largest farms in the world hello and welcome back to our channel in today's video we'll be exploring the largest farms in the world some of the farms on this list are as big as some countries yes that kind of large from the historic cattle ranches in Australia to the modern ones in China these Farms are impressive in size and scale get ready to be amazed number 10 on the list is mar and DS in Queensland Australia it covers 3,794 acres and is currently owned by the north Australian pastoral company Maran Downs was established in 1877 heading to the Northern Territory we have the 3,335 680 Acres wave Hill as number nine this particular Farm has stories for days it's famous as the sight of the wave Hill walk-off a strike by indigenous Australian workers for better wages in working conditions in August August 1966 the strike lasted until 1975 when a deal was reached to give the indigenous people some of their land back the gingi people who have inhabited the region for almost 60,000 years are the traditional owners of the land the property was later explored by Europeans and the cattle station was established in 1883 inam Minka is number eight on our countdown it's the second largest farm in South Australia and occupies 3 million 340,000 Acres it has had its fair share of floods and drought the homestead was washed away during the floods of 1906 between 1914 and 1916 a drought killed about 10,000 cattle at the farm wondering what inam is the name is derived from two Aboriginal words meaning your shelter and your home number seven is well represented by Home Valley in Western Australia the cattle station is not only m massive at 3,459 475 Acres but also doubles as a tourist attraction parts of the station were featured in the 2008 Epic Adventure film Australia back to Queensland with number six Davenport Downs is the largest cattle station in Queensland and the fourth largest station in Australia the entire 3, 73120 Acres size of this Farm is said to be managed by 10 employees can you believe that Alexandria station in the Northern Territory makes the top five it covers 3, 98280 acres and reportedly supports a herd of approximately 55,000 cattle it also generates about 10,000 bales of hay per year flooding is almost second nature to Alexandria as recent as 2012 flooding turned the area into an inland sea we inch closer to the top with Clifton Hills station at number four the sprawling 4,200,000 organic cattle although there were estimations the actual price was never disclosed can you take a wild guess how much do you think this property was sold coming up as number three is Ana Creek Station in South Australia at 5,850 1880 Acres the vast cattle station is over seven times the size of King Ranch the biggest Ranch in the US fun fact Ana Creek was originally used for sheep but was switched to cattle due to losses from dingo attacks and number two spot goes to China modern Dairy the 10,999 680 acre dairy farm comprises 26 Farms with an estimated total of 2 30,000 cows producing 3,300 tons of raw milk per day Mudan Jan City farm is apply called a mega Farm the world's largest farm is in Northeast China and spans 22,4 199,50 Acres it's about the same as Portugal and twice the size of Denmark can you imagine the sheer size of this Farm the cows are kept indoors and fed a mixture of grains and forage rather than being free to graze on Open Spaces every year the farm produces 800 million lers of milk that's a wrap on our journey exploring the largest farms in the world we hope you enjoyed this as much as we did make sure to hit the like button and subscribe for more delightful content thanks for watching
