Agents Comments:
1,668 ha or 4,121 acres
Well positioned Eastern Fall New England grazing, 54 kms East of Armidale, 40 kms West of Ebor.
Improvements include a well maintained 3 bedroom home with renovated kitchen and bathroom. Two x 3 bedroom cottages. Large 4 stand electric woolshed with attached sheepyards complete with an undercover race on slab, 20m x 20m hayshed with equipment deck and 15m x 8m attached skillion, 21m x 8m irrigator shed with concrete floor and a 4 bay 12m x 8m colourbond shed with concrete floor, workshop are and power connected. The sheds are all in good order. The cattleyards offer a 6 way pound draft, curved race, RPM vet crush and have B-double access. 2 x 45t silos.
The property boasts outstanding water security with approximately 5.8 km double frontage to the Chandler River, frontage to the Chandlina Creek, large irrigation storage dam with substantial catchment area and approximately 31 stock watering dams. Average annual rainfall approximately 850mm.
Approximately 250 acres can be irrigated and is equipped with underground mains. Included in the offering is a 160Hp Deutz diesel pump fitted at the storage dam and a Monsoon travelling irrigator.
The soils are mainly a loamy granite with a percentage of basalt and traprock. The terrain varies from the arable gently undulating valley which rises to the surrounding hilltops.
The vendor estimates a grazing capacity of 700-750 breeding cows or equivalent DSE. The property is well equipped to cater for either cattle or sheep grazing enterprises.
The property is fenced into 42 paddocks and is considered most suitable for rotational grazing.
There is great potential to further intensify and develop the grazing production from this property. The owners have recently de-stocked the farm in preparation for sale, an opportunity to secure early grazing access to the property. The outstanding water security and equipped irrigation opportunity are a stand out feature.
Auction: 2016-06-24-11:00