Keep Plains, Wildman, and Larrimah developments to be accelerated

THE NT government is accelerating its pledge to bring diversity to the Territory’s agri sector with the NT’s largest agricultural land release

THE NT government is accelerating its pledge to bring diversity to the Territory’s agri sector with the NT’s largest agricultural land release taking in 105,017ha of land.

The NT Land Corporation, in partnership with NT Farmers Association, is calling for Expressions of Interest for the following three highly prospective agricultural land developments:

Keep Plains Agricultural Development: 67,500ha available on the NT/WA border, adjoining WA’s iconic Ord River Irrigation Scheme and suitable for a wide variety of high quality broadacre crops from melons to cotton to sorghum and chia.

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Wildman Agricultural Development: 26,000ha of land along the Stuart Highway and Point Stuart Road, which could be used for high yield crops such as bananas, mangoes and leafy vegetables as well as cattle and buffalo production.

Land release sites. Picture: supplied

Larrimah Agricultural Development: 5712ha of land on offer in the Big River region with direct access to logistics routes along the Stuart Highway. The sites are suitable for a wide range of dryland and irrigated crops including mangoes, citrus and melons, as well as intensified beef production.

NT Farmers Association chief executive Paul Burke said one of the biggest challenges to agricultural development in the NT was access to land that was suitable for broadacre cropping activities.

Nicole Manison recently went on a road trip visiting farms from the Top End to the Red Centre.

“The release of these highly prospective large scale agricultural land developments will see the Northern Territory capitalise on the increasing demand for quality Australian produce, ensure sustainable continuity of food supply for national and export markets and enhance the profitability and economic resilience of the region,” Mr Burke said.

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Spread out across the Northern Territory, the flow on from these three agricultural land releases is expected to create more than 150 new jobs and regional training opportunities for Territorians.

Agribusiness Minister Nicole Manison said the agricultural land releases offered exciting investment opportunities for emerging agribusiness in the Northern Territory.