.

8 feedback supplement – September 2008 ACC currently remains the only food 9. H.W. Greenham and Sons Pty Ltd Senior management: processor in the world with multiple • Peter Greenham, Executive Chairman international accreditations for Food 222 Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne • Grant Ryan, Joint Managing Director Safety (22000), Environmental VIC 3207 management (14001), HACCP (9000), Phone: 03 9644 6500 • Peter Greenham Jnr, Joint Managing Director Quality (9002), BRC Global Food Fax: 03 9681 8034 Standard, OH&S (AS4801) and NATA • Darren Maloney, Operations Web: www.greenham.com.au accredited laboratory. Manager, Tongala Email: [email protected] Directors: • Richard Leslie, Operations Manager, Trevor Lee, Chairman Country of ownership: Australia Smithton Senior management: Background: Abattoirs: 2 • David Foote, Chief Executive Officer HW Greenham and Sons Pty Ltd • Smithton, TAS Beef (A+) Throughput 20,000t • David Healey, Chief Financial Officer incorporates HW Greenham and Sons Pty Ltd and Greenham Tasmania Pty Head capacity 72,000 • Ross Scholes, Executive Manager, Ltd. Commencing business in 1933, • Tongala, VIC Beef (A+) Primary Processing Greenham was the first Australian Throughput 38,000t • Richard West, Executive Manager, company to set up a hot boning plant. Head capacity 168,000 Group Services The plant was built in Tongala, north- Further processing facilities • Peter Kennedy Executive Manager east Victoria in 1993. In December and locations Further Processing 2001, the company bought the closed Blue Ribbon meatworks at Smithton Cold Store – Port Melbourne TOP 25 RED MEAT PROCESSORS • John O’Kane, Executive Manager, in Tasmania, establishing Greenham Agribusiness Total combined 2007 throughput: Tasmania Pty Ltd. • Jim Titmarsh, General Manager 58,000t The Tongala plant processes mainly Rural Production cast-for-age dairy cows for export to Estimated share of national kill: • Damian Barsby, Manager Livestock – the United States for the Burger King 2.02% Properties and Feedlots organisation. The Smithton plant in Production split: • David Daunton, Manger Livestock Tasmania exports premium quality beef Cannon Hill to the USA, Korea and Japan, buying 90% export, 10% domestic • Alan Kropp, Export Manager dairy cows, bulls, heavy beef cows, Species split: 100% beef Jap ox, calves and yearlings and has Export Sales Employees: 360 recently started selling its prime beef • Anthony Lee, Manager – Retail Ready into the Australian market through Sales turnover: n/a Abattoirs: 1 its Cape Grim premium brand. The Brands: • Cannon Hill, QLD Beef (A+) company processes more than 50,000 Greenham, Natural Tasmanian Beef, Throughput 60,250t tonnes of beef annually and has a Lovely Beef, Cape Grim Natural Beef (primary processing) supplier catchment of some 3,000 Head capacity 1,000 per day properties extending across Tasmania, Major export markets: including King Island. Feedlots: 2 USA, Japan, Korea, Taiwan. Greenham purchases the majority of • Brisbane Valley, Esk, QLD its cattle direct from farmers close to 10. Rockdale Beef Pty Ltd • Brindley Park, Roma, QLD the company’s operating plants. At Further processing facilities present 100% of the Tongala plant Regulator Road, Yanco, NSW 2703 requirements are purchased direct and locations Phone: 02 6951 1199 from local suppliers through company- Integrated manufacturing, value-adding sponsored liveweight scale operations Fax: 02 6953 5397 and retail ready packing facilities at or local ‘over the hooks’ trading at the Web: www.rockdalebeef.com.au Cannon Hill abattoir. The company has a policy of Email: [email protected] Total combined 2007 throughput: not deducting statutory charges such as transaction levies, yard fees or 60,250t Country of ownership: Japan commissions from the farmer’s payment, Estimated share of national kill: opting to pay these charges on the Background: 2.10% farmer’s behalf. Rockdale Beef operates a modern integrated feedlot and abattoir Production split: An ardent supporter of education and training as a means to improving complex, situated on over 2,000 25% export, 75% domestic agricultural industries and supporting hectares near Yanco, NSW. Species split: Beef 90%, veal 10% rural communities, Greenham provides Rockdale processes all beef categories two annual $10,000 scholarships to including grainfed and grassfed types. Employees: 950 young people in Victoria and Tasmania Rockdale produces a range of beef Sales turnover: n/a who intend to further their careers in products that service all domestic and Brands: either the dairy or beef industries. international markets. Product quality is underpinned by diligent quality Coles, Australian Country Choice Directors: assurance processes, and ISO Quality Peter Greenham, Frank Herd, Major export markets: Accreditation (9001). Grant Ryan, Peter Greenham Jnr Japan, Korea, Taiwan, South Asia, USA. The company has successfully positioned itself as a quality beef

feedback supplement – September 2008 9 supplier to discerning customers and 11. Kilcoy Pastoral Company Ltd Abattoirs: 1 markets. Food safety is a pre-requisite PO Box 84, Kilcoy, QLD 4515 • Kilcoy, QLD Beef (A+) for product quality. Throughput 54,200t In addition to Rockdale’s ISO quality Phone: 07 5497 1277 Head capacity 172,400hd accreditation, the company also Fax: 07 5497 2128 Total combined 2007 throughput: maintains ISO accreditation for Web: www.kpc.com.au Environmental management Systems 54,200t Email: [email protected] (14001), and complies with the Estimated share of national kill: Australian Standard for OH&S (4801). Country of ownership: Singapore 1.89% Rockdale’s customers can rest assured that quality is maintained, supported by Parent company: Production split: an on-site NATA accredited Laboratory Harmony Investment Fund Limited 85% export, 15% domestic (ISO 17025). Background: Species split: 100% beef Rockdale’s knowledge and experience Queensland based Kilcoy Pastoral are extensive. The management team Employees: 550 was established in 1953 by Damien has many years of procurement, Kennedy. The Kilcoy operation Sales turnover: processing, logistics and marketing was purchased in June 2007 by $A237 million (fiscal year end 06-07) know-how – supplying the very best a consortium headed by Harmony cost effective, value based outcome. $A265 million (fiscal year end 07-08) Investment Fund Limited, a Singaporean Brands: Rockdale’s business philosophy is based investment company (with

TOP 25 RED MEATsimple PROCESSORS – delivering customer value, interests in WA based Harvey Kilcoy Diamond, Golden Jubilee supported by stringent product quality Industries Group). Harmony is a pan- Major export markets: and food safety. Asian investment fund, with diverse Japan, USA, South Korea, South East investments in China, Indonesia and Senior management: Asia, Middle East. elsewhere in the region, across finance, • Paul Troja, General Manager manufacturing and other sectors. The • Gary Thomas, Plant Engineer company’s other Australian investments 12. JSA Jackson and Son Pty Ltd • Jeff Ticehurst, Financial Controller include the Metal Storm Limited PO Box 101, Armidale, NSW 2350 (defence technology company). • Graham Flynn, Feedlot Manager Phone: 02 6772 6616 • Will Cowley, Production Manager The plant boasts one of the best medium-sized slaughter floors in the Fax: 02 6772 6630 Abattoirs: 1 country, housed in the former Fututech Web: www.countryfresh.com.au • Yanco, NSW Beef (A+) robotics project site. However, analysts Throughput 54,870t suggest that the boning room has Country of ownership: Australia Head capacity 158,260hd substantial potential for upgrades to lift Background: capacity and efficiency. Feedlots: 1 JSA Jackson and Son Pty Limited is The plant currently kills about 570 head • Yanco, NSW a privately owned, third generation a day, single-shift, seven days a week. family company that has been in the Total combined 2007 throughput: Its 550 staff process approximately industry for 70 years. 54,870t 550 head per day of grainfed beef The company produces premium quality Estimated share of national kill: for over 20 export markets including sheep and lamb product for global Japan, USA, South Korea and the 1.91% markets including the US and Mexico, domestic market. Kilcoy also has Canada, Japan, the Middle East Production split: rendering facilities providing export and the EU. It also services leading 80% export, 20% domestic grade inedible tallow and meat and domestic industry operators including bone meal. Woolworths, Kachels Wholesale Species split: 100% beef Kilcoy’s 2007 throughput is slightly Meats Pty Ltd, Tenderplus Pty Ltd, and Employees: 450 up on 2006 results, with plans for the Westend Wholesale. redevelopment of the site. Sales turnover: n/a The company operates two processing Directors: plants – one in Tamworth, NSW under Brands: Peel Valley Exporters, and the second John Nicholls, Tony Munns, Rockdale Beef, Leeton Royal, Leeton Beef located in Wallangarra, operates under Suresh Withana, Will McEwin Major export markets: Southern Queensland Exporters. Senior management: Japan, USA, Korea, New Zealand, Commencing operations in 2002, the • Tony Munns, Chief Executive Officer South Africa. Tamworth plant is the lamb processing • Dean Goode, General Manager centre for the organisation and is one Operations of the newest small stock plants in the country. • Brett Buktenica, General Manager Marketing and Livestock Wallangarra processes predominantly sheep and is also home to the • Peter Johnstone, General Manager company’s by-product processing which Finance and Corporate Services includes meat meal, tallow, blood meal and casings, and Country Wool Exports.

10 feedback supplement – September 2008 Directors: 15. Harvey Industries Group Pty Ltd Production split: John Jackson, Graham Jackson, PO Box 492, Harvey, WA 6220 65% export, 35% domestic Helen McNeill, Neville Halloran, Species split: 100% beef John McCluskey, Stephen Marshall, Phone: 08 9729 0000 Jerry Wissink Fax: 08 9729 1810 Employees: 654 Senior management: Web: www.harveybeef.com.au Sales turnover: n/a • John Jackson, Chairman Email: [email protected] Brands: • Graham Jackson, Chief Executive Country of ownership: Australia Harvey Beef, Harvey Meat Exports, Officer Harvey By-Products Background: • Helen McNeill, Chief Financial Officer Major export markets: Following its debut in the top 25 • Stephen Marshall, Export Marketing processors ranking in 2006, Harvey Japan, Korea, Indonesia, USA, Manager Beef returns in 2007. Singapore, Taiwan, Middle East, • John McCluskey, Operations Manager Russia, Mauritius, Hong Kong, China, Following the change in ownership Vietnam. • Toni Young, Human Resources Manager from E G Greens to Harvey Industries, Abattoirs: 2 under the ownership of international private equity forms, Stark Investments, 16. G & B Gathercole (VIC) Pty Ltd • Tamworth, NSW Lamb, sheep Harmony Capital and Elders, Harvey Learmonth Road, Carrum, VIC 3197 • Wallangarra, QLD Lamb, sheep Beef has consolidated its position as WA’s largest and oldest beef producer. Phone: 03 9772 2533 Total combined 2007 throughput: TOP 25 RED MEAT PROCESSORS 49,515t In 2007, Harvey invested significant Fax: 03 9776 0137 capital in improving the entire packing Web: www.gathercole.com.au Estimated share of national kill: floor – allowing the company to Email: [email protected] 1.72% increase production capability to Production split: approximately 800 head per day. Country of ownership: Australia This required the implementation of a 60% export, 40% domestic second shift requiring employment of Background: Species split: 100% sheepmeat many new staff. Harvey also invested G & B Gathercole commenced heavily in improving plant security to operations in Melbourne in 1974. Employees: 580 ensure the safety and well being of Family owned, Gathercoles is one of Sales turnover: their workforce and product. the few multi-species processors ranked in the top 25. $A290 million (fiscal year end 06-07) Directors: Supplying Victorian domestic wholesale $A320 million (fiscal year end 07-08) John Nicholls and Suresh Withana, and retail butchers, Gathercoles Brands: Will McEwin operates three plants in Victoria – Country Fresh Australia, Peel Valley Executive team: Carrum (beef/sheep), Tatura (sheep/ Exporters, Southern Queensland • Michael Rapattoni, Chief Executive pigs) and Wangarrata (beef/sheep/ Exporters, Country Wool Exports Officer pigs) with further processing on-site at Carrum and Tatura. Gathercoles also Major export markets: • Shane Wilkinson, Chief Financial tenders out its salted skins weekly. Mexico, USA, Canada, Japan, Middle Officer The main developments on the sites in East, European Union. • Todd Brooks, Chief Operating Officer 2007 were focused on the Tatura site, • Danika Mullins, Executive Marketing/ where Gathercoles installed a new 13. Company information withheld Communications Manager lamb boning room and commenced a • Justin Croser, Executive Sales Manager second shift operation. 14. M C Herd Pty Ltd • Michelle Chatfield, Risk and Directors: Innovation Manager 245 Bacchus Marsh Road Graeme and Barbara Gathercole • Ian Woods, Commercial Manager Corio, VIC 3214 Senior management: Abattoirs: 1 Phone: 03 5275 0555 • Graeme Gathercole, Managing • Harvey, WA Beef (A+) Fax: 03 5275 4769 Director Head capacity 2,950 per week Email: [email protected] • Daryl Little, Company Secretary Further processing facilities • John Collins, Livestock Manager and locations • Justin Gathercole, Commercial Manager • Harvey Industries Processing Centre • Andrew Gathercole, Wholesale Sales (HIPC) Manager • Boning Room – Fremantle • Doug Cole, Chief Engineer Total combined 2007 throughput: • David Cunningham, General 44,486t Manager Carrum Estimated share of national kill: • Jack Winters, Tatura Supervisor 1.55% • Shane Dalton, Wangaratta Supervisor • Peter Kittelty, Wangaratta Manager • Daryl Sewell, Boning Room Manager

feedback supplement – September 2008 11 Abattoirs: 3 Directors: processing cattle on behalf of a select, • Carrum, VIC Beef, sheep Eckard Huebl and Gerard Janssen high quality group of service customers. • Tatura, VIC Sheep, pig Senior management: Senior management: • Wangaratta, VIC Beef, sheep, pig • Eckard Huebl, Managing Director • Brendan Menegazzo, Managing Director Further processing facilities • Willem van Doorn, COO • Mike Jackson, General Manager and locations • William de Klein, Plant Manager Abattoirs: 1 Tatura and Carrum Abattoirs: 1 • Gatton, QLD Beef (A+) Total combined 2007 throughput: • Bordertown, SA Lamb Throughput 38,000t 40,140t Throughput 39,200t Feedlots: 1 Estimated share of national kill: Head capacity 1,750,000hd • ‘Bottle Tree’, Chinchilla, QLD 1.40% Total combined 2007 throughput: 39,200t Total combined 2007 throughput: Production split: 100% domestic Estimated share of national kill: 38,000t Species split: 1.36% Estimated share of national kill: 65% sheep, 25% beef, 10% pig 1.32% Employees: 390 Production split: Production split: Sales turnover: n/a 90% export, 10% domestic 75% export, 25% domestic TOP 25 RED MEATBrands: PROCESSORS Gathercole Species split: 100% lamb Species split: 100% beef Major export markets: n/a Employees: 470 Sales turnover: Employees: n/a 17. Company information withheld $A179 million (fiscal year end 06-07) Sales turnover: n/a $A174 million (calendar year 2007) Brands: 18. Tatiara Meat Company Pty Ltd $A194 million (fiscal year end 07-08) Diamantina, Circle 8 PO Box 970, South Melbourne Brands: Major export markets: VIC 3205 Tatiara, Good Country Japan, Korea, South East Asia, USA, Phone: 03 8646 9500 Major export markets: Russia. Fax: 03 9696 1596 France, Germany, USA, Japan, Korea, 20. Company information withheld Web: www.tatiara.com.au Canada, Taiwan. Email: [email protected] 19. Stanbroke Beef Pty Ltd 21. Primo Australia Scone Abattoir Country of ownership: Australia Grantham Scrub Road 18 Hume Highway, Chullora Background: Grantham, QLD 4347 NSW 2190 Established in 1979, Tatiara Meat Phone: 07 4697 6188 Phone: 02 6540 2200 Company is Australia’s largest exporter of frozen lamb cuts. Based in Fax: 07 4697 6581 Fax: 02 6540 2202 Bordertown, on the south Australian Web: www.stanbroke.com.au Web: www.primosmallgoods.com.au and Victorian border, the company Email: corporate@stanbrokebeef. Country of ownership: Australia sits amongst Australia’s prime lamb com.au producing country. Background: Employing approximately 470 staff, Country of ownership: Australia The Scone Abattoir is owned by Primo the site at Bordertown processes Background: Smallgoods, the largest producer approximately 8,000 head per day, Stanbroke Beef specialises in high of ham, bacon and smallgoods producing approximately 200 different quality grainfed and grassfed beef in Australia. Primo’s extensive products for export to markets including primarily for Asian export markets infrastructure includes the operation France, Germany, USA, Japan, Korea, including Japan, Korea and South East of its own abattoirs (located at Port Taiwan and Canada. Asia along with the USA and Russia. Wakefield and Scone), manufacturing A strong supporter of GE free produce, plants, packing facilities and The operation is fully integrated with Tatiara has positioned itself as a distribution warehouses. supply sourced from Stanbroke’s own provider of free-range lamb product 200,000 herd with the cattle finished The new Primo Port Wakefield pork – antibiotic, additive, artificial feed, at the company’s 13,000 head ‘Bottle plant is currently under construction genetic modification and hormone free. Tree’ feedlot located at Chinchilla, following the fire in 2007, with new kill Recent developments on the Tatiara site Queensland. floor, boning room, offal room, chillers have included the construction of a new and load out area. State-of-the-art Processing is conducted at the 1400m2 boning room to their existing equipment has been sourced globally Grantham plant, located just west of facility along with a 170m2 carton for the fit out. Brisbane. The plant is export registered storage mezzanine, two additional cold and organic and halal accredited. The Primo Scone beef abattoir supplies chain compliant loading docks and to all major domestic retail outlets, refurbishment of the old boning room In conjunction with processing livestock wholesale and food service industries. into a refrigerated packing floor. from ‘Bottle Tree’, Stanbroke carries out The company’s major export markets

12 feedback supplement – September 2008 include Korea, USA, Japan, Canada regional success story commenced 23. V & V Walsh Pty Ltd and Taiwan. Employing around 360 operations on a greenfield site and people, and operating a single shift to is a fully integrated lamb processing PO Box 1713, South Western process approximately 600 head per operation. Highway, Bunbury, WA 6231 day, the Scone site is one of the largest CRF prides itself on its comprehensive Phone: 08 9725 4488 employers in the Hunter region. and integrated approach to process Fax: 08 9791 4077 The Scone abattoir processes grassfed and quality control, and environmental Web: www.vvwalsh.com.au and grainfed yearling prime cattle as and economic management. Email: [email protected] well as export steer and selected cow, Approximately half of product further drawn from eastern NSW particularly processing is conducted on-site, with Country of ownership: Australia the Hunter region. chilling, freezing and transportation Background: Directors: undertaken by on-site sister business Otway Fresh. CRF also operates an Located in Bunbury, V&V Walsh is one Paul Lederer and John Hunt export skin salting facility. This is the of the largest and most respected multi- Senior management: first appearance by CRF in the top 25 species processors located in WA. A • Paul Lederer, Managing Director for several years. family owned business established by Vern and Jean Walsh in 1957, sons • Michael Gilpin, General Manager Directors: Peter and Greg Walsh now operate the Meat Division Jack Barclay (Chief Executive Officer), business. • James Cutler, General Manager Allan McCallum (Chairman), Wayne V & V Walsh is a major meat supplier Primo Scone O’Brien, Gary Flanigan, Simon Ramsay,

to Woolworths and processes a super TOP 25 RED MEAT PROCESSORS • Len Rae, Trade Manager Don Bacon-Hall, Allan McCallum premium meat range ‘Amelia Park’ Abattoirs: 2 Senior management: working alongside Trim & Tasty Meats to • Rebecca Michalik, General Manager, distribute this range throughout Australia. • Scone, NSW Beef (A+) V & V Walsh currently export to the Throughput 35,000 ETCW Corporate Culture and Employee Development Middle East, South East Asia and South Head capacity 150,000 pa Africa with a dedicated office in Beijing. • Trevor Schiller, General Manager, • Port Wakefield, SA Pig (A+) Processed on-site, V & V Walsh also Plant currently being rebuilt after Operations, Standardisation and Customer Service distribute their organic blood and bone Feb 2007 fire, new plant due to be fertilisers throughout Australia and re-commissioned Sept 2008. • Kevin Martin, General Manager, salted skins globally. Total combined 2007 throughput: Information Analysis and Decision Reporting Directors: 35,000 ETCW • Angela Flett, General Manager, Peter Walsh and Gregory Walsh Estimated share of national kill: Growth and Project Implementation Senior management: 1.22% Abattoirs: 1 • Peter Walsh, Director Production split: • Colac Lamb (export) • Gregory Walsh, Director 50% export, 50% domestic Throughput 34,320t • Paul Crane, Export Sales Manager Head capacity: Species split: 100% beef Process floor 1.56 million pa • Peter Cody, Plant Manager Employees: 360 Further process 1.04 million pa Abattoirs: 1 Sales turnover: n/a Further processing facilities and • Bunbury, WA Beef, sheep locations: Throughput 34,320t Brands: CRF (Colac Otway) Head Capacity 400 beef / Hunter Gold, Primo, Milton Farm 3,000 small per day Total combined 2007 throughput: Major export markets: Total combined 2007 throughput: 34,320t Korea, USA, Japan, Canada, Taiwan. 34,320t Estimated share of national kill: Estimated share of national kill: 22. CRF (Colac Otway) Pty Ltd 1.19% 1.19% Production split: 1 Tristania Drive, Colac, VIC 3250 Production split: 35% export, 65% domestic Phone: 03 5231 9700 20% export, 80% domestic Species split: 100% lamb Fax: 03 5231 1477 Species split: 50% beef, 50% lamb Web: www.crfco.com.au Employees: 377 Employees: 300 Email: [email protected] Sales turnover: n/a Sales turnover: n/a Brands: n/a Country of ownership: Australia Brands: Background: Major export markets: Amelia Park Lamb Established in 2000, CRF (Colac Japan, USA, China, Middle East, Major export markets: Taiwan, South America. Otway) is set amongst premier farming Middle East, South East Asia, country located two hours west from South Africa. Melbourne. As Colac’s second largest employer and dedicated supporter of the local region, this locally-owned

feedback supplement – September 2008 13 24. Northern Co-Operative Meat Casino is home to the beef processing Total combined 2007 throughput: Company Ltd facility, wet blue tannery (Casino Hide 44,344t Tanners), rendering facility, freezing 10615 Summerland Way, Casino plant and value adding. The Casino Estimated share of national kill: NSW 2470 site has the capability to process 1.05% Phone: 02 6662 2444 12,500 head per week. The plant Production split: Fax: 02 6662 2391 operates two separate processing floors – the beef floor processing animals 65% export, 35% domestic Web: www.cassino.com.au over 200kg and the veal floor all those Species split: Email: [email protected] under 200kg. 80% beef/veal and 20% pigs Country of ownership: Australia The pig processing facility is located Employees: at Booyong, ensuring both segregation Background: and religious market requirements are 694 permanent, 267 casual Established in 1933, Northern met at the Casino plant. Throughput Sales turnover: n/a Co-Operative Meat Company Ltd at the Booyong plant is not included Brands: in the overall tonne figure used for the is located in Casino, the hub of the Cassino, CHT, CRSM ranking. Northern Rivers in NSW. Major export markets: The Co-operative’s primary focus Directors: USA, Canada, Japan, Korea. is to provide its customers with an Peter Carlill (Chairman), efficient meat processing facility George Bennett (Deputy Chairman), 25. Southern Meats Pty Ltd TOP 25 RED MEATutilising PROCESSORS a highly trained workforce Tom Amey, Ken Somerville, Frank Bray, and specialised equipment in order to Lennard Blok, Chris Dockrill PO Box 244, Goulburn, NSW 2580 maintain its ability to service all major global markets. Profits are re-invested Senior management: Phone: 02 4824 0000 into the facility to ensure it maintains its • Gary Burridge, Chief Executive Fax: 02 4822 1085 facilities and services. Officer Web: www.southernmeats.com.au The Co-operative has over 1,500 Abattoirs: 2 Email: [email protected] livestock producer shareholders who • Casino, NSW Beef (A+) have their livestock processed at Throughput 30,226t either of the Co-operative’s processing Head capacity 520,000hd facilities. The Co-operative operates a dedicated export beef processing • Booyong, NSW Pigs facility and one of the largest wet Throughput 14,118t blue leather tanneries in the southern Head capacity 260,000 hemisphere and a dedicated export pig processing facility.

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