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Summerville Partnership / Bourke Goat Depot
Rob Newton’s goat enterprise and depot near Bourke, New South Wales, appears in TFI’s procurement network. It is not a confirmed farm for a particular retail package.
- Location
- Summerville Station and the goat depot are near Bourke in western New South Wales.
- Sourcing
- TFI’s October 13, 2026 goat grid names Rob Newton at Bourke Depot. This is a dated procurement role, not a trace of an individual package.
- Practices
- In an interview published in June 2024, Rob Newton reported native browse and pasture, resting paddocks, and lucerne or vetch hay during depot holding. This does not establish a grain-free lifetime diet for incoming goats.
- Sourcing
- The June 2024 interview reports aggregation from multiple producers, including harvested-rangeland and semi-managed goats.
- Practices
- In the June 2024 interview, Newton reported water restriction before transport, including at least 24 hours in winter. NSW guidance advises clean water until transport. Current practice and individual journey outcomes remain unverified.
Sources
TFI procurement role (October 2026)
TFI’s October 13, 2026 goat buying grid names Rob Newton at Bourke Depot. It is a dated booking/procurement role, not evidence of an individual shipment.
The grid has seven-day validity unless superseded; no price or continuing contract is selected.
TFI goat buying grid, October 13, 2026
TFI goat buying grid, October 13, 2026 — Bourke livestock team: Rob Newton, Bourke Depot
Checked 2026-10-19
Reported grazing and depot hay (2024)
In an interview published in June 2024, Rob Newton reported native browse and pasture, resting paddocks, and lucerne or vetch hay during depot holding. This does not establish a grain-free lifetime diet for incoming goats.
Interview publication date is known; recording date and unchanged current implementation are unverified.
Rob Newton, Western Local Land Services Pastoral Poddy interview, published June 24, 2024
Western Local Land Services — Rob Newton interview transcript — Pages 2–6 and 9–10: aggregation, land and pasture management, depot hay
Pastoral Poddy episode — published June 24, 2024 — Publisher’s episode notes link the same transcript and identify Western Local Land Services
Checked 2026-10-19
Reported pre-transport water restriction (2024)
Newton’s interview reports around four to five hours off water before summer transport and at least 24 hours in winter, with transport condition and shrinkage as his rationale. The episode was published June 24, 2024. NSW’s feed-curfew factsheet advises access to clean water up to transport; its transport-preparation guidance counts the complete interval without water, including holding and travel.
Actual current protocol, animal class, weather, earlier water access and the complete journey timeline are unverified.
No depot-specific clinical or welfare outcome is established.
Rob Newton’s June 2024 published interview; NSW livestock transport guidance
Western Local Land Services — Rob Newton interview transcript — Pages 9–10: summer and winter water restriction and stated rationale
NSW — Livestock feed curfew before transport — Both pages: feed curfews are distinct from water access; clean water up to transport
NSW — Preparing livestock for transport — Complete off-water interval includes holding, travelling and unloading until water is provided
Checked 2026-10-19
Researched October 19, 2026
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