Friday, March 29, 2024

Dairy support or finishing farm

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A substantial finishing and dairy support farm at Whatawhata, between Hamilton and Raglan, is for sale. A variety of potential buyers looking at running the farm, known as Annadale, either as dairy support in conjunction with existing farming operations in Waikato or as an easy maintenance finishing unit for sheep-and-beef farms in South Waikato and King Country was expected, Bayleys Waikato salesman Mike Fraser Jones said. View the Annadale listing here.
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The 515 hectare farm in five titles features mixed contour of 90ha of flat to gently rolling land, 330ha of rolling countryside and medium contoured hills, some steeper hills, and 25-30ha of bush and wetlands.

It stocks 570 cattle and 2086 sheep.

The soil type is a blend of clay loam mix, volcanic ash, and silt loam.

It is divided into 123 main paddocks and 10 holding paddocks through a mix of electric and seven-wire fencing, with post and batten fencing on the boundaries.

A full record of the last five years of stocking is available along with the history of fertiliser input for the same period. Last financial year, 132.8 tonnes of Superten-Sulphur Gain, DAP S Super, Pasturezeal G2, and urea fertiliser was applied.

Over the same 2013-14 year, the farm produced 141 bales of hay from its own grass and bought in 100 bales of hay for feed.

A wide lane extends through the centre of the farm – with side races on either side.

Farm water is pumped over the property from a stream to five holding tanks then through gravity to troughs in each paddock.

Infrastructure includes a three-stand woolshed, near-new sheep yards with a curved three-way drafting race, a four-bay implement shed, hay barn, and a substantial arrangement of cattle yards and pens leading into a loading facility.

The stock yards at Annadale.

The main home is a three-bedroom Lockwood-type construction with double garaging. The second dwelling is a smaller three-bedroom home with an adjoining stable. Water for both homes is bore-fed.

Fraser Jones said the property could be managed by one person.

Tenders close on October 23.

More? Bayleys Waikato, Mike Fraser Jones, 027 475 9680, 07 834 3841.

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