Annual report 2006-2007 - Taranaki Regional Council

2. Taranaki Abattoir Co (1992) Limited
2.1 Process description
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Taranaki Abattoir Co (1992) Limited [Taranaki Abattoirs] operate an abattoir and
rendering plant situated beside State Highway 3 at the Kahouri Stream bridge, about
one kilometre north of Stratford. The facility generally operates Monday-Friday and
slaughters cattle, sheep and pigs. Meat meal and tallow are also by-products
manufactured on site. About 25 persons are employed.
The facility has been upgraded and its capacity expanded significantly since 1995.
Figure 2 shows the annual kill of beef, sheep and pigs for the years ending 30 June
since 1995.
No. of kills
30000
25000
20000
15000
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Taranaki Abbattoir Kill 1994/95 - 2006/07
94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07
Beef Sheep Pigs Total Kill
60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
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Figure 2 Annual kill for beef, sheep and pigs at Stratford abattoir from 1994-95 to 2006-2007
In the year ending 30 June 2007, 5,878 cattle, 7,287 sheep and 29,298 pigs were
slaughtered. This represents a decrease on the figures for the previous monitoring
period of 15% for sheep and an increase of 42% for cattle and 0.71% for pigs. The
number of pigs killed had decreased significantly between 1998-1999 and 2000-2001,
but increased significantly in 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 when a new high for number
of pigs processed in a year was recorded. In the current 2006-2007 monitoring year,
this figure was surpassed, for the second consecutive year (Figure 2).
Sheep kills have gradually decreased since 2000-2001 and this decrease continues,
with a moderate reduction between 2005-2006 and 2006-2007. Beef kills were
somewhat higher in the 2006-2007 year, than that recorded in the two previous
periods.
Figure 3 shows monthly kills over the monitoring period. The rate of kill over the
2006-2007 monitoring period was relatively stable throughout the monitoring period
for cattle and sheep although beef did start the year slowly. Pig numbers on the other
hand began with a peak at the start of the year to taper off until March 2007, when
they peaked again, albeit lower than earlier in the year. The previous maximum for
number of pigs killed in a month (3881 – May 2006) was exceeded in July of the
reported period, with the new maximum being 3933.
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