Dairy
Owned and operated by the Daubney family since 1924. In 2014 Gina Rinhart's Hancock Group bought a 50% stake.
Company Ownership
Future Fields Pty Ltd
AUS
Hancock Agriculture
owns 50% of Future Fields Pty Ltd
AUS
Agribusiness
Part of Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting Group. A major player in Australian agribusiness, with a focus on cattle. They are not involved in live export, but they do operate feedlots.
Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd
owns 100% of Hancock Agriculture
AUS
Iron ore mining
Founded by Lang Hancock in 1955 and now chaired by Australia's wealthiest person Gina Rinehart. Gina Rinehart owns 76% of the company and is the daughter of Lang Hancock. Operates major mining projects in WA and Queensland.
Company Assessment
(Last updated Jan 2024)
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Future Fields Pty Ltd
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GM-Free brands
This company is on GM-Free Australia Alliance's 2017 GM-Free Shopping List. All companies on the list have supplied their GM-free policies, fulfilled GMFAA's assessment criteria and choose to label their products as GM-Free or non-GM.
Source: GM-Free Australia
(2017)
Animal welfare claims
Calves stay with their mothers for 48 hours before being moved to a "calf feeding area". All calves (male and female) are kept for at least 3 months. Follow the link for more animal welfare claims from this company.
Source: company website
(2024)
Hancock Agriculture
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Feedlot operations
This company operates two feedlots, one in Queensland and one in NSW. A feedlot is an intensive confinement animal feeding operation (CAFO) for cattle, much like a factory for 'battery chickens'. Each animal has 5 to 10 square metres of space in a pen of 50 to 200 cattle. The cattle are forced to stand and sleep in their own dung and urine, and endure extremes of weather (especially heat). Close confinement means a much higher risk of disease so antibiotic drugs are routinely used. Grain feed commonly causes their digestive systems to be acidic. Cattle spend up to a year in feedlots, where they are fattened up before slaughter.
Source: company website
(2023)
Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd
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Political donations
According to the democracyforsale.net website, this company donated $441,900 to Australia's major political parties between 2012 and 2018, as disclosed to the Australian Electoral Commision (AEC).
Source: Democracy For Sale
(2018)
Fined over financial breaches
This company pleaded guilty to breaches of the Corporations act, resulting in fines worth $130,000 for failing to lodge annual reports with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on time. 13 breaches between three companies attracted fines of $10,000 for each offense.
Source: Australian Mining
(2015)
Tax paying in Australia
Between 2015 and 2018 this company paid $965 million tax on a total income of $7 billion, earning the number 19 spot on Michael West's Top 40 Tax Payers 2020. West calculated which of Australia's largest companies have paid the most tax using three years of tax transparency data published by the Australian Tax Office.
Source: Michael West
(2018)
Company Details
Type:
Private company
Founded:
1924
Employees:
60
(2016)
Contact Details
Address:
Muirillup Road, Northcliffe, WA, 6262, Australia
Phone:
08 9776 4555
Website:
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