grassland-goats

Queensland graziers put goat meat on the menu

Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:47:12 GMT

Queensland couple saw a gap in the domestic market for paddock-to-plate goat meat

Australia's goat industry is enjoying a renaissance, but the lean red meat remains barely visible on dinner tables across Australia.

Only 9 per cent of goat meat produced in Australia is consumed here, while exports are booming.

Queensland goat producers Keeleigh and Brian Allport are on a mission to turn around sluggish consumer awareness.

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See us in Queenland Country Life

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 00:59:21 GMT

Allports Putting Grassland Goats on More Menus

When Brian and Keeleigh Allport set out to get the most out of their unproductive land, they couldn't have imagined how their grazing operation would change.

Bringing 1200 Rangeland goats to Inverclyde at Moonie, Queensland, from western New South Wales almost four years ago, their operation has gone from cattle breeding and fattening, to a premium goat meat paddock to plate busin ess.

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Middle East is Open for Business

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 05:57:14 GMT

Grassland Goats Connects with Middle Eastern Buyers

Queensland food and ag businesses will have the chance to develop key connections with major buyers in the Middle East, without even leaving the state.

Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise's Southern Queensland Export Hub is hosting a Virtual Trade Mission on Thursday, February 3.

This exciting collaboration with The Food and Agribusiness Growth Centre is an online business matching event for exporters to capitalise on a fast growing Middle East consumer market from the comfort of their own office.

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Grassland Goats Takes Part in Emerging Exporters Program

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 00:45:00 GMT

Shell QGC Opens Up The World To Goat Meat

For the past 3 years, Grassland Goats has been supplying whole goat carcases directly into the domestic market. Prior to diversification into the goat industry, Brian and Keeleigh Allport spent 30 years producing beef.

Their recent addition of a few goats was originally purchased to manage regrowth on their farm in South West Queensland. The Allports realised the growing market and decided to capitalise on the opportunity to promote an alternative protein into the Australian diet.

The Allports plan to export their premium goat product into South-East Asia and beyond. They believe the support of Shell’s QGC Emerging Exporters Program will help them to develop their product further and learn to navigate the complex exporting process.

Click here to read more about Grassland Goats' involvement in the Shell QGC's Emerging Exporters Program.