Livestock farming is one of the fastest growing industries in South Australia (SA) with the establishment of three pork and chicken meat giants in the state; Port Wakefield Abattoirs, the Big River Pork Abattoir and Baiada Poultry.
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The Port Wakefield Abattoir and the Big River Pork Abattoir at Murray Bridge are playing crucial roles in the pork industry’s expansion to production of around A$500m (US$256m). The growth has created over 300 jobs within the last two years.
The growth of the local chicken meat industry, prompted by the arrival of national chicken company Baiada Poultry has also been strong and is now worth around A$300m annually. This industry is a great help to regional towns, bringing key benefits to local, rural economies.
SA Farmers Federation chicken meat chairman Laura Fell told the Adelaide Advertiser that the good weather, with low humidity, was a significant advantage for chicken growers.
The three companies are expected to provide between them at least another 100 new jobs by the end of 2004.
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