Other Names
Current Operation
- Aus Meat Accreditation #423. List accessed 02/10/2017
- Export accredited facility, processing beef only
Location
Owner
- Teys1
- Abattoirs owned by Teys in Queensland
- Abattoirs owned by Teys in NSW
Operation
History
2014
- Teys purchase a feedlot and cropping property in north central Victoria from Elders in Charlton1.
- Feedlot has capacity of 20,000 head1
- Cost $10M and is Victoria’s largest feedlot1
- Property is 776 hectares1
- Feedlot infrastructure is 150 hectares with feed mills, flaking plants1
- All staff had accepted employment with Teys1
- Teys committed to capital upgrades over the next 3 years1
- Primarily provide custom feeding to Naracoorte and Wagga abattoirs.1
- Previous owners had custom fed 80% of capacity prior to sale2
Sources. Naracoorte
- ‘Teys buys Elders Charlton feedlot’ QLD Country life 31.07.2014
- ‘Charlton workers keep jobs’ The Weekly Times 30.07.2014
- ‘Teys hold talks with AMIEU, as workers call for close to dispute’ Beef Central 12.06.13
- ‘Food processing labours under high wages’ ABC rural 07.06.13
- ‘Teys: 800 jobs at risk as union rejects wages offer’ Beef Central 12.07.13
- ‘Cattle supply forces retrenchments at two JBS QLD plants’ Beef Central 15.07.2016
- ‘Beef plants laying idle as cattle squeeze reaches critical point’ Beef Central. 16.08.2016