Consumers can expect lamb prices to remain high while a shortage of workers puts pressure on abattoirs to keep up with demand. With nearly 70 vacant positions, due to a country-wide labour shortage, it means GMP is processing 1,000 fewer lambs a day, cutting production by a quarter. CEO, Will Barton, hoped the ag visa would see workers arrive soon

GMP’s world-first tech will change the way farmers are paid for lamb and how consumers choose their meat. The technology was accredited by red meat industry peak body AUS-MEAT in November, and it is now hoped it can be adopted by other abattoirs across the country.

A move towards value-based marketing is seeing GMP reap the profits 10 months on from the introduction of a world-first lamb grid that pays producers on lean meat yield, weight and intramuscular fat. We introduced the grid last May, offering a 50 cents-a-kilogram premium for lambs with an intramuscular fat measurement of 5 per cent or higher.