Ray White in conjunction with LAWD are pleased to present for sale St Ronans, an institutional scale irrigated and dryland cropping and cattle backgrounding operation, situated in the well-regarded Tablelands region of Queensland.
KEY INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
• An institutional scale cropping and cattle backgrounding operation comprising a total land area of 44,000* hectares.
• Extensively developed with 190* hectares considered vacant plantable land, 325* hectares developed to irrigated cropping (centre pivot and flood), 1,755* hectares of dryland cropping, 2,088* hectares in varying stages of development with the balance considered grazing / support.
• Currently utilised for the production of high yielding crops including cotton, sorghum and corn, as well as for breeding and growing cattle on an agistment basis.
• Secure water is sourced from multiple bores equipped with solar powered submersible pumps, which reticulate to numerous header tanks and livestock troughs. Additional water is also available from various catchment dams, springs, swamps and permanent waterholes in the spring fed Mero Creek and Lynd River.
• There are six unregulated high pressure irrigation bores (potential capacity to extract 10,000* megalitres per annum) as well as an 886* megalitre storage dam and a 250* megalitre surge which is utilised for irrigation purposes and can be developed for cash cropping or permanent plantings.
• Significant capital expenditure program includes the development of infrastructure, upgrading of fencing / laneways and soil amelioration, greatly enhancing productivity.
• Benefitted by productive land types, an excellent climate and reliable rainfall (average annual rainfall of 793* millimetres).
• Multi-enterprise opportunity suited to a broad spectrum of agricultural pursuits including intensive cropping, horticulture and grazing.
• Outstanding structural improvements including numerous dwellings, high quality operational infrastructure and substantial grain storages and dryer. The property is benefitted by a licensed approval for a 10,000 Standard Cattle Unit (SCU) feedlot which is currently developed to 2,000 SCU.
• Future development options include the conversion to intensive horticulture (avocados, mangos, macadamias or citrus and broadacre crops) as well as wind farm development.
• Strategically located in the well-regarded Tablelands region of northern QLD, 110* linear kilometres south-west of the regional township of Atherton, within proximity to key infrastructure supporting the operations.
*Approximately.
FOR SALE BY EXPRESSION OF INTEREST CLOSING AT 12PM (AEDT) THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER 2024.
