A summary of the
top Producers and Landholders in Australian Primary Production
Major
Industry Sectors.
Top Landholders.
|
|
Owner |
HQ |
Holdings |
Million Ha |
|
1 |
Stanbroke Pastoral |
Brisbane |
NT 3, Qld 24 |
More than 12.7 |
|
2 |
Kidman Holdings |
Adelaide |
Qld 6, SA 4, WA 1, NSW 1, |
App 11 |
|
3 |
AA Company |
Brisbane |
NT 4, Qld 14 |
6.52 |
|
4 |
North Australia Pastoral Co. |
Brisbane |
NT 2, Qld 12 |
5.71 |
|
5 |
Consolidated Pastoral Co. |
Sydney |
NT 7, WA 3, Qld 4, NSW 2, Vic 1 |
5.23 |
|
6 |
Jumbuck Pastoral |
Adelaide |
SA 9, NSW 3, WA 7, Qld 1 |
5.03 |
|
7 |
McDonald Holdings |
North Qld. |
Qld 11 |
3.37 |
|
8 |
Heytesbury Beef |
Perth |
WA 3, NT 8 |
3.34 |
|
9 |
Brook Family |
Birdsville |
Qld 2, SA 2 |
2.69 |
|
10 |
Colonial Agricultural Co. |
Sydney |
Qld 5, NSW 2, NT 1 |
2.02 |
|
|
Top 10 landholders control app. 7.3% of Australia's land mass estimated at 780 million Ha. |
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Source – Australian Farm Journal – October 2002
Top Wool Growers
|
|
Owner |
HQ |
Region |
# of Bales |
|
1 |
Jumbuck Pastoral |
Adelaide |
SA |
8600 |
|
2 |
Clyde Agriculture |
Sydney |
Qld, NSW |
6500 |
|
3 |
AJ & PA McBride P/L |
Adelaide |
SA, WA |
4500 |
|
4 |
Twynam Pastoral Co. |
Sydney |
NSW |
4000 |
|
5 |
Bell Securities |
Sydney |
NSW |
3700 |
|
6 |
Twynam Pastoral Co. |
Sydney |
NSW |
3500 – 3700 |
|
7 |
T A Field Estates |
Sydney |
NSW |
3500 |
|
8 |
Tom Brinkworth |
Adelaide |
SA |
3300 |
|
9 |
Russell Pastoral Co. |
Central Qld. |
Qld |
3300 |
|
10 |
Clark and Tait |
Brisbane |
Qld |
3000 |
|
|
Top 10 wool growers produce app. 1.3% of total clip of 3.59 million bales. |
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Source – Australian Farm Journal – October 2002
Top Sheep Flocks
|
|
Owner |
HQ |
Region |
# of Head |
|
1 |
Jumbuck Pastoral |
Adelaide |
SA |
335 000 |
|
2 |
Clyde Agriculture |
Sydney |
Qld, NSW |
270 000 |
|
3 |
AJ & PA McBride P/L |
Adelaide |
SA, WA |
180 000 |
|
4 |
Tom Brinkworth |
Adelaide |
SA |
150 000 |
|
5 |
Twynam Pastoral Co. |
Sydney |
NSW |
140 000 |
|
6 |
Twynam Pastoral Co. |
Sydney |
NSW |
Over 115 000 |
|
7 |
Coventry Family |
Armidale NSW |
NSW |
110 000 |
|
8 |
T A Field Estates |
Sydney |
NSW |
110 000 |
|
|
Top 8 flocks comprise app. 1.25% of total estimated flock of 114 million. |
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Source – Australian Farm Journal – October 2002
Top Dairy Producers
|
|
Owner |
HQ |
Region |
# of Head |
|
1 |
Tasman Agricultural |
New Zealand |
Tasmania |
14 000 |
|
2 |
Leppington Pastoral Co. |
Penrith NSW |
NSW |
3500 |
|
3 |
Alan Pye |
Gladstone Tas. |
Tasmania |
3200 |
|
4 |
Mulcahy Bros. |
Kyabram Vic |
Vic |
3100 |
|
5 |
Moxey Farms |
Richmond NSW |
NSW |
3000 |
|
6 |
Donovans Dairying |
Mt Gambier SA |
SA |
2100 |
|
7 |
Consolidated Pastoral Co |
Sydney |
Warrnambool |
1880 |
|
8 |
Robin Dornauf |
Deloraine Tas. |
Tasmania |
1800 |
|
9 |
Agricultural Developments |
Fingal Tas. |
Tasmania |
1500 |
|
|
Top 9 dairies comprise app. 1.5% of the national dairy herd. |
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Source – Australian Farm Journal – October 2002
Top Cotton Growers
|
|
Owner |
HQ |
Region |
# of Bales |
|
1 |
Twynam Agricultural Group |
Sydney |
NSW |
200 000 |
|
2 |
Auscott Ltd. |
Sydney |
NSW |
120 000 |
|
3 |
Cubbie Station |
Dirranbandi Qld. |
Qld |
105 000 |
|
4 |
Clyde Agriculture |
Sydney |
NSW |
60 000 |
|
5 |
Tandou Ltd. |
Gol Gol NSW |
NSW |
53 000 |
|
6 |
Carrington Cotton Corp. |
Goondiwindi QLD |
Qld. NSW |
Over 40 000 |
|
|
Top 6 cotton growers produce app. 18% of total crop est. at 3.2 million bales. |
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Source – Australian Farm Journal – October 2002
Top Beef Producers
|
|
Owner |
HQ |
Turnoff * |
# of Head |
|
1 |
Stanbroke Pastoral |
Brisbane |
36 207 |
551 351 |
|
2 |
AA Company |
Brisbane |
33 865 |
408 092 |
|
3 |
Consolidated Pastoral Co. |
Sydney |
15 634 |
242 000 |
|
4 |
Kidman Holdings Ltd. |
Adelaide |
14 750 |
165 000 |
|
5 |
North Australia Pastoral Co. |
Brisbane |
12 955 |
188 000 |
|
6 |
Heytesbury Beef |
Perth |
9 406 |
201 049 |
|
7 |
Colonial Agricultural Co. |
Sydney |
8 659 |
128 277 |
|
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* Est. tonnes carcass weight – Source Feedback, MLA 2002 |
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Source – Australian Farm Journal – October 2002
Top Crop Producers
|
Owner |
HQ |
Cropping Details (T = tonnes) |
|
Agreserve |
Darlington Point NSW |
Maize production app 30 000 T and storage for 20 000 T grain |
|
Auscott |
Narrabri NSW |
18 000 Ha Cotton and 5000 Ha of wheat |
|
Australian Food and Fibre |
Brisbane Qld |
15 000 Ha wheat and barley. 5000 Ha Cotton, 2500 Ha of sorghum and sunflower |
|
Clyde Agriculture |
Sydney NSW |
11 000 Ha cotton, 20 000 Ha wheat, 4000 Ha Canola and chickpeas. |
|
Ron Greentree |
Rowena NSW |
40 000 Ha Wheat |
|
Harris Family |
Rowena NSW |
50 000 Ha wheat, 8000 Ha cotton, 5000 maize, 7000 Ha summer crops. |
|
Stanbroke Pastoral |
Brisbane Qld |
10 500 Ha wheat, 4000 Ha forage crops. |
|
Sundown Pastoral Co. |
Moree NSW |
17 000 Ha cotton and wheat |
|
Tandou Ltd. |
Gol Gol NSW |
14 000 Ha irrigated cropping |
|
Twyanm Agricultural Group |
Sydney NSW |
45 000 Ha wheat, 25 000 Ha cotton, 5000 Ha pulses, 3000 Ha canola, 4000 Ha rice. |
Source – Australian Farm Journal – October 2002
Insights and Trends.
· Small farms dominate broad-acre and dairy sectors – approximately 65% producing 25% gross value of production.
· Medium, large and very large farms comprise about 1/3 of farms in these sectors but generate 72% GVP.
· In 1998-99 off farm income accounted for an average of ½ total household income in the broad-acre sector.
· In 2000-01 approximately 6.5% of broad-acre farms increased the amount of land they operated.
· In 2000-01 about 1.5 million Ha were added to existing cropping and mixed cropping / livestock enterprises.
· Since 1977-78 farms disposing of land have achieved a superior rate of return that farms buying land on one occasion – 1982-83.
· Excluding capital appreciation, in 2000-01 farms that reduced their holding size achieved a rate of return of 1.3%, compared to 3.4% for expanding enterprises and 1.7% for farms that remained static.
· Medium, large and very large farms generate 76% of farm cash income and carry 70% of farm debt.
· Smaller farms generate 20% of farm case income and carry 30% of farm debt – thus experiencing a comparatively higher debt to earnings ratio.
Source – Australian Farm Journal – October 2002 – ABARE.