Consolidated Pastoral Company

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Consolidated Pastoral Company
TypePrivate
IndustryAgriculture
Founded1983
Headquarters
Newcastle Waters
,
Australia
Key people
Troy Setter - CEO
ProductsBeef cattle and beef
Owner Terra Firma
Number of employees
170
Website http://www.pastoral.com/en

The Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) is a large, privately owned, Australian Agrifood business which operates 8 cattle stations covering over 3.6m hectares, managing more than 300,000 cattle, in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland. Its direct sales channels primarily involve selling cattle and beef to Asian consumer markets, domestic feedlots or processors, and exporting live cattle. [1]

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History

CPC was formed in 1983 with the purchase of various holdings in the Northern Territory, including Newcastle Waters Station, from Ashburton Pastoral Company. The Company acquired Isis Downs Station in 1987 at which time the property occupied an area of 1,227 square kilometres (474 sq mi) [2] for an estimated A$10 million. [3] The Company acquired Nockatunga Station in 1990. [4] Consolidated placed Isis Downs on the market in 2003 following a decision by Kerry Packer to focus on beef cattle and meat processing operations. At the time the 2,200 square kilometres (849 sq mi) was stocked with 80,000 merino sheep and 10,000 mixed cattle and was offered for an estimated A$20 million. [3] The sale was not successful and in 2004 the company decided to remove all sheep from the 2,327 square kilometres (898 sq mi) property and introduced cattle instead. [1]

In April 2009 a majority share in CPC was acquired by private equity firm Terra Firma. [1]

Keith Warren resigned as Chief Executive Officer of the company in 2014 citing family reasons after less than one year in the position. Troy Setter took over after joining the company only four months earlier from Australian Agricultural Company. [5]

The company acquired Bunda Station, adjacent to Kirkimbie, in the Victoria River District in the Northern Territory for approximately A$15 million in 2014. The property had been passed in at auction two years earlier for A$10 million. [6]

CPC is owned by Guy and Julia Hands through the Hands Family Office. Terra Firma (UK) (owned by Guy Hands) is the investment manager of CPC for the Hands Family Office. The Hands Family Office invests on behalf of the Hands family and has a long and successful track record of diverse investments, including forestry, renewables, real estate and hospitality.

The strategic rationale underlying the acquisition of CPC was driven by a number of global macroeconomic themes, in particular: global population growth; a shift in Asian diet towards higher protein consumption; and limited supply of productive land. CPC has significant land and water development opportunities.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Consolidated Pastoral Company Pty Ltd". CPC. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Isis Downs". Consolidated Pastoral Company. 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 Harry Dillon (September 1999). "CPC has Isis Downs on block". The Land. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Nockatunga". Consolidated Pastoral Company. 24 January 2013. Archived from the original on 20 November 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Craig Zonco (8 July 2014). "Setter takes the reins at Consolidated Pastoral Company". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Jonathon Chancellor (30 November 2014). "NT's Bunda Station sells to Consolidated Pastoral Company". Property Observer. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2014.


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