High livestock prices force Cootamundra abattoir closure

Andrew Marshall
Updated February 17 2017 - 6:30pm, first published 3:45pm
Cootamundra abattoir will shut down after its final livestock kill on February 24.
Cootamundra abattoir will shut down after its final livestock kill on February 24.

Manildra Meat Company is to close the Cootamundra abattoir in southern NSW, blaming high livestock prices for making the processing plant “unviable” in the current environment. 

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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