A thriving cereal crop on Wilgaroi is top-dressed with urea. Photo: LAWD

AMONG the latest listings on the property market are Middle Creek on the Darling Downs, Wilgaroi in the Golden Triangle, and Mundry on the Liverpool Plains.

They represent offering on three regions prized for their soil types and productive capacity, where cotton and sorghum can be grown over summer, and a range of crops can be grown in the winter months.

Middle Creek, Qld

Expressions of interest are being sought for some of the finest soils on Queensland’s eastern Darling Downs.Owned by Bob and Linda Dowding for the past 15 years, the 1013ha Middle Creek is 22km south of Pittsworth and 62km south-west of Toowoomba.

The property is close to key infrastructure and markets including bulk grain depots and Wellcamp Airport.

Middle Creek is entirely cropped with 883ha developed to cultivation comprising 105ha of lateral irrigation, 70ha of flood irrigation and 710ha of dryland cultivation.

Middle Creek boats deep alluvial soils. Photo: Ray White Rural

Located on the Condamine River flood plain, Middle Creek has deep black self-mulching alluvium soils producing cotton and sorghum.

Ray White Rural agent Tim Gleeson said the quality asset is boasting good subsoil moisture and attracting interest from locals and northern New South Wales farmers.

“Recently, the Dowdings harvested 50ha of irrigated cotton that produced 15 bales per hectare, 291ha of dryland cotton that produced eight or nine bales per hectare, 55ha of irrigated sorghum and 262ha of dryland sorghum.”

Middle Creek is watered by two bores, creeks and a 216ML water allocation.

Infrastructure includes a four-bedroom home, a three-bedroom cottage, numerous sheds and a grain complex with 3288-tonnes of storage.

Expressions of interest close August 7.

Wilgaroi, NSW

Prime picturesque Golden Triangle cropping country owned by the Wall family for more than 100 years will be auctioned in August.

The 1539ha Wilgaroi is a dryland cropping and grazing enterprise located 13km north-east of Bellata, and halfway between Moree and Narrabri in northern NSW.

Around 1278ha, or 83 percent, is arable and currently growing 674ha of wheat, 225ha of canola and 379ha of chickpeas, all included in the sale.

The level to undulating country is underpinned by mostly black, chocolate and red basalt soils and rises to a grazing hill in the east.

LAWD agents Col Medway and Tim Corcoran, together with John Hogarth and Bruce Gunning, have been appointed to sell Wilgaroi which will be auctioned on August 6.

Mr Corcoran anticipates biding to start at $15.5 million.

“Wilgaroi has experienced a good start to the season and the crops are looking a picture, with 15mm of rain falling in the last 48 hours.”

Inquiry is anticipated from nearby corporates and local farming families from northern New South Wales and southern Qld seeking expansion.

Water is sourced from two equipped bores and six dams.

Infrastructure includes an historic home, two adjacent guest quarters, steel cattle yards, two silos with 650 tonnes of combined capacity, as well as numerous sheds.

Mundry, NSW

Doug and Megan Marshall have listed their cropping and livestock country in northern NSW for $5.2M including 250ha of barley.

Mundry on the Liverpool Plains. Photo: Moree Real Estate

Purchased in 2018 from Doug’s father Graeme, the 1214ha Mundry, comprising the 991ha Mundry and the 223ha Nombi Park, is located near Goolhi, 15km west of Mullaley and 52km south-west of Gunnedah.

Moree Real Estate agent Paul Kelly said Mundry is a good cropping and cattle operation that would suit entry-level players, and those seeking a fattening block.

Its gently sloping country, that rises up to some steeper areas and hills, typically grows wheat, cotton, sorghum and oats on around 250ha of mostly black basalt soils.

The 918ha balance is subdivided into three holding paddocks and six grazing paddocks capable of running between 220 and 250 cows.

Water is sourced from seven dams and four bores, supported by 705mm of annual average rainfall.

Infrastructure includes a renovated four-bedroom home, a shed, cattle yards and two silos with 90-tonnes of combined capacity.

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