Coggan family lived at ‘Ena’, a Hereford and Merino stud near Inverell, established by John ‘Jack’ Gore Stanley Coggan in 1924.

Jack and Val Coggan relocated north to ‘Enarra’, the foundation property of Coggan Farms today, which initially operated as a Merino sheep stud.

On establishment, Enarra, was a virgin block consisting of brigalow and belah scrub. Val’s vision was to develop the property into the highly productive block that it is today. He set about with an axe and shovel of coals, stick picking and ring barking.

Val with his wife Edna pioneered wheat growing in the Meandarra/ Inglestone area with an initial 32 ha planted on Enarra. 

The wheat area doubled after a successful harvest the previous year.

Enarra Feedlot was established with 1,000 head of cattle on feed. 

Zero-till farming was introduced.

Controlled Traffic was introduced. 

Automated cattle yards were built to increase productivity, boost efficiency and improve safety. 

Phillip Coggan was awarded the Jason Rae Memorial Grain Growers of the Year for innovation at the Brisbane Royal Show, an award sponsored by AWB Limited and AgForce.

Feedlot gained a license of 8,000 head with continual developments to reach this capacity.

Coggan Farms set a Guinness World Record for the largest amount of wheat planted in 24 hours. In the process, $75,000 was raised for heart transplant research at The Prince Charles Hospital and the profile of organ donation was raised.

Meat sheep were brought into the protein mix on request of the 5^th Generation via the purchase of 20 Dorpers. 

Meatmaster Stud was purchased to improve the quality of meat genetics and expand the existing production system. 

A natural next step, Coggan Farms began feedlotting meat sheep, complementing the existing feedlot operation. 

A purpose-built sheep shed was opened to improve the lamb feedlotting operation. 

Multispecies Feedlot was formally founded, and the existing license was expanded to 19,500 SCU and 4,000 SSU.

SwarmFarm autonomous sprayers, ‘Delta’ and ‘Hotel’ sprayed 28,500 hectares in the first year of operation.

Tom Coggan wins the prestigious Ben Coleman Award at the Summer Grains Conference.

Coggan Farms pioneers Halter technology as the first beef adaptor in mainland Australia. Halter’s cattle collars enable virtual fencing, remote monitoring of livestock and the use of unproductive grazing land.