Sarina. #. QLD

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Small domestic and service kill abattoir, North Of Mackay QLD. Placed on the market for sale September 2016.

Other Names

  • Sarina4
  • Common name used – Kemp Meats4.

Current Operation

  • Facility was placed on market for sale in September 20164.

Location

  • Mackay is located in the Tropical climate of Northern Queensland on the east coast.

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Owner

  • Owners names and approximate time period of operation

Operation

  • Small domestic service kill abattoir4
    • Provided  a kill for cattle to large Lotus Park Feedlot near Marlborough4
  • Capacity of 40 cattle per day and 50 pigs or 100 lambs per day4
  • 60 ha site4.
  • Infrastructure includes4;
    • Freezing and chilling infrastructure to cater for 40 bodies of beef a day
    • Separate small stock chiller.
    • Rendering plant includes a dual fuel boiler by diesel or tallow.
    • Surrounding holding paddocks, sown to signal, pangola and Rhodes grasses
    • 3 bedroom managers/caretakers residence
    • Receival yards at the plant
      • second set of steel cattle yards in the paddocks
    • 4 bay machinery shed
    • Bore is commercially licensed to supply the abattoir

 

History of Sarina. QLD

Year

2016

Sale agent details for inquiries to Sarina Abattoir

Source.‘Three meat processing plants hit the market – What’s behind it? Beef Central 14.09.2016

Sarina Abattoir

 

 

Source. Elders Real estate website. Property ID 7843954

Source Watts Machinery Sale. 16.09.2016

 

 

Sources of Sarina. QLD

  1. ‘World on a plate. A history of meat processing in Australia’ Stephen Martyn
  2. Ausmeat Accreditation list – Date
  3. Facility website
  4. ‘Three meat processing plants hit the market – What’s behind it? Beef Central 14.09.2016

 

Lobethal

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Other Names

Current Operation

Location

Owner

  • Teys

Operation

 

  • T & R is the largest family-owned multi species export processor, with 120,000 sheep and lambs + 5000 cattle processed across 3 states each week1
  • Also own abattoirs Murray Bridge (SA), Tamworth (NSW), Wallangarra, sheep  (QLD)1
  • T & R is biggest lotfeeder in SA – 6500 cattle on-feed Wanderribby Feedlot, Meningie1
  • Headquarters based at Murray Bridge1
  • Purchased 50% share of diversified wholesaler/distributor Holco meat2
  • Turnover of $1.3B, is nations largest lamb and mutton exporter and significant beef, exports 80% to more than 80 countries2

 

History

2014

  • July. Thomas foods encouraging adoption of Individual Electronic identification (IED) of sheep3
  • Note NLIS is compolsory for cattle in Australia but currently mob identification is acceptable for sheep.3
  • Sheep IED costly, $0.83 per head in Victoria – where it is subsidised but $1.10 per tag in other states.3
  • European Union alread do IED, could force onto Australian producers3
    • highly likely in the next 3-5 years3

Sources

  1. ‘SA processor T & R beefs up its business’ Beef Central 13.02.13
  2. ‘T & R takes 50pc stake in Holco business’ Beef Central 19.10.12
  3. ‘EID drives repeat lamb market sales’ Stock Journal 17.07.2014

McArthur River

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Other Names

Current Operation

Location   


Hema Maps – Australia Truckies atlas.

Owner

  • Doug Howenstine (American) (pg 7)1
    • Managed by an Australian Jim McIntyre1

Operation   

History

1970

  • Animal health position inspected district from Boorroloola district, included McArthur river – position taken up by Terry Crowson.(Pg 7)1.

Sources

  1. ‘The privileged few’ Jeff Hill.2008

Montejinni

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Other Names

Current Operation

Location   


Hema Maps – Australia Truckies atlas.

Owner

  • Bill and Brian Crowson1

Operation   

History

1960’s

  • Small abattoir built approximately 1 mile from homestead(Pg 26)1
  • Only operational for a year due to several reasons1
    • Health department requirements of cartage and storage of boxes of beef. Dept wouldn’t accept their method of loading the beef into 20′ cold room on a truck and transported 300km to be loaded in to another cold store.(Pg 27)1

     

abattoir books 011#1. Source. ‘The privileged few’ Jeff Hill. Pg 26
Small meatworks at Montejinni station, built by Bill Crowson in the 1960’s

1973

  • Abattoir had lain idle since 1960’s.(Pg 27)1
  • dismantled to open up space for light aircraft.(pg 27)1
    • Cold room taken to Uralla meats in Katherine – an abattoir Lyn Hayes and Ernie Raynor were establishing between Katherine and Tindal Airbase.(pg 27)1
    • Note I can’t info on this abattoir – though a pet food meat processor named Uralla is mentioned in some articles.

Sources

  1. ‘The privileged few’ Jeff Hill. 2008

Woy Woy

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Other Names

Current Operation

  • Closed

Location   

  • Woy Woy is located approximately 60km directly north of Sydney

 

Hema Maps – Australia Truckies atlas.

Owner

  • A1

Operation   

History

Picture #2_edited-1Source ‘Abattoirs in disastrous state’ ABC rural 16.02.2010

The Orange abattoir

2004

 

Sources

  1. ‘Abattoir cuts 150 jobs’ AMIEU Archives. 05.07.2004

Young

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Other Names

Current Operation

Location   

  • Young is located about 70km south of Cowra, which is approximately 210 km west of Sydney

 

Hema Maps – Australia Truckies atlas.

Owner

  • A1

Operation   

History

1996

 

Sources

  1. ‘5,000 jobs at risk: abattoirs facing closure’ Sydney Morning Herald. 21.05.1996

Macksville

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Other Names

Current Operation

Location   

  • Macksville is located on the NSW coast, Midway between Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour

 

Hema Maps – Australia Truckies atlas.

Owner

  • Mitsubishi Midco1

Operation   

  • Has integrated market link to proprietors Japanese home market1

History

1996

 

Sources

  1. ‘5,000 jobs at risk:Abattoirs facing closure’ Sydney Morning Herald 21.05.1996

Roma

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Other Names

  • Ladbrooks1

Current Operation

Location   

  • Roma is located in Central Queensland approximately 470km west of Brisbane.

 

Hema Maps – Australia Truckies atlas.

Owner

  • George & Alanah Ladbrook1

Operation   

History

2002

  • Abattoir purchased by Ladbrooks.1

2014

  • Was killing 40 head of cattle and 200 lambs a week.1
  • Sold abattoir due to difficulty in operating two businesses of the abattoir and a butcher shop1

 

Sources

  1. ‘George on the job 20 years’ QLD Country Life 03.07.2014

Cooma. #952. NSW

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Cooma is an export accredited abattoir processing beef and offal.

Cooma is currently in operation.

Other Names

  • Operating business name
  • Common name used –

Current Operation

  • Aus meat Accreditation number #952. Accessed 02/10/2017
  • Operator website links

Location

  • Description of physical location in relation to main town and state
    • distance to main urban areas or export sites of that state

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Owner

  • Owners names and approximate time period of operation

Operation

  • Aus-meat accreditation dates.
  • Website link to owner of facility
    • Employment link to operator of facility
    • Sale enquiries
  • Type of facility and accreditations for livestock types1

 

History

Year

2017

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    • Facility CEO at this time
    • Leadership team at this time
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Sources

  1. Facility website

Tamworth.2 #249 NSW

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Tamworth.2 #249 abattoir is currently an export facility operated by Teys Australia Southern Pty Ltd  This facility processes cattle, another major abattoir in the area Tamworth1 processes sheep.

 

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Current Operation

Location

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Operation

 

 

History

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