Harvesting canola on Que Sera in WA’s Kojaneerup South district adjacent to the Stirling Ranges. Photo: Nutrien Harcourts

AGRICULTURAL investment vehicle Wilga Farming is expanding its presence in Western Australia’s tightly held high-rainfall Great Southern region.

It has completed four acquisitions in the Great Southern in the past 12 months, and has flagged potential for further purchases in 2026.

Managed by Gunn Agri Partners, the business now owns about 37,000ha across New South Wales and WA, with a growing focus on the Pallinup district, around 150km north of Albany.

It is understood Wilga is actively pursuing additional cropping opportunities in WA as it seeks to build scale and operational efficiencies in a region traditionally dominated by smaller holdings.

Mixed farms acquired by the group will be transitioned to cropping using sustainable farming practices.

WALT Portfolio

Wilga Farming has been revealed as the buyer of a portfolio of three cropping properties, located 65km northeast of Albany, for around the $26.2-million asking price.

Previously part of the 5595ha WALT Portfolio, aggregated by European-owned and Melbourne-managed First Australian Farmland and offered for sale in May 2024, the 3052ha aggregation is situated near South Stirling.

Operating under a sustainable canola and cereal-cropping rotation, it comprises:

• Gidget: 1017ha with 831ha arable;
• Range Montana: 1035ha with 869ha arable; and,
• Wimbush: 999ha with 704ha arable.

At the time of sale in March 2025, Range Montana included a 70ha unencumbered blue gum plantation.

Water across the aggregation is supplied via bores, dams and rainwater tanks.

The WALT Portfolio has been running 9000 sheep as well as growing canola and cereals. Photo: Elders

Infrastructure includes two homes, a five-stand shearing shed, steel sheep yards, confinement feeding facilities, numerous sheds, extensive fencing and 562 tonnes of grain storage.

Que Sera

Late last year, the same platform secured Que Sera, a mixed farm 25km from Gidget, Range Montana and Wimbush.

The 1218ha holding is 91km north-east of Albany in the tightly held and productive Kojaneerup South district, with views of the Stirling Ranges.

Nutrien Harcourts agent Joe Galantino, who handled the sale, was unable to disclose the purchase price, however, local sources suggest the property transacted for about $12,355 per arable hectare ($5000/ac).

Held by the same family for more than 57 years, Que Sera had transitioned from a sheep operation into a mixed farming and grazing enterprise.

Wilga Farming is expected to crop 1020 arable hectares, which are mostly flat to undulating.

The property features a diverse range of soil types, including duplex sand and gravel over clay, loam and self-mulching clay, and has historically produced wheat, barley and canola.

Infrastructure includes a home, shearing shed, sheep yards and several sheds, including grain storage.