All the capital heavy lifting has been done! Macalister Irrigation District
The owners have spent 25 years improving this property from top to bottom. Transforming this dairy farm into an easy to manage, drought proof operation. The improvements made to irrigation layout, runoff and effluent re-cycling, herd management and milk harvesting are striking.
The list is long and impressive.
134 hectares clay loam soils sown to perennial pastures immaculately presented to the highest possible standard.
Fully automated computer-controlled flood irrigation system using IoT WISA actuator technology on bay outlets with mobile phone/ tablet display.
Four re-cycle dams capturing all irrigation runoff. 3 with electric pumps and one diesel.
Drought proof water allocation of 338.9 megs High Reliability Water Shares. 438 megs Low Reliability Water Shares
350 Megalitre groundwater License extracting 3.5 megs per day pumping either directly to paddocks or to the 20 mgl turkey nest dam with 15mgl per day outflow pump.
A feature of this farm is the 20 megalitre turkeys nest dam which can hold either groundwater, local water, spill entitlement water and dairy effluent from the two-pond effluent system.
All pumps are run by electric motors.
Modern 30 aside swing over herringbone dairy with feed system and 17,000 Litre vat capacity. Generator back up.
The milking herd of 340 cows are currently having monitoring collars fitted for health management and heat detection integrated to auto draft software at dairy.
Comfortable 3 bedroom fully renovated residence with separate 2 bedroom fully self-contained flat/residence.
Good quality shedding including recently completed calf shed.
The owners have had a goal of setting up their farm to the highest specs possible with the objective of creating an operation that is as easy to manage as possible. Keeping the system simple but embracing the latest technology along the way.
Asking price is $5,010,000.00 with the option to purchase cows by negotiation.
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