Australia's biggest private landowners, pastoralists Donny and Colleen Costello and their equity partner, former racing horse trainer Viv Oldfield, have extended their vast cattle station empire to more than 9.2 million hectares, after acquiring Mount Doreen Station in the Northern Territory for around $70 million.
Description. Anna Creek Station has an area of 23,677 km2 (9,142 sq mi; 5,851,000 acres) which is slightly larger than Israel.
AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY – ASX LISTED. Established in 1824, and the oldest continuously operating company in Australia, AACo owns and operates Australia's largest cattle herds with about 382,000 head spread across 6.5 million hectares of Queensland and the Northern Territory.
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Established in 1824, the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) is Australia's largest integrated cattle and beef producer, and is the oldest continuously operating company in Australia.
The Williams family, of Williams Cattle Company in South Australia, have the title of owning Australia's biggest farming aggregation — the 2.37 million-hectare Anna Creek and The Peake Stations, covering an area bigger than Slovenia.
Gina Rinehart. Gina Rinehart is the richest farmer in Australia, with an estimated net worth of $36.28 billion. Rinehart inherited a stake in her father's mining company, Hancock Prospecting, and has since expanded the company's operations into the agriculture industry.
King Ranch, largest ranch in the United States, composed of a group of four tracts of land in southeastern Texas, totaling approximately 825,000 acres (333,800 hectares). The King Ranch was established by Richard King, a steamboat captain born in 1825 in Orange county, New York.
Anna Creek is not only Australia's biggest cattle station; it's the largest in the world. The station covers a total of around 24,000 square kilometers.
The nation's largest private landowners are the Emmerson family in California who own over 2.4 million acres. The bulk of that land is dedicated to timber in Northern California. But the most headline-worthy transaction of 2022 was the Four Sixes Ranch in Texas.
$130 million – 29 Wentworth Street, Point Piper, NSW 2027
The lavish four-bedroom property was sold Atlassian founder Scott Farquhar and his wife, investment banker Kim Jackson, who already own one of Australia's most expensive houses, Elaine, also in Point Piper (we cover this later).
Currently, 14.1 per cent of Australia's agricultural land is foreign owned, and China is the largest foreign owner (2.3 per cent). China is also the third-largest stakeholder of Australian water behind Canada and the US, owning 604 gigalitres or 1.5 per cent of the total Australian water entitlement.
Australia's mining industry is 86% foreign owned, Although many people think BHP and Rio Tinto as Australian companies, BHP is 76% foreign owned, and Rio Tinto is 83%. Between them they constitute 70% of listed mining company resources.
According to Stats of 2021, India Had the Highest Cattle Population of 305.5 Million (USDA) India has an estimated 305,500,000 cattle, coming to a total of 0.22 cows per person living in India.
What is the Largest Farm in the World? Did you know the largest farm in the entire world is bigger than 11 U.S. states? This massive farm dairy farm is located in Heilongjiang, China. Mudanjiang City Mega Farm has over 100,000 dairy cows and covers an impressive 22.5 million acres.
Beef cattle are considered the most profitable livestock and easiest to raise for profit, but homesteaders with small acreage won't be able to raise cattle. Cattle, whether you want beef or dairy cattle, require plenty of good-quality pasture, supplemental hay, fresh water, room to roam, and veterinarian care.
The current richest family in the world is the Walton Family with a net worth of $173.1 billion.
The world has 15.749 million km(2) of arable land. (Arable land is land ploughed or tilled regularly, generally under a system of crop rotation). India has the most arable land in the world followed by the United States, Russia, China and Brazil.
A Wagyu heifer has sold for $400,000 at the Elite Wagyu Sale in Melbourne, setting a record for the most expensive beef animal sold in Australia.
Big bulls bring big bucks
The Big Country Brahman Sale attracts buyers from across Australia, and it's not unheard of for people to spend more than $100,000 on a single animal.
Top Crop Producers
Harris Family Rowena NSW 50 000 Ha wheat, 8000 Ha cotton, 5000 maize, 7000 Ha summer crops. Twyanm Agricultural Group Sydney NSW 45 000 Ha wheat, 25 000 Ha cotton, 5000 Ha pulses, 3000 Ha canola, 4000 Ha rice.