Yambinya Feedlot
Yambinya Feedlot is located on Wemba Wemba country near Deniliquin in New South Wales. This feedlot was acquired by JBS, the world’s largest meat company in 2009, and has the capacity for 45,000 lambs and 12,000 cows. When we visited the site, it was only being utilised for cows. JBS sell beef from this feedlot…
Prime City Feedlot
Prime City Feedlot is located on Wiradjuri Country, near Griffith in the Riverina Region of New South Wales. This feedlot is owned and operated by JBS, the largest meat company in the world. This feedlot primarily focuses on ‘mid-fed Angus and Wagyu’, meaning that cows will remain here from anywhere between 120 to 500+ days.…
Caroona Feedlot
Caroona Feedlot is located on Kamilaroi country, near Tamworth in the Liverpool Plains Shire region of New South Wales. This feedlot is owned and operated by JBS, the largest meat company in the world, who supply companies like McDonalds and the major supermarkets. When we visited the feedlot, we saw multiple workers applying cattle prods…
Riverina Feedlot
Riverina Feedlot is located on Wiradjuri Country, near Leeton in the Riverina Region of New South Wales. This Feedlot is owned and operated by the world’s largest meat company, JBS, and is their biggest Australian cow feedlot. The property also has a slaughterhouse on site, and concentrates on short, medium and long term feeding programs…
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…