Dairy Farms for Sale: Farmbuy.com Buyers' Guide

Best Dairy Farms for Sale on Farmbuy.com

Dairy farming takes place in most states in Australia. The dairy industry stretches from North Tropical Coast and Tablelands of North Queensland to the west coast of WA and to Tasmania to the south. If you're looking for dairy farms for sale, it's important to do your research before you buy. Farmbuy.com reviews what's available and provides insights into the regional dairy industries.

The dairy industry makes an important contribution to the Australian economy. In 2015–16 it accounted for around 8 per cent ($4.3 billion) of the gross value of agricultural production and around 7 per cent ($3.0 billion) of agricultural export income.

Australian dairy farm income can fluctuate significantly from year to year. This largely reflects changes in world prices for traded dairy products, the effects of varying seasonal conditions on milk production and the cost of farm inputs. If you're looking for more information on the dairy industry, you may want to check out the Agriculture.gov dairy page to see if buying a dairy farm is the right choice for you. 

The listings for some of our favourite Australian dairy farms for sale can be found below - plus you can check out more dairy farms for sale here.

Dairy Farms For Sale: 584 Strathallan Rd, Bamawm, VIC

Profitable dairy enterprise with scaleability

Offered for sale on a WIWO basis is this very well set up, well run, and profitable dairy enterprise in a fantastic location within northern Victoria being approximately 15kms south of Echuca.

Set on approximately 440 acres (178 hectares) of highly productive soils, lasered and flood irrigated, this dairy farm for sale has access to the GMW backbone channel with three delivery shares; and also includes a deep lead bore with 490 megalitres of Campaspe deep lead entitlement; plus reclaimed water right of 250 megalitres per year of treated water from Echuca and Rochester water treatment plants.

Included with the sale is a herd of approximately 300 milkers and some 200 heifers; and a 44-stand rotary dairy with all the specs you would expect.

The vendors have put a lot of hard work and invested a lot of capital into setting the farm up and having it running the way it is today, presenting a fantastic opportunity for the new owner to take the reins of this profitable operation and build a very strong business going forward.

For more information, click here. 

Dairy Farms For Sale: 119 Duck Creek Road, Old Bonalbo, NSW

Beautiful dairy farm for sale on WIWO basis

The 411-acre "Oak-Lea" dairy is situated at Old Bonalbo in the north coast region of NSW and is a little over an hours' drive to Casino, two and a half hours to Brisbane and under two hours to most of the north coast beaches.

This dairy farm for sale is being sold on a WIWO basis which includes around 170 dairy cows of various ages, approximately 100 heifers and two bulls; plus around 70 head of beef cattle.

The dairy encompasses a 15 side swing-over with cup removers and teat sprays, concreted 2,000-cow feed pad with concrete trough, concreted walkway and 200 cow yards with welded oval cattle-rail fencing, additional yards with steel yard panels and gates, 2,000-gallon yard flood-wash tank, a new dairy and yard effluent drain system, air-operated individual stall gate and grain drop system, 9,000-litre Fitzroy Challenge sealed silo vat, Delaval C200 fully automated plant and vat, wash system, Delaval Cassette milk cell count testing machine, 14 T Disc Mill and milled grain silo with the grain delivered to the dairy via centreless auger system, three silos – MPH Sherwell (2 x 52 tonne and 1 x 32 tonne protein silo) plus two additional silos, 2 x 7,500-gallon molasses tanks with pump and 80,000-litre rainwater storage. The dairy is also backed up by a 32KVA diesel generator.

The three-bedroom home is a nice comfortable timber home with hardwood polished floors, kitchen, two bathrooms, lounge, dining room and a fully enclosed entertaining area. Joining the house is a fourth bedroom or large office and accommodation for several cars.

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Dairy Farms For Sale: 124 Landry Road, Malanda, QLD

Among the best grazing property for sale!

Offered for sale is approximately 169.5 hectares (418.6 acres) of some of the best grazing country on three titles and one water access title close to Malanda in north Queensland.

This dairy farm for sale represents one of the larger aggregations of land in the area, is weed free and well priced on a WIWO basis including a large list of machinery, grain silos, three water licenses, four travelling irrigators driven by 70hp electric motor and pump, solar pump pumping up to a large water tank and gravity to troughs, water access to all paddocks, steel cattle yards and under-over crush.

The four-bedroom homestead is positioned with views to die for, along with the two-bedroom worker's cottage on its own title.

Definitely worth an inspection for the grazier wanting to fatten cattle.

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Dairy Farms For Sale: 180 McLachlan Road, Heyfield, VIC

Large-scale irrigated and dryland dairy operation

Whites is a large-scale irrigated and dryland dairy operation, well suited for beef and horticultural opportunities. The property fronts the Macalister River and comprises highly productive alluvial soils in 625-millimetre rainfall area. The property is available for sale by Private Treaty with WIWO options available.

The 314.2-hectare property is subdivided into 92 main paddocks with central laneway system; and has a herd carrying capacity of 800 cows. Some 216 hectares are sown to annual and perennial ryegrass pastures with 52 hectares being native perennial grasses.

A total of 1,678ML in water entitlements are available from a combination of low- and high-reliability sourced from the Macalister Irrigation District, groundwater and harvesting an off-waterway dam - supported by 57ML of water storage lagoons and an 8ML recycle dam.

Operational improvements include a 50-unit rotary dairy with supporting workshop; calf shed with yards and working race; storage shed (additional calf shedding); undercover steel cattle yards; machinery shed; and 2 x hay sheds.

This dairy farm for sale also includes a four-bedroom/two-bathroom main homestead, four-bedroom/two-bathroom manager’s residence, and two three-bedroom worker's cottages.

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Dairy Farms For Sale: 29 Gaffneys Road, Moltema, TAS

Dairy farm with exceptional irrigation entitlement

Currently run as a NASSA-certified organic dairy milking up to 260 cows, this dairy farm for sale includes a 30-unit SO HB dairy with auto feed, 60-tonne silo and 9,400-litre vat.

It also features approximately 370 acres of pasture with paddock serviced from upgraded laneways. Around 160 acres can be irrigated with an exceptional irrigation entitlement of total 599.5ML of scheme, storage and direct take from Coilers Creek.

This dairy for sale also comes with a three-bedroom home, another part renovated three-bedroom home, two barns, calf shed and machinery shed.

A very productive organic property showing good financial returns with organic milk premium.

The property also lends itself to a beef or dairy agistment run off block.

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