Kimbe Micro Abattoir — Producer Survey

Kimbe Micro Abattoir — Producer Survey

We're gathering information from local livestock producers to understand demand for the proposed micro-abattoir at Grabben Gullen and the services producers may need. Your responses will help us model capacity, species mix, booking requirements, value-add services and transport needs. We will also use responses to understand the barriers local producers currently face and the potential impact of improved local processing access. Findings will be reported at the community level in aggregate and individual responses will be kept anonymous. More information on this project can be found at holdingground.com.au/projects/kimbe
About you and your enterprise
Email address
example@example.com
Name

First NameLast Name
Mobile number
Please enter a valid phone number.Format: 0000 000 000.
Business / farm name
Farm location (town / suburb or postcode)
How would you describe your operation?

Other
How do you currently sell livestock or meat?

Other
What % of the average retail price per kg do you currently capture?
Current processing arrangements
How do you currently process livestock?

Other
If you selected 'Large commercial abattoir' — facility name (optional)
Approximately how far is the ONE-WAY trip from your farm to your current processor?
How many livestock-processing transport trips do you make in a typical year?
Approximately how many person-hours per year does your business spend transporting livestock to processing and/or collecting product?
What is the typical lead time between requesting and receiving a suitable booking?
Do you currently use more than one processor because of availability or species requirements? If yes, please explain briefly.
Please select your TOP THREE current processing challenges

Other
What is the single biggest way current processing arrangements constrain your farm or business?
Livestock and processing demand
Which species would you potentially process through the Kimbe facility?

Other

For each relevant species, tell us about your expected use

Rows	Expected processing frequency	Approx. number of animals per processing run	Approx. average liveweight per animal (kg)	Preferred months / seasonal notes (including any peak periods)
Cattle
Sheep/Lambs
Goats
Pigs
Poultry
Other

How much notice can you normally give for a processing booking?
Would you be interested in reserving recurring slots or entering an annual / seasonal throughput agreement?
How far would you be willing to travel to use the proposed facility?
Facility services and value-add interest

Would you use these services?

Rows	Definitely	Possibly	Unlikely	No
Slaughter only / carcass return
Carcass breakdown into primals or boxed meat
Full retail-ready cutting
Vacuum packing / retail packs
Labelling & barcoding
Offal recovery for human consumption
Recovery of bones, fat, hides / skins or other by-products (where feasible)
Smallgoods / further processing (including potential future interest)
Dry-ageing or extended hanging

If you selected extended hanging, please indicate your preferred hanging period:
After processing, would you prefer to organise your own refrigerated transport, use a facility-operated service, or a third-party service?
If a refrigerated delivery service from the facility was available, would you use it?
Where would product generally need to be delivered?

Other
Delivery suburb / town / postcode
Market access and growth opportunity

These questions will help us understand how local processing could change the way you sell and grow your business so that we can demonstrate the project's value to Council and other decision-makers.
Do you currently have a market for your processed meat products?
If Yes — who are your customers?

Other
If No — would you be interested in exploring any of these opportunities?
If reliable local processing were available, how likely would you be to increase livestock production?
If you answered likely above, approximately how much could your livestock processing volume grow over 2–3 years?
If reliable local processing were available, how likely would you be to increase direct-to-consumer or other higher-value sales?
Would you anticipate employing additional people or contractors if your direct-market sales grew? Indicate approximate number of full-time or casual positions, if known.
Baseline impact measures

This section focuses on your current experience with processing — how confident you feel about getting a booking, how often things go wrong, and how far you travel — so we have a clear baseline before the facility exists. This will help us measure the broader impact of the facility so that we can demonstrate the value of local processing for other regions.

Thinking about your current processing experience, how much do you agree with the following?

Rows	Strongly disagree	Disagree	Neither	Agree	Strongly agree
I can usually secure a processing booking when I need one.
I can plan my livestock production with confidence because processing access is predictable.
The booking requirements of the processors available to me are workable for the scale of my operation.
Minimum numbers and other booking conditions are sufficiently stable for me to plan ahead.
I have access to processing services that support the way I want to sell my product.

In the past 12 months, how many processing bookings did you seek in total?
Of these, how many times could you not get a suitable booking?

In the past 12 months, how often has each of the following happened?

Rows	Never	Once	2–3 times	4–6 times	More than 6 times	N/A
A desired processing booking was unavailable.
A booking was delayed or moved in a way that affected the business.
Minimum booking numbers or other processor requirements changed unexpectedly.
Animals were held on-farm longer than planned because processing was unavailable.
Livestock had to be sold through a less-preferred channel because processing was unavailable.
Customer orders or sales opportunities were delayed, reduced or lost because of processing constraints.
You used a more distant processor because a suitable local option was unavailable.

In the past 12 months, have processing constraints caused any of the following? (select all that apply)

Other
If known, what is the approximate annual processing-related transport cost to your farm business?
If known, what is the approximate value of sales delayed or lost due to processing constraints?
If known, approximately how long do animals typically spend in transit and in lairage (holding) before processing?
Next steps
How important is local processing to the future viability or growth of your enterprise?

1

2

3

4

5

1 is 1 (Not important), 5 is 5 (Essential)
Would you be willing to provide a short case study or follow-up interview about your current processing experience?
Would you like to be contacted when the project moves to its next stage?
Would you consider becoming a founding customer or committing indicative annual throughput?
Should be Empty:

Kimbe Micro Abattoir — Producer Survey

About you and your enterprise

Current processing arrangements

Livestock and processing demand

Facility services and value-add interest

Market access and growth opportunity

Baseline impact measures

Next steps