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Lessons in life
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Perfect land sales storm
Hot price for dog
With 20 years’ experience in rural property sales in the South Burnett region, James Bredhauer has experienced the usual fluctuations synonymous with his industry. But, what surprises the managing director of Aussie Land & Livestock most is that since drought broke in 2020 the farmland market has been so consistent across all sectors. The reason? A once in 30-year collision of high commodity prices, low interest rates and a cracking season in most areas. Add in a lack of listings, which is causing demand to outstrip supply, and you have the perfect sales storm. STORY PAGE 4
A new record auction price helped make this year’s Ray White Livestock Rockhampton Dog Trial and Working Dog Sale one of the biggest sales in the Southern Hemisphere. The annual event held from 21 to 23 of April has significantly grown since it first began in 2015, going from just eight lots to 119 in 2023, with the main breed Border Collies. The top-priced dog over 11 months old accomplished a record price of $33,000 from vendor Joseph Leven from Casino, NSW, sold to James and Helen Parker from Monto. STORY PAGE 14
College sale at $12.4m The state government will split the 17,511-hectare Longreach Pastoral College between three separate tenderers for a combined sale price of $12.4 million, with the high-profile bid from AAM Investment Group (AAM) missing out. The former Queensland Agriculture Training Colleges (QATC) property at Longreach had trained agricultural leaders for more than 50 years before being closed in 2019. The state government approached Longreach Regional Council about a sale in 2021 before last year launching a tender process. AAM lodged a tender on behalf of a consortium of Australian agribusinesses for the full 17,511 hectares of land, which includes Rosebank Station, the college site, modern classroom facilities and agricultural infrastructure. STORY PAGE 8
Joe Leven, owner of the toppriced dog sold, with buyer Helen Parker and daughter Macey from Monto.
Cotton rally By Fiona Gowers Picking is progressing in southern Queensland cotton growing regions with positive signs flood and farm damage late last year may have caused less devastation to crops than initially feared. Dry, warm conditions since Christmas with no significant in-crop rainfall or heat
waves - has helped produce high grade, high quality cotton consistent with Australia’s global reputation. “As we know, last year we had a very wet pick, which impacted our colour grade significantly,” said Queensland Cotton manager northern NSW and cotton pricing Jess Strauch.
“With some good weather fortune so far, it would be fair to say that this year’s crop appears to be of a high standard, which Australian cotton is renowned for. Only a small portion of the crop is ginned but, from what has been classed, we have seen results of about 80 per cent strict middling and 20pc middling, which refers to the colour grade of a piece of cotton.” STORY PAGE 3
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