Australian Grains

The majority of grain production in Central Queensland occurs within a 250-kilometre radius of Emerald in the areas from Rolleston west to Springsure and north to Capella and Clermont, with more isolated enterprises in the areas adjacent to the Dawson, Comet and Mackenzie Rivers. This premium farming land generally comprises heavier black soils and loamy alluvials, having an annual average rainfall in the order of 600 to 700 millimetres. Cropping land in this location transacts on a relatively infrequent basis in contrast to grazing land, which is more dominant in this area. Despite this, cropping land is usually tightly held and the buyer profile is almost exclusively district operators. There have been only a handful of dryland cropping sales in 2024, with resulting values indicating that
there has been no increase in per hectare values over the past 12 months.