Denmark: Co-operative approach and shared goals is paying off for South West farmers

Published 2024년 11월 24일

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Nine farming families in Denmark, Australia, have formed the Salt Laced Beef Co-operative to produce high-quality grassfed beef. They plan to breed, raise, and finish their stock on pastures near the ocean, resulting in 'Salt Laced Beef'. The co-operative will operate a mobile abattoir, built by Chad Stewart's business, Coastal Transport Engineering, to process the meat and reduce costs. The co-operative aims to be established in January and fully operational in nine to 12 months, with a goal to provide a consistent premium product and offer more control and flexibility in the market for producers.

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We all know the common phrase 'team work makes the dream work'. For nine passionate local Denmark farming families, producing premium, nutritious grassfed beef is a shared goal. By utilising their business and farming expertise through a shared vision of farming for the future, the life-long friends are gearing up to present an up and coming collective, the Salt Laced Beef Co-operative. Led by chairman, Youngs Siding beef producer and owner of Coastal Transport Engineering, Chad Stewart, the nine producers farm across 4500 hectares within the Denmark shire, spanning from Nornalup to Youngs Siding. Between them, they run 3000 breeders, made up of predominantly Angus - and some Speckle-Park Angus cross cattle. The aim is provide the best quality beef possible, by breeding, raising and finishing their stock on their properties, which are all within 10 to 15 kilometres of the ocean. By growing their herds on rich green pastures, situated perfectly for the cool air blowing straight off ...

Source: Farmweekly