The North Australian Pastoral Company (NAPCO) is a large, privately owned, Australian cattle company which operates 13 cattle stations covering over 60,000 km2, managing about 200,000 cattle, in Queensland and the Northern Territory. It produces beef cattle which are grass fed and grain finished before sale to Australian meat processors who onsell beef to domestic and international customers.
Angus cow: the common species utilised by livestock farmers in Australia and particularly by NAPCO in its composite breeding program.
Example format of a cattle feedlot.
Hereford cow: a particular species of cow used by NAPCO. It is particularly used in the Southern Rangelands where it is bred with Angus species in the development of their composite cow breeds.
Ixodes recinus: a variation of tick which can compromise the health of cattle. NAPCO's development of the Knyuna composite possesses a stronger tick resistance in comparison to the Angus and Hereford cattle variations previous relied on by the company.
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In Australia and New Zealand, a cattle station is a large farm, the main activity of which is the rearing of cattle. The owner of a cattle station is called a grazier. The largest cattle station in the world is Anna Creek Station in South Australia, which covers an area of 23,677 square kilometres.
Cooplacurripa cattle station, New South Wales, Australia
Anna Creek main homestead
Cattle Creek outstation of Wave Hill, NT, 1962
General store, Tipperary Station, Northern Territory