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Friday 15 December 2023, 2.00pm
This property is hard to fault on presentation, with everything from mown roadsides to an immaculately clean 40 aside herringbone cowshed with new in-shed feeding. The farm produced 206,513kg MS ex 415 cows in 2022/23 season. Established shelter belts throughout, good internal races system and excellent layout, the farm has a lovely feel to it.
Two good homes including larger managers house in established, attractive setting and multiple supporting farm buildings. Great management options with silage concrete pad and separate stand off calving area all part of effluent consent which has been renewed until 2032. This farm offers the purchaser turn-key performance on the doorstep of Otautau.
Proven, well recorded herd for sale with sound milk production and excellent dairy farm infrastructure overall. This makes all the ingredients for a complete dairy farm purchase. Price guide is offers over $5,995,000 Plus GST (if any).
148 ha
Otautau 2.2km.
Otautau 2.9km.
Aparima College 29.3km.
Alliance Lorneville 43.2km.
Lorneville 44.4km.
Fonterra, supply number 34966.
The GPS mapped area indicates an effective area of 136.7700 hectares inclusive of a paper road. Being a river boundary property, there is some accretion land adjacent to the river. The property has a flood bank near the eastern boundary of the Aparima River.
7.5 hectares ex fodder beet from winter of 2023 will be regrassed. Plan is to plant 7.5 hectares of new fodder beet for winter of 2024. There will be 7.5 hectares going from grass to summer turnips with aim of back into grass around March 2024. Approximately 100 cows wintered on the milking platform.
The farm is flat. Being an ideal rectangular shape, the cowshed is centrally located with good wide internal race access with excellent base.
Northerly.
Drummond, Tuatapere and Upukerora soils.
1,000mm.
Approximately 1km.
There is a bore that feeds the dairy shed for wash down and all stock water. The water take is for 66,000 litres per day and water permit has recently been renewed and now expires in May 2032.
The effluent is gravity fed from the cowshed to a sump/stone trap and then pumped for separation to a screw press. Kliptank system for storage and then the effluent is applied through low rate sprinklers. There is a calving pad and silage pad that effluent is collected from.
The effluent application area on the farm is approximately 113 hectares, application by way of low rate pods.
The discharge permit is for 450 cows and has recently been renewed for 10 years, expiring 2032.
Fertiliser is applied in line with Ballance recommendations. Overall fertility is in good heart with pH and Olsen P at optimum levels. Soils test are available on request.
Very good tarsealed road frontage along the western boundary. A well laid out and functional internal lane system of a high standard makes cow flow straight forward.
Silage is bought in off farm to feed to milking cows.
Surplus grass in the spring is made into baleage.
The main home is a weatherboard villa with four bedrooms. There is open plan kitching/dining/living with main bathroom, ensuite and laundry. Heating is by way of wood burner and two heatpumps. Single glazed aluminimum joinery. There is a separate stand alone double garage.
Second Home: Weatherboard two bedroom house with open plan kitchen/dining/living with heatpump. There is a sunroom, bathroom and laundry. Separate single garage with carport.
40 aside herringbone cowshed with Milphos plant. There is a circular yard with backing gate that will hold the entire herd. Double load out ramp for stock. There has been new in-shed feeding installed at the start of this current season.
Woolshed and covered yards set up for calves, two bay fertiliser shed, three bay hayshed, fertiliser shed, five bay shed and sundry other smaller support buildings.
Electric fence unit.
There is a concrete silage pad and also a stand off pad. Both these structures are connected to the farm effluent system. Feed pad is consented for 150 cows.
Well maintained and attractive shelter plantings throughout.
Wintered 420 cows with aim to peak milk approximately 410 cows.
6 Aug 2024
Well regarded contract milker is in 9th season.
C10.
Well located on the surrounds of Lumsden township is an excellent scale dairy unit with a 1,000 cow consent until 2029. It is supported by a 40 aside herringbone dairy shed with 600 cow rectangular...
Asking Price $7,475,000 Plus GST (if any)
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