Tuppal Station is tipped to fetch $65M. Photo: Colliers Agribusiness

MIXED farms ranging from standalone family-owned operations to the vast Tuppal Station are on the market in New South Wales ahead of spring.

Recently listed dryland operations include Marooba, Mogal Plain and NILOC in the Tottenham district, and Kallara at Hermidale, while Strathmore at Geurie and Tuppal Station feature irrigation also.

Tuppal Station

Historic and prestigious Tuppal Station near Tocumwal is being offered to the market by the Bozzo family after 13 years of ownership.

The 5548ha holding neighbours the 7210ha Oomabah Aggregation recently listed by Australian natural capital investment manager Kilter Rural, and anticipated to make around $60 million.

Combined, the listings give buyers a chance to secure close to 13,000ha of prime southern Riverina grazing, irrigation and dryland cropping country.

Tuppal Station is expected to raise around $65M on a walk-in walk-out basis, with the plant and equipment alone understood to be worth around $10M.

Tuppal Station was purchased by the Bozzos in 2012 from Frank and Maria Vodusek.

Back then it was offered with a price guide of $8.5M and eventually sold for around $6.5M.

During their ownership, the Bozzos extensively developed Tuppal Station.

Described as unparalleled, the infrastructure includes an historic homestead, three homes, five new 2000-tonne silos, a six-stand shearing shed, sheep and cattle yards, two large recently constructed machinery sheds and other numerous sheds.

Tuppal Station reportedly once formed part of the Deniliquin Run selected by Benjamin Boyd in 1843.

In 1891 it was acquired by FS Falkiner and Sons and after World War I, was subdivided with portions resumed by the NSW Lands Department and the Soldier Settlement Scheme.

It has 24km of Tuppal Creek frontage, direct access to Murray Irrigation Limited and 1762ML of water entitlements, comprising 1122ML groundwater and 640ML MIL water, underpinned by high-quality irrigation infrastructure.

This includes 831ha of lateral and border check irrigation, 3368ha of dryland cropping and 1348ha of grazing, remnant vegetation and support land offering development potential.

The walk-in walk-out sale of Tuppal Station is being handled by Colliers Agribusiness agents Duncan McCulloch, Connor Dixon, Rawdon Briggs and Matthew Tolmachoff via an international expressions-of-interest campaign that will be launched in coming weeks.

Strathmore

Mark and Sally Carter have put an $11.5M price tag on their agricultural powerhouse on the Macquarie River in central western NSW that includes a 582ML groundwater licence.

The 596ha Strathmore is located 25km from Geurie and 37km from Dubbo and is suited to a mix of irrigation, dryland cropping and livestock production.

Situated in a 635mm rainfall region with 5km of Macquarie River frontage, four centre pivots irrigate 179ha, and 416ha is used for dryland cropping.

During their 14 years of ownership, the Carters have been growing dual-purpose winter cereal crops and sweet corn in the summer, and depending on the season, trading cattle and sheep.

Elders agent Richard Gemmell said Strathmore’s versatility gives the vendors the ability to adapt and pivot with the market and the seasons.

“The turnkey enterprise is regarded as one of the district’s most productive and well-developed properties, offering flexible year-round income streams,” Mr Gemmell said.

“It will appeal to producers with western country who want a fodder factory to finish livestock given its water security, locals seeking expansion and those looking at intensive crop production,” Mr Gemmell said.

Infrastructure includes a five-bedroom home, a three-bedroom cottage, a recreation riverside hut, numerous sheds, a two-stand shearing shed, steel sheep and cattle yards and six silos with more than 300-tonnes of grain capacity.

Mogal Plain

Mogal Plain in the Central West of NSW has returned to the market and will be auctioned on August 28.

Offered by Condobolin’s Daniel and Phillipa Jones, the impressive farming and grazing country spans 2460ha and is being sold to allow the couple to pursue interests closer to home.

Mogal Plain is located on flood-out country, 46km west of Tottenham and 93km north of Condobolin.

Ray White Rural agent Paddy Ward said it is attracting good inquiry from locals, and interest from Victoria, Orange and Dubbo, with land making around $900-$950/ac.

Around 95 percent of the flat to gently undulating rich red farming country is growing wheat.

Mogal Plain includes a Boyd automated lamb-feeding system. Photo: Ray White Rural

Situated in a 493mm average annual rainfall region, Mogal Plain has 14 dams with extensive catchments, and laser-levelled channels distribute water from those with the best inflow.

The system of harvesting the water run-off underpins water security, with a 4ML water licence allowing for flood irrigation when the season permits.

The quality infrastructure includes a recently renovated home, numerous sheds, steel cattle and sheep yards, and seven silos with 1150t of grain, fertiliser and seed storage.

Mr Ward said the Boyd automated lamb-feeding system is a huge asset.

“The fully automated Boyd lamb feeding system has 54 sheep feeders in 19 lamb pens (160-320 head per pen), with three feed sources supplied by 110t wheat, 50t lupin and 30t pellet silos.”

Mains power is connected, with water sourced from a 200,000L water tank pumped from a large dam where it reticulates to each of the pen troughs.

If Mogal Plain sells at auction, it could trigger the sale of two neighbouring farming operation, giving the purchaser more than 7500ha of land.

NILOC

Retiring Greg and Heather Weber have listed their 2490ha turnkey mixed-farming operation NILOC after 17 years of ownership.

The property was named sometime around World War II and, if you haven’t figured it out already, is COLIN spelt backwards.

The generally flat to rolling country offers a mix of cropping and grazing areas capable of running up to 2500 ewes and followers.

NILOC is watered by 19 dams.

Infrastructure includes two homes, cattle and sheep yards, a three-stand woolshed, numerous sheds and 625 tonnes of grain storage. There are more
than 60km of new and near new fencing.

McGrath Rural agent Scott Petersen is handling the sale.

Marooba

For the past 10 years, the adjoining 2557ha Marooba has been run as a mixed farm with a strong focus on cereal and oilseed production.

It is offered for sale by Forbes-based Martin, Tanya and Tim Hewitt with MCC Chudleigh Dobell agent Adam Chudleigh.

Described as 90 percent arable, the mostly undulating soft red loam soils, with some beneficial creek flood out country, grows wheat, canola and barley.

Marooba is watered by nine dams.

Infrastructure includes a home, 1750t of grain storage, a three-stand shearing shed and steel sheep yards.

Kallara

Ben and Kerrie O’Neill’s Central West mixed farm will be auctioned on August 13.

The 4500ha Kallara is located near Hermidale, 75km west of Nyngan and 75km east of Cobar and capable of running 4000DSE.

It has 1200ha of cultivation country, 240ha of it fallowed from the 2024 wheat crop, with the balance growing abundant green feed supporting 200 cows and calves on agistment.

Kallara is located south-west of Hermidale. Photo: Nutrien Harcourts

The undulating red loam to lighter gravel rises are timbered with pine box flats
and areas of scattered mallee and kurrajong that grow a variety of natural
herbages and grasses, edible scrub rosewood, curran bush and wild orange.

Situated in a 450mm annual average rainfall region, Kallara is watered by eight dams.

Infrastructure includes a home, staff quarters, numerous sheds and a 25t silo.

Nutrien Russell Property & Livestock agent David Russell is handling the sale.

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