Climate & Geography

Climate

Australia has a total of 6.4% arable landmass, with 49 million hectares of crop production capability. It has the sixth largest arable land area of any country in the world and provides a natural climate hedge across a large geographic area. This provides investors with the opportunity to incorporate a diversity of assets within portfolio.

Geography

Australia is ideally situated to supply agricultural commodities to the growing populations and expanding wealth of South East Asia.

Australia is a federation of six states and two territories but can be divided into 3 agricultural zones:

High Rainfall Zone: NSW, SA, VIC, QLD, TAS
Wheat Belt: WA
Pastoral Zone: NT, WA, QLD

CFM has experience managing a diversity of assets and commodity production across Australia and internationally. Currently, CFM operations are centred around the eastern states of Queensland, NSW and Victoria, as highlighted below.

Queensland

Climate: subtropical and tropical

Crop Production: 2.2 million hectares per annum, majority in the Southern and Eastern parts of the state.

Cropping

Largest producer of sorghum and sugar.
Significant producer of nut crops.
Potential to be a major producer of pulses and cereals.

Livestock

Australia’s largest producer and exporter of beef and the world’s largest exporter of live cattle.

New South Wales

Climate: Temperate

Crop Production: 6.7 million hectares per annum with crop production focused in the Eastern half of the state.

Cropping

Well established irrigated agricultural sector, world leader in improving irrigation efficiencies.
Australia’s largest producer and exporter of chickpeas and pulses and the nation’s largest producer of rice and cotton.

Livestock