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Prenti Downs Station is a pastoral lease and
cattle station
In Australia and New Zealand, a cattle station is a large farm ( station is equivalent to the American ranch), the main activity of which is the rearing of cattle. The owner of a cattle station is called a '' grazier''. The largest cattle stat ...
located in the Mid West
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four Census Bureau Region, census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of ...
region of Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
.
It is situated approximately to the east of Wiluna and north of Laverton. Neighbouring properties include Carnegie and Windidda
Windidda Station, often referred to as Windidda, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station. It is located about east of Wiluna and north east of Leinster in the Mid West region of Western Australia.
The property occupies an a ...
Stations.
The area is composed of a mixture of landscapes including saltbush Saltbush is a vernacular plant name that most often refers to '' Atriplex'', a genus of about 250 plants distributed worldwide from subtropical to subarctic regions. ''Atriplex'' species are native to Australia, North and South America, and Eurasia. ...
dominated clay pans, mulga country and grasslands. The stock can be watered at 34 different water points as well as numerous claypans and fresh water creeks. In 2013 Prenti Downs was carrying a herd of 4,000 shorthorn
The Shorthorn breed of cattle originated in the North East of England in the late eighteenth century. The breed was developed as dual-purpose, suitable for both dairy and beef production; however, certain blood lines within the breed always emp ...
cattle.
The property was put on the market in 2013, when it occupied an area of ; Prenti Downs was sold in late March 2015 to the Carmody family who have since taken over management of the property. An area of approximately in the middle of the property making up the area of Lake Carnegie
Lake Carnegie is a reservoir that is formed from a dam on the Millstone River, in the far northeastern corner of Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey. The Delaware and Raritan Canal and its associated tow path are situated along the eastern shor ...
was not included in the sale.
New Management
After purchasing the property a new style of management of livestock was introduced, self mustering yards, in an effort to manage large feral herbivores and wild cattle. This reduces animal stress, and non-productive grazers.
Technology Driven
Since registering a Human-induced regeneration carbon sequestration project Prenti Downs have started to deploy a remote monitoring system across the property to better manage the total grazing pressure in an effort to promote the restoration of native forest cover.
See also
*List of ranches and stations
This is a list of ranches and sheep and cattle stations, organized by continent. Most of these are notable either for the large geographic area which they cover, or for their historical or cultural importance.
West Africa
* Obudu Cattle Ranch
* S ...
*List of pastoral leases in Western Australia
Pastoral leases in Western Australia are increasingly known as "stations", and more particular – as either sheep stations or cattle stations. They are usually found in country that is designated as rangeland. In 2013 there were a total of 527 ...
References
{{Stations of the Mid West Western Australia Homesteads in Western Australia Pastoral leases in Western Australia Mid West (Western Australia) Stations (Australian agriculture)