Sarawak Economic Development Corporation

This SEDC-owned, Australian-registered company owns a 280,000-hectare cattle breeding station in the Northern Territory, Australia with 28,000 heads of cattle; and a 14,711-hectare cattle fattening station at Strathmere-Beardie Aggregation, St. George, Queensland, Australia.

 Rosewood Station Pty Ltd, Northern Territory, Australia

 

Strathmere-Beardie Aggregation is an ideal place for fattening cattle from Rosewood Station and farms from the surrounding areas. The farm’s carrying capacity is 5,000 heads.

 Strathmere-Beardie Aggregation, St. George, Queensland, Australia

 

 

 

Besides cattle fattening, the farm also produces crops such as wheat, oats and sorghum.

 

The cattle fattening scheme is jointly undertaken by the State Development Office (SDO) and SEDC with funding by the Ministry of Rural & Regional Development. This activity is in line with the Government’s objective to eradicate poverty in the rural areas.

PPES Ternak Sdn Bhd supplies cattle to the rural community and undertakes marketing on a buy-back basis. Technical input is provided by the Veterinary Division of the Department of Agriculture. The participants also act as agents for PPES Ternak Sdn Bhd in the sale of live cattle in their own locality.

The Cattle Integration project is jointly undertaken by the Department of Agriculture (DOA) and SEDC through its subsidiary, PPES Ternak Sdn Bhd with funding from the Federal Government.

The breeder cattle are supplied to oil palm plantation by DOA under the PAWAH Scheme. Under this Scheme, the participating plantation will pay back/return to DOA the same number of animals aged 8 months and above within   5 years.

(vi)  SEDC is pursuing with its participation in Entry Point Project (EPP) 5 (Cattle Integration in Oil Palm) under  
       the National Key Economic Area (NKEA).


The objectives of the project are:

1.    To Support the Government’s objective towards increasing livestock population in the country.
2.    To maximize output from land use.
3.    To benefit oil palm plantations whereby weeds are biologically controlled and the cost of weedicide reduced.