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Talbalba Kingswood T011 reigns supreme at $102,000

It was an emotional day at the office for Steve and Deb Reid at their Talbalba Herefords sale at Millmerran on Thursday, with the $102,000 sale of Talbalba Kingswood T011 (PP).

Cattle

Young agents thrive under Nutrien training

Alkira Riley loves helping people. The Nutrien Ag Solutions agent from Leongatha was always keen to get stuck in on the dairy farm run by her parents and grandmother, and that helping-hand attitude continues to motivate her today.

Finance

Seizing opportunities and getting ahead with DelayPay

Farming is nothing if not a game of margins. Being successful comes down to managing those margins, being able to seize even the smallest of opportunities, and finding the best way to optimise production.

Cattle

Knowledge is power with Tru-Test’s walk over weighing technology

The ability to make timely and accurate decisions about livestock performance and pasture management without the associated labour costs is proving to be a worthwhile investment for beef producers.

Market Insights

La Nina retreat signals contraction of ag production value

Following three record-breaking years in the agriculture sector, value of production is expected to contract in 2023-24 on the back of forecast drier conditions.

Market Insights

Winter crop production to fall from record highs

The national winter crop planting is expected to remain historically high in 2023-24, however overall production looks set to fall from record highs, should below-average rainfall for winter and spring eventuate.

People

AuctionsPlus deepens content offering with appointment of ex-News Corp editor

AuctionsPlus, Australia’s most trusted online agriculture platform, has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Jackson Hewett into a newly-created Head of Content role within the organisation.

Property

Hancock Agriculture purchases two Packhorse Pastoral properties

Hancock Agriculture has purchased two blue-ribbon properties from Packhorse Pastoral Company for a reported $80 million.

Cattle

Secure your herd's reproductive future with Pestigard

Finding productivity gains is high on the priority list for all cattle producers, but sometimes it’s not a big-ticket management decision that has the greatest impact.

People

AuctionsPlus CEO to depart the business in late July

AuctionsPlus chief executive officer Angus Street will depart the business on July 28, following nearly five years at the helm.

Finance

Pre-season pays off with Elders

Producers looking to optimise cashflow and manage tax implications associated with their rural products purchases can once again do so thanks to Elders, and receive rewards along the way.

Machinery

CASE IH hard at work in Antarctica

When one pictures the Antarctic, the image is generally made up of ice, snow and maybe a colony of penguins.

Finance

Using DelayPay to seize buying opportunities

Doing the right thing at the right time has long been a key driver of success in agriculture, but often putting this into practice isn’t as simple as the theory suggests.

Property

Sale of four Kidman properties in northern Australia completed

S. Kidman & Co has confirmed the sale of four of its property holdings in northern Australia is now complete.

Cattle

Queensland cattle producer backs new eNVD app

A new mobile phone app is set to change the habits of livestock producers, transporters and others in the supply chain because it does what most apps can’t – it works without internet connectivity.

Cattle

Carbon accounting made easier with online calculator

Carbon accounting will now be easier for Australian sheep and beef producers, with the launch of an online, web-based greenhouse gas calculator by Meat & Livestock Australia.

People

Global farming community rallies around Hawke’s Bay

Farmers from around the world are banding together to support their peers in the cyclone-affected East Coast region of New Zealand.

Finance

DelayPay maximising cashflow flexibility for agribusinesses

Flexibility with cashflow is something most farmers would traditionally only have dreamed of, but a revolution is taking place across the agricultural landscape.

Cattle

China's reopening signals opportunity and volatility for beef

The reopening of China following the recent removal of Covid restrictions is expected to offer business opportunities for beef exporters, however volatility in the global market is also on the cards.

Machinery

The Durability of a Cliff & Bunting Chaff Cutter

After 135 years, Cliff and Bunting machines are still some of the highest quality agricultural implements in Australia; an attestation to their founding fathers.

Machinery

“By God and by Fergie We Beat the Flood”; The Little Tractor That Wrote an Iconic Chapter in Our Agricultural History

From Australia’s wheatfields to the rolling hills of Wales, almost every tractor in use today has Irish inventor Harry Ferguson (1884-1960) to thank for its design.

Machinery

Three Tractor Designs That Have to Be Seen to Be Believed

The agricultural sector is no stranger to labour supply issues and the dream tractor was designed to overcome these challenges.

Places

Four More Iconic Kidman Stations to Be Sold off by Gina Rinehart

Four properties totalling 2.4 million hectares in Northern Australia are being sold.

Machinery

Owners’ Surprise Find Nets Big Pay Day as Furphy Water Cart Sells for More Than $60,000

A collectable water tank that was left lying in a paddock for decades has sold for a record price.

Machinery

A YouTube Love Story; One Man’s Mission to Own Australia’s Only Black Tractornly Black Tractor

No-one’s immune to a good YouTube session. You start with the best intentions and next minute you’re whiling away the time watching a cat play the keyboard. But for Anthony Warr, one video had him falling head over heels in love – with a black tractor.

Property

Tarcutta's 'Dropshot' Sells For $6.1 Million

Less than 30 kilometres to Wagga Wagga, the 1691 acre property ‘Dropshot’ has been sold to an out of area farming family.

Machinery

3 Random Things You Wouldn’t Expect to Find on AuctionsPlus

Three delightfully quirky items you could have bought on AuctionsPlus.

Machinery

Preparing Silos to Manage Wet Harvests

A third consecutive La Nina caused headaches in the eastern states, creating logistics and grain quality issues. How can silo preparation help mitigate the impact of the wet?

Property

Wonderful 'Wondaree' Sells in Multi-Million Dollar Sale

The ‘Wondaree’ aggregation, which is made up of three properties totalling almost 5000 acres, sold prior to auction.

Property

Quality Cattle Country 'Bimbadeen' Sells For $4.6 Million At Auction

Located 25km from Theodore and 32km from Banana in Queensland, ‘Bimbadeen’ sold at auction.

Machinery

3 Random Things Buyers have Picked up on AuctionsPlus

These quirky and fascinating items are available on AuctionsPlus right now. Check it out for yourself.

Property

Condobolin's 'Avalon' in Western NSW Sells For Almost $6 Million

Not even record flooding in the region could stop the sale of ‘Avalon’ in the Vermont Hill district.

People

Former City Kid Taking Lowline Breed Global

For some, Christmas holidays imprint fond memories and maybe a few extra kilograms. For 13-year-old Matt Cooney, it showed him the future he wanted.

People

Queensland School Using Virtual Reality to Teach Students To Farm

Queensland students are learning to muster cattle, drive a tractor and plant crops from their classroom.

Property

Hancock Agriculture Invests $150 Million in NSW Farms

Hancock Agriculture has purchased a 6856-hectare Wee Waa aggregation from the Findley family for a reported $150 million.

Property

Spectacular Tasmanian Irrigated Property Sells For A Reported $100 Million

The almost 4500-acre Vaucluse Estate is a mixed livestock and cropping property in Tasmania's northern midlands.

Property

Historic New England Aggregation Sells for More Than $100 Million

An Australian family with rural interests has purchased the historic Plumthorpe Aggregation in one of the biggest sales of the year.

People

Why This Family Swapped City Life For a Tiny Town of 270

With two young children and a full-time career in the building industry, Troy and Hannah McNally’s life in Sydney was comfortable, and yet the yearning for something else lingered.

Property

Blue Ribbon "Ripponlea" Sells For Over $5.5 Million

North of West Wyalong in the tightly held Ungarie Ungarie-district, ‘Ripponlea’ has sold for over $5.6 million.

Property

Careers in Nursing and Police Traded in for Top End Farming Dream

Laden with mangoes, the banks of the Ord River, near Kununurra, Western Australia are a far cry from the hospital corridors familiar to nurse Bec McMullin. With former police officer husband Luke by her side, the young couple has traded their government careers for a long-held dream in farming.

Property

Frederick Family Sells Eastern Victorian Property for First Time Since 1878

Despite the flooding rain, the property still went to auction in Shepparton, selling for $8.8 million.

Property

Bathurst Property Sells for First Time in 160 Years for $9.4 Million

Owned by the Dwyer family, ‘Aloma and Shamrock Hill’ near Bathurst in the central west of New South Wales has been sold.

Machinery

A Roaring Return for the Red Dust Revival

One of Australia's oldest motor racing tracks has roared back to life with thousands of spectators flocking to Lake Perkolilli for the Red Dust Revival.

Machinery

The Rise and Rise of the DIY Plough Disc Firepit

Plough disc fire pits are becoming increasingly popular, so how can you build one yourself?

#BuyFromTheBush

Penny Heuston on Balancing Art and Agronomy

Artist, agronomist and agricultural communicator – Warren’s Penny Heuston is a woman of many talents as the success of her art business, the Heuston Herd, only goes to show.

Property

Lake Stewart Station Sold After 40 Years of Ownership

An almost 68,000 hectare station 80 kilometres west of Tibooburra has been sold to a local farmer.

Property

Sixth Generation Monaro Farm Sale Sets New Region Record at $16.05 Million

A premier farmland holding in Bombala has been sold via the AuctionsPlus platform for above expectations, and a record price.

Property

Magic Land ‘Coral Breeze’ Sells to a Conservationist for $4 Million

The spectacular beachfront cattle property in Cape Palmerston in central Queensland has been sold at auction to a private conservationist.

Property

$16 million pay day for owners of Glen Emu Station in Balranald, NSW

A Riverina farm, spanning more than 43,300 hectares, has been sold for the first time in 20 years.

Places

Farm Stays in the West

If you are fortunate enough to be farming with some beautiful scenery as your backdrop, what better way to give the broader community a taste of agriculture than offering camping on your property where they can get a taste of the scenery and a sniff of farm life.

Machinery

Case IH Marks 180 Years in Agriculture

As a young boy, Jerome Increase Case (1819-1891) read an article in the Genessee Farmer magazine about a machine that could cut wheat without anyone needing to use their own hands.

#BuyFromTheBush

Out Of The Dust: The Story of Buy From The Bush

In the midst of the dust storms and drought of 2019, Buy From the Bush founder Grace Brennan had an idea that would bring the creativity and resilience of rural Australia to the fore.

Machinery

Forbes Welcomes Chevrolet Enthusiasts

Car enthusiasts rolled into the Forbes Motor Show for the 44th anniversary of the Vintage and Veteran Chevrolet Association of Australia.

Places

Farmstays in NSW

Whether it’s cattle or chickens, coastline or the Clarence River, these New South Wales farm stays offer wide open spaces and activities aplenty.

Property

Rabobank: Australian Agricultural Land Set For Another Year

The price of Australian farmland is set to record another year of “double digit growth” in 2022, agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank says in its annual Australian Agricultural Land Price Outlook.

Property

Radio Broadcaster Alan Jones Sells Southern Highlands Farm for Undisclosed Price

The 27.52 hectare property, owned by veteran broadcaster Alan Jones, was on the market for $17.5 million.

Property

Spectacular Tasmanian irrigated property sells for a reported $100 million

The almost 4500-acre Vaucluse Estate is a mixed livestock and cropping property in Tasmania's northern midlands.

Property

Council Considering the Next Steps for Famous Jondaryn Woolshed

From full sheep processing to weddings, the heritage listed Jondaryan Woolshed in Queensland has plenty of stories to tell.

Machinery

Bleed Yellow and Green? Here’s 10 Surprising Facts About John Deere

He was an innovative man, but it’s hard to imagine even John Deere himself could have envisaged the business he created in 1837, would be the powerhouse it is in agriculture almost 200 years later.

Machinery

Antarctic-Bound Tractors Prepared for Final Leg of Epic Journey

It’s been a journey two years in the making, but three tractors are preparing to embark for a unique new home, far from the Australian paddocks in which they’re usually seen.

Property

Billa Billa Sells Before Auction

A local landholder has purchased the 2400 hectare ‘East Glen East’ in Billa Billa north of Goondiwindi.

Machinery

Electric Utes Unlikely to to Be a ‘Workhorse’ for Some Time According to NSW Farmers

Despite some electric farm vehicles landing in Australia next month the NSW Farmers said it will be some time yet before primary producers make the switch.

Property

Local Farming Family Secures 'Rosewood' Near Narrabri for Over $5 Million

After more than 50 years in the hands of the same owner, ‘Rosewood’ on Stoney Creek Road near Narrabri has been sold to a local farming family.

Machinery

Blayney Man Booked Up Until 2023 Restoring Wood Stoves

Often coined the ‘heart of the home’ a local Blayney welder is restoring old cast iron stoves back to their former glory.

Property

Last of Ron Greentree’s Milton Downs Portfolio Sells

A local buyer has Milton Downs East, the final piece of Moree farmer Ron Greentree’s holdings in the area.

Machinery

First Time’s a Charm for West Wyalong Designer in Henty Award

West Wyalong’s Daniel Draper has taken out the Greater Hume Council Award for the best Australian designed and manufactured machine with his innovative feeder trailer.

Machinery

6 Things in My Backyard: Ken Gardner

We’ve been dropping into the homes of our machinery catalogue pursuers to find out what’s in their backyards: vintage vehicles, antique trinkets, multifarious machinery and curious curios.

Places

Airbnb's in Tasmania to Try Before You Die

We’ve found your next beautiful spots to stay in Tasmania, a fishing cottage, a spa cottage and a luxury coastal home.

Property

Historic New England Aggregation Sells for More than $100 million

An Australian family with rural interests has purchased the historic Plumthorpe Aggregation in one of the biggest sales of the year.

Property

Third Generation Property in Country Victoria Sells for $4 Million

‘Abercrombie’ in the renowned and tightly held Kernot district in regional Victoria has sold for $4 million.

Machinery

Latest Moves in Machinery Market Worldwide

Players in the global agricultural equipment market are all expanding their global reach through various strategies. Here are their latest plays.

People

A New Home for Rural Real Estate Family

Simon Southwell celebrates a 30 year career with Ray White Rural this month; a journey that started in south west Queensland and continues on in the capital region near Canberra.

Property

‘Dunrobin’ on the Fitzroy River at Rockhampton Sells Prior to Auction

The spectacular ‘Dunrobin’ on Central Queensland’s Fitzroy River has sold prior to auction for an undisclosed price.

Property

“Big Result” - Former New England CSIRO Research Station Sells for $8.2 Million

Eight years after it was purchased for $2.95 million the former Arding CSIRO station has sold.

Property

Northern Territory’s Neutral Junction Sells

Rural properties in western New South Wales continue to improve in value with ‘Multagoona’ selling for $5.3million.

Property

Roma’s Bellevue Sells for $6 Million

After almost 20 years Roma’s “Bellevue Feedlot” has sold.

Property

Sixth generation Monaro farm sale today sets new region record at $16.05m

A premier farmland holding in Bombala has been sold via the AuctionsPlus platform for above expectations, and a record price. Following six generations of family ownership, a 1919ha farm located in the NSW Monaro region has sold today via AuctionsPlus for $16.05million.

Property

Cronin Brothers Sell 6400 Acres in Trundle for $12.05 Million

With more than 80 years of combined farming experience Pat and Mick Cronin have sold Cronin Pastoral Aggregation in the central west of New South Wales.

Machinery

Value of Farm Equipment Expected to Reach US$108.86 Billion by 2032

Did you know tractors will constitute 30% of the global agricultural equipment market demand this year?

Property

Local Buyer Not Intimidated by Sydney Offers in Darby’s Falls Sale

A local farmer has purchased 782 acres at ‘Redbank’ near Cowra in NSW’s central west for over $4 million

Property

Central Tablelands gem ‘Glendowner’ sells twice in under 12 months

Perfectly located between Orange and Bathurst, ‘Glendowner’ sold this morning, less than a year after it last changed hands for $22.5 million.

Machinery

Regional Artist Uses Farm Scrap as Inspiration for Prized Sculptures

Stephen Hogan is an artist from Bathurst, New South Wales who takes most of his inspiration for his works from his grandfather’s farm.

Places

Farm Stays in South Australia

Explore the gorges and grazing country, the panoramas and the pastoral activities of stations and farms that also offer accommodation across South Australia.

Machinery

4 Things in My Backyard: Simon Southwell

We’ve been dropping into the homes of our machinery catalogue pursuers to find out what’s in their backyards: vintage vehicles, antique trinkets, multifarious machinery and curious curios.

Machinery

How an Australian Invention Shaped Harvests Worldwide

With humble beginnings in Scotland it is Australia’s own HV McKay who is known for heading the company that developed the Sunshine Harvester, arguably the first commercially viable combine harvester in the world.

Property

‘Mountain Glen’ on the Outskirts of Toowoomba Sells for $4.5 Million

Just minutes to the inland city of Toowoomba, ‘Mountain Glen’ has sold including a bonus oats crop.

Property

Buyer Cash Splash in Cobar

Rural properties in western New South Wales continue to improve in value with ‘Multagoona’ selling for $5.3million.

Property

Queensland’s Pre-eminent Breaking, Spelling, and Pre-training Complex Sells to Neighbour

‘Washpool Lodge’ has been sold for the first time since 2015. The farm has played host to many racing greats since its inception 30 years ago.

Machinery

Vintage 1904 Ivel Tractor Smashes Australian Record at Auction

A 1904 Ivel Agricultural Motors tractor – one of only nine known to still exist – sold for an astonishing $375,000 at auction on September 28.

Property

Smashing Avocado Sale in Margaret River

Avocado farm in Kaloorup, Western Australia, sells for $3.45 million.

Machinery

South Australia’s Bay to Bird Is Back

The Bay to Birdwood is recognised as one of the world’s great historic motoring events and has been a fixture on the South Australian events calendar since its inception in 1980.

Property

$5.5 Million Ned Kelly Heritage Centre Set to Open in Glenrowan

The town of Glenrowan, made famous as the town where bushranger Ned Kelly was finally captured, will soon be home to a new tourist attraction telling the story of the final siege.

Property

“Magic” New England Grazing Country Sells for $8.65 Million

The rural property market is so strong in the New England region that properties are being sold before they go to market.

Property

Equine Property in the Yarra Valley Sells for $3.2 Million

‘Sunnyhill’ is a lifestyle property that mixes horses, wine, food, architecture and is only an hour's drive from Melbourne.

Property

Northern Territory Station Sells to Australia’s Largest Landholder

Mount Doreen Station has been held by the same family for 90 years and is one of the largest certified organic cattle stations in Central Australia.

Property

Great Heights Reached in Wallabadah Sale

‘Creek Heights’ in Wallabadah, 30 kilometres from Quirindi has sold for $6.85 million.

Machinery

Dubbo’s Vintage Truck, Tractor & Quilt Show Returns for the First Time Since the Pandemic

For the first time since 2018 dozens of exhibitors turned out in soggy conditions for the Dubbo vintage truck, tractor and quilt show.

Property

Neighbour Snaps up Second Property in Central West NSW

Imagine waiting 20 years for neighbouring farming country to come up only for two properties next door to go on sale at the same time. That’s what happened in Monong recently.

Machinery

Did You Know the World’s Most Expensive Tractor Is an Antique?

A 1913 Case 30-60 has sold for a record breaking USD$1.47 million, making it not only the most expensive antique tractor in history but the world’s most expensive tractor.