Environmental management for cattle feedlots
If you are operating a cattle feedlot in Queensland, you must comply with Australian and Queensland laws and regulations.
A feedlot is defined as keeping more than 150 standard cattle units in a yard or enclosure, where the animals are fed entirely by hand or mechanically and cannot graze.
These activities are not considered to be intensive animal feedlotting:
- drought feeding cattle in a drought-declared area, where animals are fed no more than their nutritional requirements
- keeping cattle on a feed pad in a paddock (e.g. backgrounding or supplementary feeding)
- keeping animals temporarily for sale, slaughter, shearing, milking, transport or husbandry practices.
Intensive animal feedlotting 150 or less standard cattle units does not require an environmental authority. However you may require construction and operation approvals from local government or other authorities.
To legally operate, you need:
- a development permit issued under the Planning Act 2016
- an environmental authority (EA) issued under the Environmental Protection Act 1994.
These approvals contain environmental management conditions.
Apply for an environmental authority
The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) issues EAs for cattle feedlots.
Use the licences and permits finder to find out what you need to include in your application.
Apply for an EA by:
- phoning 13 25 23
- emailing email@example.com
- completing the development application process.
Register as a biosecurity entity
You must register your property with Biosecurity Queensland.
Local or site-specific requirements
Before purchasing land for a cattle feedlot, check with your local council for any environmental management requirements such as separation distances from houses.
You can also contact DAF to check if there are any site-specific requirements.
The National Guidelines for Beef Cattle Feedlots in Australia (PDF, 1.2MB) and National Beef Cattle Feedlot Environmental Code of Practice (PDF, 450KB) outline how to operate feedlots with minimum environmental impact.
- selecting a site
- complying with approval conditions for feedlot construction
- managing construction-related environmental impacts
- designing controlled drainage systems
- composting manure and carcasses
- using effluent and manure.
Manage environmental impacts
You must consider your general environmental duty and incorporate management strategies to prevent or minimise environmental harm to:
- surface water
- community amenity
- the natural environment.
- Environmental Protection Act 1994
- Environmental Protection Regulation 2019
- Vegetation Management Act 1999
- Nature Conservation Act 1992
- Water Act 2000
- Animal Care and Protection Act 2001
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth)
- Last reviewed: 22 Nov 2022
- Last updated: 29 Nov 2022
Kwa mfano, ikiwa unaendesha shamba la mifugo huko Queensland, lazima ufuate sheria na kanuni za Australia na Queensland. "Kifaa cha kulisha ni ""kuweka zaidi ya vitengo vya ng'ombe 150 katika uwanja au kiwanja, ambapo wanyama wanalishwa kabisa kwa mkono au kwa mashine na hawawezi kula.""" "Kama vile ilivyoelezwa katika sehemu ya ""Kuweka chakula kwa ajili ya mifugo"" (dry feeding of livestock in a declared area of drought, where animals are fed no more than their nutritional requirements), ""kuweka chakula kwa ajili ya mifugo katika paddock"" (e.g. keeping livestock on a feed pad in a paddock) ni kinyume cha sheria." Kuhifadhi wanyama kwa muda kwa ajili ya kuuza, kuchinjwa, kukata manyoya, kunyonya, usafirishaji au mazoea ya ufugaji. Kwa mfano, kwa ajili ya mifugo ya wanyama, kwa mfano, kwa ajili ya mifugo ya wanyama, kwa mfano, kwa ajili ya mifugo ya wanyama, kwa mfano, kwa ajili ya mifugo ya wanyama, kwa mfano, kwa ajili ya mifugo ya wanyama, kwa mfano, kwa ajili ya mifugo ya wanyama. Hata hivyo unaweza kuhitaji ujenzi na uendeshaji idhini kutoka serikali ya mitaa au mamlaka nyingine. Kwa hivyo, kwa sababu ya hali ya hewa, ni lazima uwe na kibali cha ujenzi cha mazingira kilichotolewa chini ya Sheria ya Ujenzi ya 2016 na mamlaka ya mazingira iliyotolewa chini ya Sheria ya Ulinzi wa Mazingira ya 1994. Idhini hizi zina masharti ya usimamizi wa mazingira. Kwa mujibu wa sheria za nchi, idara ya kilimo na uvuvi (DAF) inatoa EAs kwa ajili ya mifugo feedlots. Tumia leseni na vibali finder kujua nini unahitaji kujumuisha katika maombi yako. Kuomba kwa ajili ya EIA: (kupigia simu 13 25 23) (kuituma barua pepe kwa email@example.com) (kuhitimisha mchakato wa maombi ya maendeleo) Kujiandikisha kama chombo cha usalama wa kibiolojia Lazima uandikishe mali yako na Usalama wa Kibiolojia Queensland. Kabla ya kununua ardhi kwa ajili ya mifugo feedlot, kuangalia na halmashauri yako ya mitaa kwa ajili ya mahitaji yoyote ya usimamizi wa mazingira kama vile umbali wa kutenganisha kutoka nyumba. Unaweza pia kuwasiliana na DAF ili kuangalia kama kuna mahitaji yoyote ya eneo maalum. Miongozo ya Kitaifa ya Mazao ya Ng'ombe wa Ng'ombe nchini Australia (PDF, 1.2MB) na Kanuni ya Maadili ya Mazingira ya Mazao ya Ng'ombe wa Ng'ombe ya Kitaifa (PDF, 450KB) zinaelezea jinsi ya kuendesha maeneo ya kulisha kwa athari ndogo ya mazingira. - kuchagua tovuti - kufuata masharti ya idhini ya ujenzi wa mashamba ya kulisha - kusimamia athari za mazingira zinazohusiana na ujenzi - kubuni mifumo ya mifereji ya kuondoa - kuunganisha mbolea na mifupa - kutumia maji machafu na mbolea. Usimamizi wa athari za mazingira: Lazima uzingatie wajibu wako wa jumla wa mazingira na ujumuishe mikakati ya usimamizi ili kuzuia au kupunguza uharibifu wa mazingira kwa: maji ya uso, huduma za jamii, mazingira ya asili. Sheria ya Ulinzi wa Mazingira ya 1994 (CWL) - Sheria ya Usimamizi wa Mimea ya 1999 (Vegetation Management Act 1999) - Sheria ya Ulinzi wa Asili ya 1992 (Nature Conservation Act 1992) - Sheria ya Maji ya 2000 (Water Act 2000) - Sheria ya Ulinzi wa Wanyama na Ulinzi wa Mazingira na Uhifadhi wa Biodiversity (CWL 1999) - Marekebisho ya mwisho: 22 Novemba 2022 - Marekebisho ya mwisho: 29 Novemba 2022