CENTRAL Queensland is a key production and supply area for Teys Australia – one of the nation’s largest beef processors – with a footprint across the company’s Biloela and Lakes Creek facilities accounting for daily capacity of around 2500 head per day.

The company is arguably the largest ag sector employer in the Central Queensland region, with around 1300 full time staff at both plants.

Before acquiring the Biloela plant in 1983 and Lakes Creek in 2002, Teys had bought cattle out of the Central Queensland region for the past 70 years, since the mid-1950s.

Brad Teys

Teys’ focus for Beef 2024 will be on connecting with the company’s producer partners across eastern and northern Australia, and the event will provide the Teys team a unique opportunity to reconnect and build on those essential relationships, chief executive Brad Teys said.

A program of short, information-packed seminars has been prepared to run in a dedicated Teys marquee and hospitality area on the grounds (see image) throughout the week. Each seminar topic will be repeated on different days, to avoid clashes with other events (full schedule published below).

Feeder and slaughter cattle suppliers from across Australia to the company’s diverse grain, grassfed, EU and Certified Organic brand programs are welcome to stop in to the marquee during their visit to Beef 2024.

The seminars are designed to provide information and content to support the company’s producer partners and bring them topics of interest. With a pragmatic focus on support and informative content, the seminar topics will be presented by members of the Teys team and external subject matter experts.

Subjects will include:

• A walk through the expanding Teys beef brand programs, with a highlight on the premium brands and Teys grassfed program requirements – highlighting the brands that Teys takes to market, and how to become a part of those programs.
• The latest in pain relief practices that can be used on-farm
• An MSA information session including methods to help minimise dark cutting.
• A session highlighting aspects of Teys animal health data and how producers can best understand their carcase feedback and act upon it for better outcomes.

Teys Australia is also sponsoring the Beef 2024 Main Event Dinner in the Long Paddock Venue on Thursday 9 May, featuring guest speaker, former Wallabies captain John Eales. The event is already fully subscribed.

Samples of Teys flagship branded product will be available near the Teys Marquee, in Beef 2024’s M’eat Street precinct. Local slow-cook smoker barbecue outfit, Sethro’s Texas BBQ, will be serving Teys Certified Black Angus product throughout the five-day event.

Teys Marquee seminar program:

Tuesday 7 May

• 10am – Special Beef programs & Grasslands Beef program (Teys’ Mark Ellison and Hannah Brodie)
• 1pm – Pain Relief on Farm (independent vet Dr David Friths)

Wednesday 8 May

• 10am – Pain Relief on Farm (independent vet Dr David Friths)
• 1pm – MSA – dark cutters and how to prevent them (Dr Peter McGilchrist)

Thursday 9 May

• 10am – Understanding your feedback and animal health (Teys’ Hannah Brodie and Courtney Lakin)
• 11am – MSA – dark cutters and how to prevent them (Dr Peter McGilchrist)
• 1pm – Special Beef programs & Grasslands Beef program (Teys’ Mark Ellison and Hannah Brodie).

The Teys Marquee will be located in the Beef 2024 Partner Precinct near M’eat Street – sites 0107-0108 on the event map, between the Connors Pavillion and the Exhibition Hall.

Click here for more information about Teys’ livestock programs.  https://au.teysgroup.com/producers/livestock-programs/