Building a new industry on dairy byproduct

摘要

For Victorian Western District producers Colin and Jill Frawley, dairy bull beef has grown to be the most profitable enterprise on their farm. "We believe it has a tremendous future and will be a mainstream enterprise within a few years," Colin Frawley says. "It is one of the few fanning enterprises where there is a market and not enough product." The Frawleys' property Wirra, at Branxholme 17km southwest of Hamilton, is 990 hectares of leased and owned land. While a fine wool self replacing Merinoflock is the main enterprise. with about 8000 sheep, the fastest growing and most profitable enterprise is bull beef. The dairy bull beef industry has been kick started in Australia by Warrnambool processor, Midfield Meats. It is based on adding value toa by-product of the dairy industry, Friesian bull calves. which are currently slaughtered in large numbers as five-day-old bobby calves.