AACo (ASX: AAC) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
AACo is an Australian agricultural company producing beef and wool while focusing on sustainable agriculture across 17 million hectares.
AACo
AACo is an Australian agricultural and beef production enterprise that integratedly manages pastoral properties and cattle breeding operations. Established in 1824, the company operates vast station properties and feedlots across Queensland and the Northern Territory, maintaining Australia's largest cattle herd. AACo specializes in producing premium Wagyu beef, distributing high-grade beef brands including Westholme and Darling Downs to global markets. Its integrated supply chain encompasses breeding, backgrounding, feedlot finishing, and marketing of grass-fed and grain-fed cattle products across domestic and international retail and foodservice channels.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of AACo
- Westholme Wagyu Beef: Premium Wagyu beef produced from proprietary cattle genetics raised on Australian pastures and finished on specialized grain diets, distributed globally to high-end foodservice operators, fine dining restaurants, and boutique meat retailers.
- Darling Downs Wagyu Beef: Grain-fed Wagyu beef brand derived from carefully bred herds, providing consistent marbling and flavor profiles for international retail channels, Asian export markets, and commercial food distributors.
- Pastoral Breeding Operations: Extensive breeding and backgrounding operations across vast station properties in Queensland and Northern Territory, producing hundreds of thousands of head of cattle annually to support long-term herd replacement and beef production.
- Feedlot Operations: Specialized backgrounding and finishing facilities located in Queensland, providing customized grain-fed nutrition programs, health monitoring, and weight gain management prior to processing for export and domestic markets.
- Pastoral Land Management: Operation and stewardship of millions of hectares of native pastoral grazing land across Northern Australia, supporting sustainable herd rotation, pasture management, water infrastructure, and carbon abatement projects.
- Live Cattle Sales: Commercial trading and supply of live cattle to external domestic processors, commercial feedlots, and international markets to balance station stocking densities and optimize herd composition.
AACo executive team
- Mr. David HarrisCEO, MD & Director
- Mr. Glen SteedmanChief Financial Officer
- Ms. Emily Bird B.A., L.L.B.Company Secretary & General Counsel
- Mr. Andrew O'BrienChief Commercial Officer
- Ms. Jacqui HuntingtonExecutive General Manager of Corporate Services
- Ms. Bernadette KnightChief Marketing Officer
- Ms. Sarah HackettExecutive General Manager of People & Culture
- Aaron WakeleyHead of Corporate Affairs & Communications
- Mr. Stephen MoyHead of Intensive Operations