Jobs boost and beef business
21/10/2025More than 270 jobs have been created at an abattoir in Tongala after a major expansion by family-owned company Greenham reached full operational capacity.
Backed by an investment from Regional Development Victoria, the project has seen Greenham’s daily onsite workforce increase to 500 people and its production nearly double to 1,300 cattle each day.
To support the success of its Tongala operations, Greenham has also invested $5 million to expand a caravan park in town and leased 20 houses in the area for workers.
The project has helped Greenham enter new international markets and contracts with large retailers, including Woolworths and McDonalds.
Greenham is an Australian-owned company specialising in high-quality, responsibly raised beef. With its origins in an early 1800s butcher shop in Melbourne, Greenham today exports beef to 25 domestic and international markets, employing more than 1,000 people.
Located in the agriculture-rich Goulburn Valley region, the company’s Tongala facility completed upgrades in 2023 with state-of-the-art technology, a solar-power system and new water recycling capabilities.
Now fully operational, the upgraded site is delivering a major boost to regional jobs and the livestock agriculture industry.
Victoria is the country’s largest food and fibre exporter by value, with exports reaching a record high of $20.1 billion in 2023-24. Driven by regional Victoria, and companies like Greenham, the state’s beef export market is worth more than $2.5 billion per year.
The Victorian Government’s Economic Growth Statement identifies agribusiness as a priority sector, with agriculture production an integral part of Victoria’s regional economy, which is home to around 75 per cent of the industry's workforce.