An Aboriginal-managed pastoral property in Dandaragan shire is shoring up its success by building its knowledge of what happens beyond the farm gate.
Beemurra Aboriginal Corporation (BAC), which owns and manages Yallalie Farm, has worked with the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s Aboriginal Business Development (ABD) project for four years to not only improve the productivity of their land but get a better understanding on the markets they service.
This included a recent supply chain tour of feedlots and other cattle processing facilities.
The ABD project, formerly the Indigenous Landholder Service, works with six Aboriginal-managed properties across Western Australia.
The project is supporting these businesses to improve their profitability through increased technical skills, investment in infrastructure as well as greater market awareness.
BAC has already done the hard yards on the farm.
After realising the property’s sandy soil was not suitable for growing high-value grain crops, it decided to focus on grazing beef cattle based on research that showed sub-tropical perennial pastures would be highly productive.