Critics predicted Central Queensland beef producers Blair and Josie Angus would struggle to attract staff to run their $30 million abattoir, which opened nearly a year ago.
But despite the labour market being the tightest in living memory and the facility being on a cattle property 70 kilometres from the nearest town of Moranbah, nearly 40 staff have signed on.
Son, John Angus, admitted hiring the workers needed for his father's bold undertaking to succeed was nerve-racking.
