More South Australian farming land has hit the market just weeks after several others have sold.
More South Australian farming land has hit the market just weeks after news several other high-profile properties have changed hands, including sheep stations snapped up by billionaire Charlie Shahin.
Five landholdings across the state are up for grabs, and buyers are expected to be found for all of them by October.
It comes as two SA sheep and cattle stations change hands in separate deals this month, with the family behind one of Australia’s largest manufacturers of mobile waste and recycling containers, MASTEC, securing one.
Billionaire Charlie Shahin – of Adelaide’s wealthy Shahin family, which was formerly behind the OTR petrol and convenience store empire – also purchased a group of South Australian sheep stations, it was reported earlier this month, which make up the largest aggregation of their kind in the world.
‘Vater Family Aggregation’, Saddleworth – Greenhills.
‘Vater Family Aggregation’, Saddleworth – Crawfords.
‘Vater Family Aggregation’, Saddleworth – Przibillas.
One of the recent portfolios to hit the market spans 1104ha across the Saddleworth and Manoora districts in the state’s Mid North region and includes four of the five landholdings.
Held by the Vater family, the aggregation’s four landholdings are non-contiguous and have been operated under long-term leasing arrangements with local farming families over the past decade.
It has productive and versatile farming land suited to broadacre cropping and livestock enterprises.
Both districts are known for their reliability across cereals, oilseeds, legumes, pulses, hay production, prime lamb and wool production.
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The four landholdings include Greenhills, which is just over 564ha with 396ha of highly productive arable farming land and 160ha of grazing country, Crawfords (142.88ha), Przibillas (239.27ha) and Hogbens/Ricks (157.41ha).
Ray White Rural South Australia director Daniel Schell, who is selling the aggregation with Geoff Schell, said Greenhills was the most versatile with a stone homestead and operational infrastructure, including hay sheds, a two-stand shearing shed and sheep and cattle yards.
“Greenhills provides an appealing combination of scale, productive arable land and grazing country, together with the infrastructure to support both cropping and livestock enterprises,” he said.
The aggregation will be auctioned at the Clare Sporting Complex on October 15.
Meanwhile, a premier broadacre cropping engine in Maitland is expected to attract national and global interest.
‘Watervalley Farm’ Broster Rd, Maitland.
‘Watervalley Farm’ Broster Rd, Maitland.
‘Watervalley Farm’ Broster Rd, Maitland.
Watervalley Farm, which is held by Watervalley Investments Pty Ltd, is 25km from the port at Ardrossan and 45km from Wallaroo receival hubs.
Mr Schell, who is also selling this property with Geoff Schell and Sam Krieg, said the property encompasses about 813.3ha of 100 per cent arable and highly fertile land in the tightly held heart of the Yorke Peninsula.
Mr Schell said buyers could purchase the entire property or choose from four non-contingent lots ranging from 130.7ha to 258.2ha.
“Opportunities to acquire more than 813.3ha of entirely arable farming land in one continuous holding, particularly with the level of infrastructure that exists at Watervalley Farm, are exceptionally rare,” he said.
“Watervalley Farm is not simply a large-scale parcel of quality cropping land.
“The combination of the land resource, long cropping runs, grain storage capacity and operational infrastructure creates an exceptionally efficient farming platform.
“The opportunity to purchase Watervalley Farm as a whole or in any combination of the four lots provides genuine flexibility for purchasers, from local farming businesses looking to expand through to larger corporate and investment groups looking to secure additional scale and high-quality agricultural land.”
Expressions of interest for the property close on October 13.