# Rendering opens new doors for low-priced hides | Farm Online | ACT

> Australian beef industry is exploring rendering of low-priced hides after weak leather markets and supply chain disruptions reduced demand for hides sent to tanneries. The AMPC and Australian Meat Group have installed shredding machines to cut hides to a size suitable for rendering plants and are assessing profitability.

- Date: 2022-06-22 · published 2022-06-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41055-rendering-opens-new-doors-for-low-priced-hides-farm-online-act
- Commodities: [Meat & Bone Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MBM.md)

## Why it matters

Rendering hides into tallow and meat and bone meal adds protein to rendered products, which may support byproduct values for feed buyers. The effect on feed prices is modest and still at the trial stage.

## Read by commodity

- MBM: neutral

## Sources

- farmonline.com.au: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/7788153/bypassing-the-leather-market-new-ways-for-hides/

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