CPC Beef Herd Project

CPC Beef Herd Project is a Beef cattle herd management project located across an aggregation of cattle stations in the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia. It was registered in June 2018 and covers a vast, undisclosed area across multiple properties, including major hubs such as Newcastle Waters Station located approximately 28km from the town of Elliott in the Northern Territory's Barkly region.

Beef cattle herd management projects involve adopting practice changes to reduce the emissions intensity of livestock. The standard requirements dictate that proponents must track herd data and implement enterprise activities to demonstrate reduced cattle enteric methane emissions per kilogram of liveweight produced.

The land across these northern Australian stations is known extensively for large-scale commercial cattle grazing. The region generally falls under a semi-arid to tropical monsoon rainfall classification with distinct wet and dry seasons, and the soils commonly feature Mitchell grass cracking clays (vertosols) and red earths.

This project was set up to reduce the average age of the herd, increase the ratio of weight to age, and reduce the proportion of unproductive animals. Working alongside carbon project developer South Pole, Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) has utilized this project to improve feed conversion and generate Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) while managing sustainability across its massive commercial herd of roughly 300,000 cattle.