JBS Australia could add up to 1700 head per day to its Dinmore (Qld) processing plant roster next year under plans announced today to introduce a second daily production shift.
If the company achieves its objective, it means Dinmore would operate for around 20 hours a day, five days each week, processing up to ten percent of Australia’s entire beef processing capacity.
At capacity, Dinmore is the largest beef plant in the southern hemisphere when measured by carcase weight, but has not operated its second shift since the previous drought turnoff cycle in 2019, due to labour…
