Due to Australia's size, geographic location, diverse climatic conditions and natural environment, a range of different cattle breeds are efficiently raised on predominantly natural pastures. Australia presently has a cattle population of approximately 26 million head consisting of different breeds that excel in Tropical, Sub-tropical and temperate climates. Therefore a range of different breeds can be supplied from Australia that will best suit and adapt to various environments. There are two main categories of Beef cattle that Austrex can offer: