Corowa Grower Farm (G4) Redlands 2 (Proposed) (proposed or under construction)

Record as of 24 May 2026

Corowa Grower Farm — Module G4 Operator: JBS Pork Australia Pty Ltd SSD: 93652960 Status: Environmental Impact Statement in preparation

Site proposal Module G4 is a proposed intensive pig confinement facility for approximately 82,000 pigs, comprising 17 enclosed sheds on cultivated paddocks adjacent to the southern boundary of the existing Corowa piggery at Naughtins Road, Redlands, 7.5 km north-west of Corowa township. It forms part of the same amendment to the existing licensed Corowa operation (Environment Protection Licence No. 1399) as Module G3, which currently houses approximately 296,000 pigs across five existing shed complexes and has operated on this site since 1974. The amendment seeks to increase the total approved pig numbers at the Corowa site from approximately 296,000 to approximately 326,000. Pigs are raised to slaughter weight of 80–120 kg before transport to the adjacent Corowa abattoir. The facility operates up to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Odour Odour is generated from three sources across the Corowa site: the pig sheds, approximately 25 hectares of existing wastewater treatment ponds, and irrigation of treated effluent. The proponent acknowledges pig odour cannot be prevented. The addition of G4 will further increase the total odour load on an already large existing operation.

Wastewater & effluent Wastewater from G4 will feed into the existing Corowa treatment pond system. The existing piggery and abattoir together already generate approximately 1,040 megalitres of treated effluent per year — the equivalent of more than 400 Olympic swimming pools, or more than one full swimming pool of pig and abattoir wastewater every single day — irrigated across 648 hectares of cropping land via 28 irrigation pivots. The expanded operation is likely to require an additional covered anaerobic pond.

Water extraction The Corowa site draws water from the Murray River and on-site bores, stored across three dams with a combined capacity of approximately 396 megalitres — equivalent to around 160 Olympic swimming pools, or roughly 40% of Warragamba Dam's average daily inflow.

Noise Noise sources include pigs during feeding, truck movements, tractors, ventilation fans, feed equipment and pumps. The existing Corowa site already generates approximately 152 heavy vehicle movements and 860 light vehicle movements per day.

Traffic & road access Access is via Naughtins Road, connecting to Redlands Road and ultimately Federation Avenue on the edge of Corowa township. The existing site already generates approximately 506 vehicle movements per day including 55 semi-trailers. Module G4 will add further heavy vehicle movements to these already heavily used local roads.

Relationship to other JBS facilities G4 is one of two new intensive pig confinement modules proposed within the existing Corowa site under SSD-93652960, alongside Module G3. Together with the upgraded existing modules, the full Corowa operation will ultimately house approximately 326,000 pigs across 71 sheds. The Nulla Nulla Swamp is located approximately 400 metres to the east of the G4 site. The Corowa operation is the central hub of five concurrent JBS piggery proposals in the Federation Council area, with pigs bred at the new facilities at Lowesdale, Coreen and Mulwala destined to be raised and slaughtered at Corowa.

Source: Corowa Grower Farm — SSD-93652960. Documents: Scoping Report (PSA Consulting, 04 August 2025, V7), Planning Secretary's Environmental Assessment Requirements (issued 10 October 2025), Attachment 2 — Government Authority Advice.