Profitability of supply chain options for beef producers; a case study based in Western Australia.

Are you interested in undertaking an economic evaluation of your supply chain pathways to get a triple bottom line for adopting specific management options?

Using benefit cost analysis, three supply chain options for a cattle enterprise in WA were evaluated to better understand profitability:

1. Pastoral station to sale yard market.
2. Pastoral station to backgrounding property to abattoir market.
3. Pastoral station to feedlot to abattoir market.

In this webinar presentation, join Dr Fiona Dempster, Deputy Director of the Centre for Agricultural Economics & Development at the University of Western Australia, as she presents the results and discusses the recommendations from the Backgrounding Scenario, including that vertical integration appears to be a profitable proposition, and how cattle behaviour management can improve cattle welfare and improve profit.