Expressions of interest have now been called for more than 1000 square kilometres of the Northern Territory which has been made available for agricultural development.
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The land is being marketed to developers as suitable for broadacre cropping.
The NT Government says it is supporting these land releases through investment in roads in order to access these highly prospective sites.
The Keep River Plains Road upgrades valued at over $58 million, jointly funded by the Australian and Northern Territory Governments, provides significant opportunities for the Keep Plains Agricultural Development.
In addition, the Territory Government recently released the design tender for the Point Stuart Road, which will provide even more accessibility to the Wildman Agricultural Precinct.
It is the Territory's largest ever single release of farm land.
The land releases are centred on the former Wildman River Station west of Kakadu National Park, Keep Plains on the NT/WA border which adjoins the Ord scheme and Larrimah on the Stuart Highway between Mataranka and Daly Waters.
The Larrimah Agricultural Precinct includes almost 6000 hectares just south of the small town.
A recent assessment confirmed about 2100ha of the Larrimah land was suitable for irrigated crops.
Part of the former Wildman River Station on Port Stuart Road was bought for agricultural development in the early 1980s across 26,000 hectares.
Recent studies prepared by CSIRO on behalf of the Federal Government confirm the viability of the area for agricultural development.
The third land parcel is the biggest, the 67500ha Keep Plains development along the NT/WA border.
Part of the land, located along the Keep River and adjoining WA's Ord developments, have been earmarked for large scale agricultural development since the 1990s.
NT Farmers chief executive Paul Burke said: "One of the biggest challenges to agricultural development in the NT is access to land that is suitable for broadacre cropping activities.
"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.
"At a time when Australia's economy is desperately needing recovery initiatives and investments agricultural development will bring significant long-term opportunities and economic benefits to Northern Australia."
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