FOUR new or significantly expanded beef processing facilities in southern states will help deliver more competition for the abundance of livestock currently hitting the market, but will equally add further pressure to what is an already tightly-constricted processing industry labour market.
The four processing sites either recently commencing operations, or poised to make a start in coming weeks include:
- Thomas Foods International – Murray Bridge (SA)
- Greenham Tongala (VIC)
- Kilcoy Global Foods – Lance Creek (VIC)
- Australian Meat Group – Cootamundra (southern NSW)
Hundreds of…