On-farm Duck, Chicken Abattoir Gains Approval
AUSTRALIA - A shire council has granted a Western Australia farmer approval for an on-farm poultry abattoir, set to minimise the distance between production and processing.
7 July 2014
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By: According to ABC Rural, Donnybrook-Balingup Shire Council passed the development in June for farmer Jeff Pow to set up the facility at Balingup, 230 kilometres south of Perth.
Starting processing this spring, the ‘micro-abattoir’ will cater for chickens and ducks.
Mr Pow, who expects to be processing 400 birds every fortnight, said he is processing to online pre-orders.
"That's part of the trick of bringing the value chain back onto the farm, so we don't have distributors, we deal directly with the public," he said.
