Canola, wheat, barley and lupins are the principal crops grown on Viridis Ag’s Alcheringa Aggregation in the Geraldton port zone. Photo: LAWD

VIRIDIS AG has put one of its Western Australian aggregations, Alcheringa, on the market ahead of spring, while in WA’s Great Southern, the Fosters have listed their mixed farm at Ongerup.

Alcheringa Aggregation

Macquarie’s Viridis Ag is offloading its highly efficient and productive dryland cropping opportunity in the Northern Wheatbelt region of WA.

The 13,027ha Alcheringa Aggregation is located 25km from Three Springs, 30km from Carnamah and 35km from Eneabba.

It comprises four semi-contiguous holdings: 3343ha Alcheringa, with 2301ha arable; 1878ha Wandoo Park with 1220ha arable; 3183ha Moodjar Downs with 2657ha arable, and 4623ha Victoria Springs with 3165ha arable.

Across the aggregation, 9343ha, or 72 percent, is arable and producing high yielding crops including cereals, oilseeds and pulses.

Benefitted by mixed soil types, the property is producing 1.63t/ha of wheat, 1.44t/ha of barley, 1.02t/ha of canola and 1.25t/ha of lupins.

Viridis Ag’s Alcheringa Aggregation includes improvements across its four component properties. Photo: LAWD

LAWD agents Danny Thomas and Simon Wilkinson have been appointed to sell the Alcheringa Aggregation but were unable to disclose the buyer or a price guide, however arable land in the area has been achieving upwards of $2500/ha.

Situated in a 392mm average annual rainfall region, the property is also watered by seven equipped bores and numerous dams.

Infrastructure includes include four dwellings, workers’ accommodation, grain and fertiliser storage and numerous sheds.

All have been strategically located to allow the aggregation to operate as a whole or as separate assets.

The Alcheringa Aggregation is being offered by expressions of interest closing on September 27.

Viridis Ag portfolio

According to Viridis Ag’s website, Alcheringa was purchased in February 2020 and is close to the 9400ha Arawa acquired in May 2018.

Viridis Ag’s other properties include:

• 9300ha Bindana Downs (2018) near Bindi Bindi, WA;
• 13,200ha Tantanoola (2019) near Jerramungup, WA;
• 16,700ha The Grange (2018) near Geraldton, WA;
• 8300ha Yupiri (2018) near Beaumount, WA;
• 7500ha Englefield Plains (2018) near Junee, NSW;
• 5000ha Gindurra (2018) near Canowindra, NSW;
• 15,700ha Oodnadatta Farms (2019) near Moree, NSW;
• 7550ha Glendore (2021) on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula; and,
• 5900ha Wiltoo (2018) near Cummins, SA.

Linthorpe

After two lifetimes on the land, Robert and son Tim Foster are selling their mixed-farming country in the Great Southern region of WA.

The 1303ha Linthorpe is located 10km from Ongerup and 165km from Albany.

Elders agent David Treeby described it as a good-sized property in a reliable area of the state, with most of the 1052ha of developed land considered suitable for cropping.

While he was unable to offer a price guide for Linthorpe, arable cropping land in the Ongerup district has been making around $7500/ha, or $3000/ac.

Linthorpe in the Ongerup district has been running sheep and cropping wheat, barley and canola. Photo: Elders

Featuring a good mix of soil types ranging from productive grey loam clays to very good York gum loams, the property has been conservatively farmed for both cropping and sheep grazing.

In more recent years, 90pc of the arable land has been growing wheat, barley and canola in rotation.

Water is supplied by 13 dams, well-maintained catchments and numerous rainwater tanks.

Infrastructure includes two older homes, a six-stand shearing shed, new steel sheep yards, a 100-tonne fertiliser shed, grain silos, and numerous sheds.

Linthorpe is being offered for sale by expressions of interest via formal offers.

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