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This well set up 151ha Southland dairy unit at Fortrose is a proven, performing operation suited to an owner-operator. On target to produce approx. 220,000kg MS from 344 cows this season as tracking about 15,000kg MS ahead of last year. The 40-aside herringbone shed has a Waikato plant, ACRs, ProTrack, auto spray mixer, in-shed feeding and new refrigeration unit, with a 450-cow yard. Easy to medium rolling contour, generally free-draining Chaslands and Tokanui soils and approx. 1,200mm rainfall.
Well-formed races built from two on-farm rock pits, bore water supply and a focus on regrassing to enhance production. Effluent is well covered with approx. 60 days storage, this consent provides the new purchaser security through until 2030. Three homes, including a spacious 253m2 brick modern main home, give good staffing options, along with a large calf shed, implement shed and support buildings.
151 ha
Tokanui, 9km.
Invercargill, 50km.
Tokanui, school bus at gate.
Invercargill, school bus at property boundary.
Alliance
Lorneville
Fonterra
5.3 hectares in kale and approx. 5.5 hectares new grass. 4.39 hectares sown in summer turnips to go into new grass in autumn. Approx. 21 hectares under-sown last spring, with further under-sowing currently underway following adverse weather. Balance of grazeable area in permanent pasture
Crop yields typically turnips 12–13 t/ha, kale 12–15 t/ha.
Easy to medium rolling.
Balanced.
Generally free-draining soils being Chaslands and Tokanui, with some Glenure.
Approx. 1,200mm.
Generally clean with annual gorse spraying programme in place.
2.8km longest walk
Water is supplied from a bore via a pumped system. Water is reticulated via a 50mm MD mainline reducing to 40mm lines to the troughs.
Effluent passes through a double stone trap to double weeping walls for separation, with stormwater diversion in place. Storage is approx. 60 days. Effluent is applied via large pods. Effluent pump is approx. 3 years old.
Consent to milk 450 cows through to 2030.
Fertiliser programme previously through Ballance, now through Manco.
Approx. 190 units N applied on dairy farm including run off.
Jacks Hill Road. Well-formed internal race system with the farm’s own metal and rock supplied from two on-farm rock pits.
Normally purchase in approx. 30 t of silage for calving.
Approx. 1.2 t PK/DDG approx. per cow annually.
Historically 80-150 bales on dairy platform.
Spacious approx. 253m² brick home with Colorsteel roof. Four double bedrooms plus office. Open plan kitchen/living with adjoining separate lounge. Bathroom with shower and toilet. Heating is through Yunca wood burner and heat pump. Double garage.
House two: A tidy, partly modernized three bedroom weatherboard home with iron roof. Separate kitchen. Heating is through Yunca multi-fuel burner with heat transfer system. Double garage
House three: A Colorsteel clad one bedroom cottage built approx. 2005 with separate bathroom. Recently fitted with a new kitchen and new heat pump. Double garage with attached accommodation.
40 aside herringbone cowshed with Waikato plant, ACRs, ProTrack, auto spray mixer, Dosatron, in-shed feeding and new refrigeration system. Main yard holds approx. 450 cows with approx. 150 cow side yard.
Large calf shed, internally redeveloped with central race, with adjoining woolshed used predominantly for general storage. Three bay implement shed plus additional two bay bulk bin shed. Silage pit beside cowshed with concrete platform and woodchip used as a self feeding calving pad.
Cowshed plant, ACRs, ProTrack, in-shed feeding system, and water supply and fittings.
Two rock pits on farm.
Good array of shelter
Over half the herd is wintered on the runoff, which is marketed separately. 196 calves were wintered on the runoff, while replacement stock is grazed off-farm.
34402
This well-presented Eastern Southland dairy unit delivers clean pastures, strong regrassing history, good fertility and tidy laneways. A proven low-cost system producing a consistent 110,000kg -...
$4,500,000 + Plus GST (if any)
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