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Booming processed meat sales have led to WA abattoir operator WAMMCO paying out a record $21.8 million to its members, more than double last year's bonus.
Meat processors are confident they can find markets to accommodate more sheep meat products from Western Australia when the federal government's ban on live exports comes into effect in 2028.
The state government will provide a $5 million loan to the WA Meat Marketing Cooperative's Katanning sheep processing plant, amid record sheep meat prices.
Major WA agribusinesses plan new investments to create scale and efficiency, while smaller operators are cooperating to access new markets with niche products.
WAMMCO has signed on Queensland-based ReNu Energy to build a 3.1-megawatt bioenergy and solar facility at the sheep meat producer's Katanning abattoir.
Sheep meat producer WAMMCO has received a $5 million loan for upgrades at its Katanning processing plant as part of the state government's cooperative loan scheme.
SPECIAL REPORT: The increased use of technology in one family-owned WA agribusiness is an example of many changes happening in the industry more broadly.
An upgrade to a meat processing plant at Katanning, a chicken feed mill in Muchea, a new piggery at Moora and a live lobster holding facility in Welshpool are the latest in a string of investments that will boost the agribusiness sector in Western Australia.
WAMMCO director Rod Madden has retired after more than eleven years on the board.Mr Madden continues to farm at Morawa, and remains a CBH Group director.
Western Australia is leading the country when it comes to the cooperative and mutual business sector, with three local operations named amid the nation's five largest.