Media Coverage: ABC News - Resources company has cattle industry in its sights, with plan for outback mine and MCP plant

Russell Cooke has been running a stock feed manufacturing business in Australia's remote Kimberley region since 2014 and says he's never been busier.  

"The wet season really failed in parts [of northern Australia], so we've been getting a lot of early orders and extra customers for supplements to help keep weight on cattle for as long as possible," he said.

Mr Cooke makes cattle supplements and feeds using a range of ingredients, which sometimes can be sourced from his home state of Western Australia, such as maize from the Ord Irrigation Scheme, canola meal from Perth, and salt from Port Hedland.

But when it comes to the key ingredient of phosphorus, Mr Cooke needs to look overseas.

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