Supporting the growth of a sustainable beef supply chain in Yorkshire

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Supporting the growth of a sustainable beef
supply chain in Yorkshire

• Larry Kavanagh GM ABP Doncaster
• Anglo Beef Processors

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ABPLocations throughout the UK
ABP Processing 350,000 Cattle P.A. 15 National
Kill Working in partnership with over 8,000
farmers Supplying UK multiple retailers,
wholesalers, manufacturers caterers
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Yorkshire Presence

• York
• Abattoir boning facility
• 100 full time staff
• Processing 250 tonnes per week
• Working in partnership with over 1,000 local
  farmers
• Pay for livestock on day of receipt
• Doncaster
• 25m investment
• State of the art packing facility
• Processing 1,000 tonnes per week
• Outputting 2,000,000 retail packs per week
• Employing 640 staff

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Changing marketplace
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Industry UpdateGrowing EU-27 Beef Production
Deficit
000 tonnes cwe
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Changing MarketplaceBeef
Source TNS Worldpanel data to 10th August 2008
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BeefLink Initiatives

• Launched October 2007 in Doncaster

Heavy Weight Cattle
Farming Scholarship
Connecting Children with Farming
360 Young Black White Male Calves
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Supported by Yorkshire Farexchange

• Fantasy Farming Initiative
• Developed in conjunction with Yorkshire
  Farexchange Askham Bryan College Rural Research
  Unit
• Financially supported by The Land-Skills
  program
• Utilising 75 of young black white males calves
  that are not currently used in the food chain
• Involving local farmers
• Monthly meetings on nutrition, health supply
  chain
• Regular updates on growth rates and cost of
  production
• Opportunity to win trip to Calgary Stampede
• Offering a positive solution to sustainable beef
  supply for the industry

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Summary

• ABP represents a large, multi-national business
  in Yorkshire
• Helping to support local economy through
  difficult times
• Working in partnership with local businesses
  farmers
• Developing initiatives for the future
• Will continue to do so for years to come