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Agriculture's farm gate output was $100 billion a year for a 5.7% share of GDP in 2023. [2] Farmers and grazers own 135,997 farms, covering 61% of Australia's landmass. [3] Across the country, there is a mix of irrigation and dry-land farming. The success of Australia in becoming a major agricultural power despite the odds is facilitated by its ...
Cooplacurripa cattle station, New South Wales, Australia. In Australia and New Zealand, a cattle station is a large farm (station is equivalent to the American ranch), the main activity of which is the rearing of cattle. The owner of a cattle station is called a grazier.
Aerial views of Oulnina Park Station at Manna Hill, South Australia. Sheep and cattle stations can be thousands of square kilometres in area, with the nearest neighbour being hundreds of kilometres away. Anna Creek Station in South Australia is the world's largest working cattle station. [3]
Trail bikes used for mustering, Anna Creek main homestead. Despite its size, in 2007 Anna Creek Station was carrying only 1,500 head of cattle due to the 2000s drought.In 2008, when the station was owned by S. Kidman and Co Ltd, there were eight full-time staff and they were destocking all their cattle. [8]
A sheep station is a large property (station, the equivalent of a ranch) in Australia or New Zealand, whose main activity is the raising of sheep for their wool and/or meat. In Australia, sheep stations are usually in the south-east or south-west of the country. In New Zealand the Merinos are usually in the high country of the South Island.
Inghams is a supplier/producer of poultry and fodder across Australia and New Zealand. [2] The company claims to be one of the largest producers of chicken and turkey products in Australia and employs in excess of 8,000 people in more than 100 locations in Australia and New Zealand.
Sundrop Farms' former chairman David Travers was employed in the South Australian public sector as the Deputy Agent General for South Australia in London when he received the firm's initial proposal. [22] [26] The Clean Energy Finance Corporation [27] was an early supporter of the project, committing as a cornerstone debt financier.
Horse farms in Australia (14 P) F. Farm museums in Australia (1 P) Farms in New South Wales (1 C, 138 P) H. Homesteads in Australia (5 C, 4 P) S. Sugar plantations in ...