Commercial Chicken Farms and Processors - EPA

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Review of On-Farm Disposal Treatment Risks and the Potential for Recycling of Wastes Produced from Commercial Chicken Farms and Processors Figure 3.1 summarises the waste management streams at various stages in chicken meat processing. CHICKEN CHICKEN CHICKEN BREEDER GROW ER MEAT FA R M S FA R M S PRO CESSING Feathers / Litte r / Manure Chicken C arcasses Feathers / Litte r / Manure Chicken C arcasses O ffa l / Feathers / E xcess C arcass W aste FIGURE 3.1 Waste Management Streams 3.4 Relationship Between Processors and Growing Farm Contractors Inghams, Steggles, Joe’s Poultry and Adelaide Poultry are the four major processors of chicken meat in South Australia, accounting for 99% of chicken meat production throughout the State. Whilst the major processors own and manage some chicken grower farms, most chicken grower farms are directly contracted by the producer to grow chickens (refer Appendix A). The chicken producers provide the stock, feed, litter, and veterinary services to the grower farms, whilst the contracted growers are responsible for growing the chickens. 3.4.1 Waste Management Responsibility Current arrangements by the four major processors require contract growers to dispose of the chicken carcass and other waste generated as part of their operations in an environmentally sustainable manner. The processor either pays a disposal fee to its contract farmer, or this responsibility is included in other commercial contractual arrangements. Page 6
PR O C ESSO R Provides stock,w ood shavings,feed and veternar i y services to grow erfarm ers. Review of On-Farm Disposal Treatment Risks and the Potential for Recycling of Wastes Produced from Commercial Chicken Farms and Processors GR O W E R R esponsible for day to day ta s k s in grow ing chickens and waste di sposal. FIGURE 3.2 Relationship Between Processor and Contract Grower Page 7
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Page 3 and 4: Review of On-Farm Disposal Treatmen
Page 7 and 8: Executive Summary Review of On-Farm
Page 9 and 10: 1. Introduction Review of On-Farm D
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Page 31 and 32: Appendix A Overview of the Chicken
Page 33: Appendix B Map: Locations of Chicke
Page 37: Appendix D Map: Average Tonnes of C
Page 40 and 41: Locations of Grower and Breeder Far
Page 42 and 43: Questions for Chicken Meat Processi

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