For Sale by Deadline Private Treaty
Friday 4 April 2025, 2.00pm
This property is a larger scale dairy unit with mixed contour in the Wendon farming district. Complemented by sound infrastructure including four houses and a 54 bail rotary cowshed, that has seen vast refurbishment recently. Milking 800 cows and on track for 347,000kg MS this current season. The location has historically received good rainfall and is considered summer safe for Northern Southland. Riversdale and Gore are close by and Queenstown approximately 1.5 hour drive.
This opportunity would suit an owner/operator or a dairying family wanting to expand into a larger dairying operation with good scope.
384 ha
Riversdale 10km.
Riversdale primary school, bus at gate.
Gore High School or St Peters High School 35km, bus at gate.
Fonterra, supply number 38543.
Effective area assessed at approximately 322 hectares with additional area of rough grazing.
Currently 13 hectares in Maize, 23 hectares in Kale. Regrassing policy is 15% annually.
Flat/gentle area is approx 141 hectares flat/gentle. Balance of property steps up into large broad ridges with steeper sidlings utilised for grazing.
Jacobstown, Fleming, Lumsden and Glenure.
1,150mm.
Gorse sprayed annually.
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New bore drilled last winter with 2l/sec flow rate (130 m deep). There is tank at this bore which then pumps to two 30,000 litre tanks at cowshed. There is secondary pump at bore that pumps to two 30,000 litre tanks at top of hill to service this area, gravity fed. 50 mm mainline with 32 mm laterals. Troughs in most paddcoks, some paddocks have two troughs. There is a dosotron at cowshed not currently used as minerals put through meal feed system. Water take also alllows for surface water from Wendon stream for stock water purposes as back up.
All houses are supplied from Otama water scheme with each house having 30,000 litre tank and have booster pumps.
Effluent system recently upgraded which now sees effluent spread over all consented area (127 hectares). Hydrants installed via 4 lines with jumbo pods on HALO system. Effluent is gravity from cowshed to concrete pond divided with solids screen in pond + new sperate solids separator installed. Then liquids are gravity fed to larger concrete pond where it is spread to the farm. There is an additional lined pond for excess liquids that pumps back to concrete pond when concrete pond triggers to 50% capacity. Green Wash system not currently used.
The effluent consent is for 800 cows and expires on 30th August 2027.
Soil tests on file. As per Ballance recommendations.
Wendon Creek Road, Campbell Road and Pyramid Creek Road.
Farm Insight Report past three seasons average 860kg DM/cow.
300 bales of baleage, 180t silage. Maize silage (260t DM) .
Permanent brick material large family home built in 2011. This is a well appointed four bedroom with study, master has an ensuite and separate bathroom. There is a laundry also with a shower and toilet. Open plan living, kitchen, and dining and enclosed conservatory. There is a Yunca fire with wetback and circulating fan to bedrooms. Double garage with internal access.
Second Home: 322 Wendon Creek Road. Open plan kitchen and living, heated by a Yunca. Three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The original house is still attached offering additional space.
Third Home: Campbell Road, Four bedroom brick with open plan kitchen and living. Yunca fire with central furnace. Two single garages. A new bathroom with bath, shower, and vanity built this season.
54 bail Reid rotary cowshed built in 2002. Rectangular yard can hold up to 800 cows. There is automatic cup removers, Protrack and in-shed feeding.
Cowshed has had significant upgrades over last five years including backing gate with variable speed drive, new motors for platform and rollers, variable vacuum pump, twin filter sock upgrade, Glycol chiller unit, new set of Waikato cups, upgraded in-shed feed system, automatic teat sprayer.
Calving pad and silage area.
800 cows.
800 cows.
10 Aug 2025
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