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Afarm located in the sought after Grey Valley and owned by the same family since 1884 offers a rare opportunity to secure an immaculate large-scale dairy operation. Genuinely for sale, the vendors are handing over the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of a semi self-contained operation with the flexibility to adjust the milking platform area in relation to the cost/ benefit of milk price, costs, and grazing. It is peak milking 760 cows and budgeting to produce 375,000 kilograms of milk solids over the current season.
The farm sits on terraces above the Otututu and Grey Rivers, with the Paparoa Ranges rising to the west. There is a total area on offer of 457.6 hectares, with approximately 400 hectares of effective platform land. Fertile free draining soils provide future farming land use options and the productivity base to operate the current Dairy NZ system three.
Fodder and forage crops are grown on approximately 45 hectares of the milking platform. Crops are generally grown out of grass and go back into grass or a cereal catch crop as soon as ground conditions allow. Crops grown are fodder beet, kale, and swedes with maize and barley either grown on the milking platform or at the support block (depending on crop rotation).
The established farm layout has wellmaintained races, paddock subdivision and reticulated water supply.
Future proofed farm infrastructure of the highest standard includes a fully automated 50 bail rotary shed, with in-shed feeding; large feed pad; strategic silage bunkers; an efficient effluent system; and a range of substantial sheds.
The farm comes with four well maintained residences -– including an immaculate 200sqm, four-bedroom-home, built in 1997, a well maintained 1950’s partially renovated brick home and two tidy three-bedroom homes.
This land has a strong farming history including cropping, dairy, sheep and beef farming and is environmentally compliant with a native aesthetic character.