News Articles for WAMMCO

The foreign owner of two mothballed abattoirs has put both facilities up for sale and will exit WA after two years of radio silence about its future.

The state government has quashed industry speculation it is looking to offload operation of a prison abattoir south of Perth.

Katanning's sheep processing co-operative has been fined $785,000 for the death in 2022 of a foreign abattoir worker.

Western Australian Meat Marketing Co-operative has been charged over the death of a worker at its Katanning abattoir.

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Capacity constraints at one of the last abattoirs offering contract kills have left WA's independent meat industry at risk of collapse.

OPINION: A number of strategies are available that could help fortify cattle producers and processors against economic shocks and market volatility.

WAMMCO chairman Craig Heggaton has died at the age of 63.

Booming processed meat sales have led to WA abattoir operator WAMMCO paying out a record $21.8 million to its members, more than double last year's bonus.

Meat processors are confident they can find markets to accommodate more sheep meat products from Western Australia when the federal government's ban on live exports comes into effect in 2028.

Border closures have made it hard for WA agribusinesses to find workers.

Lower demand from Indonesia for WA wheat as well as growing need interstate should lead to a fall in grain export numbers.

The state government will provide a $5 million loan to the WA Meat Marketing Cooperative's Katanning sheep processing plant, amid record sheep meat prices.

The state government has announced new regulations to help boost lamb exports, which hit a record $306 million in 2018.

Major WA agribusinesses plan new investments to create scale and efficiency, while smaller operators are cooperating to access new markets with niche products.

WAMMCO has signed on Queensland-based ReNu Energy to build a 3.1-megawatt bioenergy and solar facility at the sheep meat producer's Katanning abattoir.

Sheep meat producer WAMMCO has received a $5 million loan for upgrades at its Katanning processing plant as part of the state government's cooperative loan scheme.

SPECIAL REPORT: The increased use of technology in one family-owned WA agribusiness is an example of many changes happening in the industry more broadly.

An upgrade to a meat processing plant at Katanning, a chicken feed mill in Muchea, a new piggery at Moora and a live lobster holding facility in Welshpool are the latest in a string of investments that will boost the agribusiness sector in Western Australia.

Dawson Bradford has retired as chair of the WA Meat Marketing Cooperative after 15 years in the role.

WAMMCO director Rod Madden has retired after more than eleven years on the board.Mr Madden continues to farm at Morawa, and remains a CBH Group director.

Western Australia is leading the country when it comes to the cooperative and mutual business sector, with three local operations named amid the nation's five largest.

Producer owned lamb exporter WAMMCO has seen a record four nominations for a vacancy on the cooperative's board.

PERTH-BASED and regional businesses were among those recognised at three different award ceremonies last week.