Bective Feedlot
Bective Feedlot is located on Kamilaroi Country, near Tamworth in the New England region of New South Wales. This feedlot is owned and operated by NH Foods, a Japanese company, who also own Whyalla Feedlot and Oakey Beef, among other large properties. This feedlot concentrates on long-fed Angus, meaning that cows will typically stay on…
Myola Feedlot
Myola Feedlot is located in Kamilaroi Country, near Croppa Creek, in the Gwydir Shire Council region of Northern New South Wales. The feedlot is owned and operated by Bindaree Food Group, with brand names such as ‘Bindaree Butchery’ and ‘First Cut’. When we visited the feedlot, we noticed large piles of bones scattered around the…
Ladysmith Feedlot
Ladysmith Feedlot is located on Wiradjuri Country, near Wagga Wagga in the Riverina region of NSW. This feedlot was sold to Australian Fresh Milk Holdings in 2022. The company sends young dairy cows to the feedlot from 6 months of age, where they will stay until they are ready to start milking. The feedlot is…
Tullimba Feedlot
Tullimba Feedlot is located on Kamilaroi Country, near Armidale in the New England region of NSW. This feedlot is operated by University of New England, and acts as a research facility “to provide research and training opportunities to enhance the international competitiveness of the Australian beef industry“. The feedlot provides no access to shade or…
Mirambee Feedlot
Mirambee Feedlot is located on Tubba-Gah country, around 12 kilometers from Dubbo in the Central West region of NSW. This feedlot is located extremely close to Plum Pudding Creek, less than 30 meters away at some points. This feedlot has shade structures in some pens, but the majority of cows have no access to shade…
Elders’ Killara Feedlot
Killara Feedlot is located on Kamilaroi country in the Liverpool Plains region of New South Wales. This feedlot is owned and operated by Elders, and supplies cattle for both domestic and export markets. On the day the footage was taken, we saw many large pools of water that appeared to affected with algae, along with…
Conargo Feedlot
Conargo Feedlot is located on Wamba Wamba/Perrepa Perrepa country near Deniliquin in the Riverina region of New South Wales. Conargo Feedlot is a multi species feedlot, approved to hold both cattle and sheep. It is bordered by waterways to the north, east and south, and at the closest point is just 130 meters from Piccaninny…
Ravensworth Feedlot
Ravensworth Feedlot is located on Nari Nari country, near Hay in the Riverina Region of New South Wales. This feedlot currently holds 36,000 cows, and was recently approved to expand to 100,000 cows. Thousands of animals at this feedlot have no access to shade or shelter. In the pens that do have shelter, there isn’t…
Rangers Valley Feedlot
Rangers Valley Feedlot is located on Ngoorabul country, near Glenn Innes in the Glenn Innes Severn Shire area of New South Wales. This large feedlot has the capacity to hold around 40,000 cows, all of whom will have no access to shade or shelter. As the feedlot specialises in long-fed Angus or Wagyu, cows will…
Thornby Lamb Feedlot
Thornby Lamb Feedlot is located on Ngadjuri country, near Mannum in the Mid Murray region of South Australia. This is a lamb feedlot, where lambs are fed an unnatural diet of grain to fatten them before slaughter. The lambs are not provided with any shade or shelter. On the day we visited the feedlot, we…