The British company ‘Vestey Group’ was founded in 1897 by brothers William and Edmund Vestey. Around the early 1900’s the Vestey family company had begun purchasing agricultural land in South American countries and Australia, and over the decades the company developed vertical integration – cattle stations, meatworks (eg at Wyndham [WA], Bullocky Point in Darwin [NT] and Lakes Creek […]
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Vestey cattle properties resumed by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez
November 3rd, 2011Foreign ownership of Australian land and water
October 4th, 2011There has been quite a bit written about recently published figures by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showing the percentage of overseas ownership of Australian land. Many writers have conveniently interpreted the figures to mean Australians are a paranoid, parochial lot – unreasonably concerned with mythically increasing overseas ownership. There is virtually no objective analysis and in-depth discussion of […]
Rockhampton’s Beef Week, to be held every 2 years
September 30th, 2011The Beef Australia committee is surveying the public to gauge opinions on whether the Rockhampton Beef Week event should become biennial (every second year) rather than triennial (every 3 years). Attending Beef Week at Rockhampton costs me more than $5,000 to attend as an exhibitor: not much short of $1,000 in accommodation (6 nights, scalper rates in a caravan […]
Ken Warriner and Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC)
August 22nd, 2011Mark Irwin became the new CEO of Consolidated Pastoral Company on 1st August, replacing long-term CPC CEO Ken Warriner. However Ken will stay on as CPC Chairman, and still presumably owns a 10% stake in the company. Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) is Australia’s second largest beef producing company, after the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo). In 1983 Kerry Packer […]
Henbury Station – R.M. Williams Agriculture – carbon trading scheme
July 27th, 2011Further to the June 5 post re. Henbury Station’s purchase by RMWAH, here’s quote in The Australian from CSIRO ‘site leader’ Ashley Sparrow, regarding ‘revegetating’ Henbury and turning it into a ‘carbon sink’: “…. the rejuvenation would be “a slow process, since most recovery relies on big rainfall events. I would expect in a while, and after […]
AACo has sold Meteor Downs Station to Xstrata, presumably to be run by Colinta Holdings
July 23rd, 2011AACo has sold the central Queensland cattle station ‘Meteor Downs’ to the Swiss mining company, Xstrata. Meteor Downs is 17,000 ha 40km SE of Springsure (between Emerald & Roma), and it was purchased in 1990 to run the AACo’s Brahman and Santa Gertrudis studs. In recent years it has been running Wagyu cattle, and growing forage crops […]
Australia 2012 Year of the Farmer
July 7th, 2011I must be living under a rock because until yesterday I didn’t know that 2012 is the Year of the Farmer. Sponsored by Elders, the Year of the Farmer board is impressive. Included are Deb Bain (Wool & sheep meat producer and Farm Day instigator, Vic), Geoff Bell (NSW), Bill Belotti (agronomist, NSW), Philip Bruem […]
Australia’s live export ban lifted
July 6th, 2011At last some sense has prevailed and Agricultural minister Joe Ludwig announced this evening that the live export ban has been lifted. Cattle that are completely traceable will be allowed to be exported to ‘independently audited’ abattoir facilities. However many regional small businesses will have lost huge amounts of money, many cattle that a month […]
People changing their minds from ‘ban live exports’ to ‘ban cruelty – support Australian beef farmers’
July 5th, 2011Anyone who still believes that banning Australian live exports is an intelligent idea should read this excellent explanation by Genevieve Hopkins on her ‘Green Foodie’ blog. As Genevieve explained, early on she signed petitions supporting the banning of live exports. Then, in response to pointy comments posted on her blog, she decided to do some […]
RMWAH buys Henbury Station, Alice Springs
July 5th, 2011R.M. Williams Agricultural Holdings (RMWAH) has apparently just purchased Henbury Station, on the Sturt Highway 125km south of Alice Springs. The 5,168 square kilometre station has an extensive creek and river system (including Finke and Palmer River frontage) and has 15 permanent waterholes. It was for sale through Elders – after being passed in at auction […]