North Australian Pastoral Company

North Australian Pastoral Company Pty Ltd
Company typePrivate
IndustryAgriculture
Founded1877
Founder(See text)
Headquarters
Brisbane, Queensland
,
Australia
ProductsBeef cattle
OwnerQueensland Investment Corporation (80%)
Number of employees
180
Websitehttp://www.napco.com.au/
Angus cow: the common species utilised by livestock farmers in Australia and particularly by NAPCO in its composite breeding program.

The North Australian Pastoral Company (NAPCO) is a large, privately owned, Australian cattle company which operates 14 cattle stations (as well as the Wainui farm and feedlot) covering over 60,000 km2, managing around 200,000 cattle, throughout Queensland and the Northern Territory. It produces beef cattle which are pasture raised and grain finished before sale to Australian meat processors, who onsell beef to domestic and international customers.[1]

  1. ^ "The North Australian Pastoral Company Pty Ltd". NAPCO. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2011.