Agribusiness

Australia’s largest private landholders have bought a cattle station three times the size of the ACT. ‘We’re seeing smiles all round’, an agribusiness expert says of the market.

Skyrocketing input costs, stagnant farm gate prices, the expense of transitioning to cage-free, floods and lingering Covid disruptions have put Australian egg farmers under unprecedented pressure in 2022, sparking recent supply issues and potential consolidation of the industry.

A sprawling Officer South site used for training horses has sold for a mammoth sum beyond $100m after last changing hands for just $379,000 in 1994.

A lifestyle and grazing property on the border of the Barossa Valley and Adelaide Hills is ripe for picking.

A camel farm on the outskirts of the Qld capital is set to become an enormous cannabis estate – for medicinal reasons – after it changed hands for millions at auction.

Escape the hustle and bustle of the city at this boutique winery offering a new owner the chance to live and work in the Perth Hills.

Savvy investors are circling an iconic SA lettuce farm, known for its crisp iceberg variety, as its owners seek to turn over a new leaf for the first time in 60 years.

For investors looking to gain a foothold in a tightly-held wine region, this boutique property ticks all the boxes.

A perfect storm of local and international factors affecting Australian horticulture, which has sent the price of some fruit and vegetables skyrocketing, could lead to consolidation in the sector, as investors look to take advantage of the crisis by buying up farm enterprises.