Current Operation

• Closed (2006)after cyclone Larry¹

Location     

Owner

• CMG (as at 1999)²
• Teys Bros³

Operation          

• Export
• Nominal Capacity 125,000hd as per 50 weeks. (as at 1999)²
• Prior to Larry drought and cattle in short supply¹

 History

2006 

• Closed after Cyclone Larry, Equipment remained³

2011

• September. Plant and Equipment went to Auction³
  • Abattoir also owned by Teys Katherine abattoir #2 (NT) closed 2002, assets to be sold.⁴

“We had a total working plant in Innisfail up until not that long ago and it was ready to work at any stage”(Alex Stubbs – Agforce)³

Sources

1. Personal Communication. CM 16.01.13
2. Competition & Exit in Meat Processing. Agribusiness review Vol 7 1999
3. ‘Another Northern Abattoir bites the dust’ ABC rural. 21.09.11
4. ‘AAco on track for Darwin abattoir’ Beef Central 26.09.2011

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