Better profit for N.C.F. forecast

Press, 12 July 1980, Page 19

Better profit for N.C.F. forecast

1 The increase in through-!' put and the financial results'; achieved so far indicate that there will be a substantial improvement in the profit for,: the year, says the chairman!! of N.C.F. Kaiapoi. Ltd. (Mr. lan Hart). -i The 1979-80 season would, end on July 17. he said, with) a total kill (of lamb and J sheep) in excess of 865.000,1 compared with the previous i record in the preceding season of 752.330. 1 The lamb kill would be up’i by 120.000 and average 1 weights higher by more than i Ikg to 13.58 kg. The sheep i kill was down slightly at i 147.000, but the average: weight was also up by; 1 0.75 kg to 21kg. ;i

Mr Hart said that the sea-i son had opened on October; 16 last year and three chains! had been manned by Novent-j ber 12. A full week's pro-! duction was lost in November due to a national strike, but maximum production had continued'till the end of April. Ideal weather resulted in ample feed for stock and! coupled with industrial har-i mony this made the season) a very good one. I The result would not have) been achieved without the) benefit of the association

iw'ith C. S. Stevens and Com- 1 Ipany, Ltd. he said. A fresh meat load-out facility had been installed to speed up the delivery of fresh carcases to Stevens' Ashley Meats plant and at, the same time this had relieved cold storage facilities. It was expected that 1200: earcases a day would be taken fresh to Ashley Meats next season. The Stevens Group had been responsible for the marketing of N.C.F. pool! lambs this season and the results, which had been announced. had been most sat-' isfactory. With the support given to, the farmers’ co-operative it was expected that the pools

would receive even greater support next year. Work had begun on the new blast freezer complex, scheduled for completion by October 1. 1981. and approval had been given for Halal slaughtering for next season. The installation of electrical stimulation was also under consideration. I Mr Hart said that the directors also wished to express their appreciation to all sections of the staff for the effort made in achieving! a very satisfactory result.