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		Definition of pastoral company in English: pastoral companynoun Australian A commercial enterprise engaged in the large-scale breeding of livestock.  they operate as traditional pastoral companies, trading in wool and livestock  Example sentencesExamples -  Over the past two years the company has transformed itself from being a traditional pastoral company to being a food company.
 -  It consisted mostly of real estate and interest in pastoral companies.
 -  The stockman's image took a bit of a knock, however, when some of the larger pastoral companies decided their stockmen should be wearing riding helmets when out on the range.
 -  By the 1880s the financial institutions of these centres were firmly interconnected, symbolised by the merging of the two leading pastoral companies.
 -  Despite now having the biggest herd for a pastoral company in Australia's history, the chairman called the financial result that year "disappointing".
 -  For the big pastoral companies with their billions in profits, tax breaks and government handouts, it's business as usual.
 -  One of the nation's other major pastoral companies has already bought property in the territory.
 -  Half the cattle were sold for slaughter, while the rest were moved to other properties owned by one of Australia's best known pastoral companies.
 -  They ensured that regional lands remained locked away in the grip of the giant pastoral companies and kings in grass castles.
 -  A decision is imminent on the future of Australia's largest pastoral company.
 
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