Record cattle prices test co-op

Matthew Cawood
Updated October 1 2015 - 4:28am, first published 4:00am
Northern Co-operative Meat Company chairman John Seccombe and chief executive Simon Stahl look over construction of the new $7 million knock-box, designed using the principles advocated by animal welfare expert Temple Grandin.
Northern Co-operative Meat Company chairman John Seccombe and chief executive Simon Stahl look over construction of the new $7 million knock-box, designed using the principles advocated by animal welfare expert Temple Grandin.

AUSTRALIA'S only farmer-owned beef processor was in the spotlight during the big cattle turnoff of 2013-14, when queues for service kills had its chains running at capacity for nearly two years straight.

Matthew Cawood

National writer for Fairfax Agricultural Media.

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