ACC in the community

BREEDING WAGYU EXCELLENCE

14 APRIL 2025: ACC’s commitment to genetic gain in its Wagyu herd is hitting the ground with a drop of calves due in September this year.Working with the Australian Wagyu Association (AWA), we are collecting data to share with the industry as part of the AWA progeny test program. Approximately 470 high-content registered Wagyu females …

RESEARCHERS TRIAL NEW TECHNOLOGY

2 APRIL 2025: Researchers working at Australian Country Choice have successfully trialled new technology taking some of the guesswork out of grading beef carcase traits at the ribeye. The scientific and technical teams from Murdoch University and the University of Sydney combined to conduct extensive trials of the Q-FOM™ camera. Grading of beef carcasses is traditionally …

AWARD FOR WELL-BEING DONE WELL

26 MARCH 2025: Well-being done well is the mantra of our hard-working workplace health and safety manager Joell Brown who was last night named safety champion for the Australian meat processing industry. He received at the award at a dinner organised by the Australian Meat Processor Corporation as part of the two-day safety-focussed event held …

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’ …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …