Cattle at at the live export feedlot.
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11/14/2017 Beyond the gate – Central Station http://www.centralstation.net.au/beyond-the-gate/ 1/11 ABORIGINAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM / ABORIGINAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT / 0 COMMENTS Beyond the gate NOVEMBER 6, 2017 Host: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development — Aboriginal Business Development Project Written by Daisy Goodwin, Development Officer The Aboriginal Business Development (ABD) project works with six Aboriginal managed properties throughout Western Australia, the majority of which are pastoral. These businesses are all in the process of improving the profitability of their businesses through increased technical skills of their people, capital investment in infrastructure and greater market awareness. It is important they learn about what happens on farm, along with what happens off it. Beemurra Aboriginal Corporation (BAC) own and manage Yallalie Farm in the Dandaragan shire. Over the last 4 years BAC has worked with DAFWAs Indigenous Landholder Service (now ABD) to investigate ways to improve the productivity of their land. The property has some sandy soil which is not suitable Stories from Australian Cattle Stations HOME ABOUT BLOG HOSTS SPONSORS TRAINING EMPLOYMENT CONTACT
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ABORIGINAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM / ABORIGINAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT / 0COMMENTS
Beyond the gateNOVEMBER 6, 2017
Host: Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development — Aboriginal Business Development
Project
Written by Daisy Goodwin, Development Officer
The Aboriginal Business Development (ABD) project works with six Aboriginal managed properties
throughout Western Australia, the majority of which are pastoral.
These businesses are all in the process of improving the profitability of their businesses through
increased technical skills of their people, capital investment in infrastructure and greater market
awareness. It is important they learn about what happens on farm, along with what happens off it.
Beemurra Aboriginal Corporation (BAC) own and manage Yallalie Farm in the Dandaragan shire. Over
the last 4 years BAC has worked with DAFWAs Indigenous Landholder Service (now ABD) to investigate
ways to improve the productivity of their land. The property has some sandy soil which is not suitable
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for growing high value grain crops, however research has shown sub-tropical perennial pastures would
be highly productive. After assessing their options, BAC decided they would focus on grazing beef cattle
and the best way to achieve this would be to improve their pastures and infrastructure.
This required developing a farm plan which involved creating new paddocks and upgrading the water
system. The new water system would allow perennial pastures to be established and a rotational
grazing system to be implemented. BAC received a grant from the Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC)
which enabled them to invest in these capital items. Constructing new fences and upgrading the water
system on Yallalie has been the priority over the last twelve months.
Over this time, BAC worked with producer groups such as Evergreen and Mingenew-Irwin Group (MiG).
In establishing this relationship and conducting farm visits, BAC members built on their knowledge about
perennial pastures and grazing systems. These systems are vital to efficiently managing pastures.
Once Yallalie had the new paddocks installed, BAC were able to decide on methods of sourcing cattle
and establishing their business. Members chose the best way to utilise their pastures would be growing
cattle on consignment from other clients. However, in order to provide the best service to their clients,
they must have an understanding of the beef supply chain.
In March this year, BAC participated in a supply chain tour run by the ABD project. This tour assisted
members to gain an insight into the marketing side of WA beef cattle. Over the trip, BAC members and
ABD staff explored some of the various destinations cattle could travel to from the farm. These
included:
A feedlot specialised in Wagyu cattle, an interesting and exciting market
One of the largest feedlots in Western Australia and a main supplier of Coles supermarkets
A feedlot where cattle are held before they are shipped for live export
A state-of-the-art abattoir south of Perth
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Cattle at at the live export feedlot.
Each of the feedlots was a little different and all had specific markets they were specialising in. This
included targeting the domestic supermarkets, live export and boxed export markets. With the
improvements made to Yallalie, BAC will be able to receive cattle from their clients and enable them to
meet the specifications for all these markets.
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Kylagh Feedlot (Max Cunnington, Stockwest; Penny Crane, Kylagh Feedlot; Kevin Barron,
BAC; Lexine Mourambine, BAC; Madeline Anderson, BAC; Tony Gray, ABD visiting Kylagh
Feedlot).
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Feed at Kylagh Feedlot.
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In exploring these facilities, particpants were able to witness largely different beef businesses in WA and
the role BAC could play in improving the supply of quality beef in WA.
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