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The Midfield Group includes five businesses in the chain from paddock to consumer -

1. Pastoral company

2. Livestock freight and refridgerated transport vehicles

3. Abatoir

4. Meat packaging, export and retail sales

5. Midfield co-products (such as blood and bone, tallow and meat meal)

The company aim to be Australia’s most efficient, quality producer of red meat. They state “ We also have our commitment to reducing our environmental footprint and creating a secure a healthy future for you and your children in writing; we adhere to our own Environmental Management System, which encompasses the minimisation of greenhouse gas emissions, recycling waste materials and the efficient use of energy.” Specifically they are developing an alternative fuel for their transport vehicles from waste tallow – converting animal fat into biodiesel. They are also planning to reduce their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by using geothermal water and a gas co-generation plant to heat water for cleaning purposes. They recycle water used in the abatoir and stomach contents of slaughtered animals are returned to their pastoral properties as a mulch/fertilizer.