Asking Price $3,150,000 Plus GST (if any)
This practical dairy unit provides a great opportunity to an array of purchasers. Comprising mostly of moderate to medium rolling contour, the property has true character with aesthetic native plantings throughout. The property is well subdivided into 26 paddocks, with good access throughout along with a reliable water system.
The well-appointed 36 aside herringbone shed was thoughtfully built in 2008 for efficient and comfortable milkings providing a 1.8m wide isle, ACRs and in shed feeding system. Other farm buildings include a tidy five bedroom home, a well-kept woolshed and other supporting infrastructure.
Consented for 400 cows, our Vendors currently milk 240 cows and winter the entire milking herd on farm whilst implementing a 10 in 7 milking routine, allowing room for genuine production upside. Our Vendors have been good custodians of the land and are now looking to downsize.
Inspection is a must.
137 ha
Waimahaka, 9.3km.
Gorge Road School, 23.5km.
Bus at gate for Wyndham primary.
Menzies college, 37.8km.
Bus at gate.
Mataura, 51.1km.
Lorneville, 67.5km
Approximately 10ha of Chou with paddock 14 and 8 being cropped and the balance in permanent pasture. Last seasons crop paddocks will be sown back into pasture.
The farm has a mix of soft to medium rolling contour with some steeper areas.
North
Tokanui + Chaslands + Niagara + Jacobstown.
1,000ml approx.
1km max walk.
All stock and dairy shed water is pumped from a creek below the woolshed to a 30,000L holding tank at woolshed where it is filtered and pumped to two tanks at the cowshed. From the shed everything is pumped to all paddocks via 40mm/32mm lines. There is a dosatron at the cowshed. 130 psi for higher paddocks and 80 psi for lower. There is also a 65m deep bore near workshop that has never been used.
Consent for groundwater take: 48 cubic metres per day and expires 31st May 2029.
All gravity from shed to weeping wall to a 90 day storage clay lined pond. K-lines (24 pods). Consent in place until 31 May 2029 for 400 cows which effluent can be spread in every paddock. There are four hydrants in four paddocks.
Vendors use Ravensdown. Soil tests available upon request.
Road frontage off Waimahaka Fortification Road and internal access via tanker track and internal lane system. Material on site.
2023/24 season:
13t Seargeant Dan meal spring mix.
300 bales of baleage.
200 hay bales.
Approximately 100 bales of baleage.
Well-appointed red-brick 5 bedroom + office homestead. Open plan kitchen and living area. One bathroom and ensuite in master bedroom that each have a toilet, bath and shower. Heated by diesal heaters/fire and a heatpump including some underfloor heating. Water is via roof catchment. There is a detached Dry-room adjacent to homestead with heating along with a detached double garage. The home has been consistently maintained to a high standard by the Vendors.
Dairy Shed: Tidy 36 aside herringbone cowshed built in 2008. The cowshed has in-shed feeding, automatic cup removers and divert milk line that leads into the other milk vat. The 400 cow rectangular yard includes a backing gate that has auto wash and scraper.
4 bay broken roughcast implement shed with grain-stand, 3 bay workshop, 3 stand woolshed with covered yards-8 pens approximately for calves, 3 bay implement shed with fert bin, 5 bay haybarn
Gravel on site.
Wooden post and rail cattle yards which is partially concreted.
Approx 11ha pine trees planted in 2008/15. None ETS registered. 2ha behind house consists of mixed natives.
Approx 250 dairy cows (entire milking herd) wintered on property. Replacements come on 10th May and Calves stay on until May before getting externally grazed.
25% replacement rate.
240 peak milk cows.
10 Aug 2024
C10
Entry level dairy unit with medium contour, well located in Eastern Southland. Fonterra Edendale factory is 14km from the farm. Easy access to Invercargill and Gore for all amenities. The farm has...
For Sale by Deadline Private Treaty
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