A very well located Burdekin hay farm with immaculately presented home, shed and equipment. It has unlimited irrigation supply of good quality water to low maintenance combination of a lateral and solid set irrigation system. The current owners have done extensive hay baling contracting throughout the Burdekin. With sound management this farm will produce 5,200 round bales/year and a conservative sale price of $22/bale would gross $114,400 off just 26 acres without doing any contracting. With good quality hay in constant demand there is plenty of opportunity in this property.
Location: 20km South of Ayr, 95km South of Townsville and 15 km North of Home Hill.
Area: 20 hectares or 49.42 acres of which 26 acres are under pasture.
Tenure: Lot 4 on RP747715, freehold and zoned rural. Burdekin Shire rates are approximately $1200/year.
Services: 5km to Airville primary school, door-to-door bus runs to Ayr secondary school. Three phase electricity, weekly garbage collection and channel water allocation is onto the block. Ayr has a population of 8,500 with over 20,000 in the Burdekin Shire. There are several large supermarkets plus numerous other retailers, medical, schooling and other facilities. Townsville has over 180,000 people with a large government and industrial base in the rapidly expanding economy.
Improvements: A fully renovated and air conditioned 3 bedroom timber home is set back off Lena Road about 1km. It is on 1m stumps and has a large concrete patio with an iron roof at the rear. The timber floors are polished in the main bedroom, new lino in the living area and hallway and carpets in the other bedrooms. The bathroom, timber kitchen and adjoining office area are in good condition and have tiled floors. The complete interior has been recently repainted. The lush garden has an irrigation system installed.
A large 24m x 15m x 5m high colourbond machinery shed has one bay concreted and is in very good condition. There is also a double lockup zinc alum carport.
The farm is completely fenced with mainly barb and some electric fencing.
Water: The farm has an irrigation license from the Sheep Station Creek channel and is charged on a rate of $102/cultivated hectare/year for an unlimited supply. Irrigation is done on 20 acres under a new lateral irrigator and 6 acres of solid set sprinklers. The new lateral irrigator is a 5 span (195m) Pierce Acremaster run by a 22Kw generator and does the 20 acres in one pass. The solid set irrigation is via 75mm under ground pipe to 20mm poly risers. The sprinklers are set 18m apart along the rows and 15m apart between rows.
There are several irrigation pumps owned by neighboring landowners on a small easement in the front of the property. These landowners pay a combined annual rental of $550/year to the owners.
Crop and Machinery: All of the pasture is fine cut Rhodes grass which, if managed properly, will produce 5 cuts/year. Average baling rates are 40 round bales/acre or 1,040 bales across the 26 acres or 5,200 bales/annum.
An extensive list of very good condition plant and machinery can be purchased with the farm and what is included is suitable for a baling contractor and is negotiable. The main equipment includes- John Deere 6420 4×4 tractor with a/c cab and bucket, 05 New Holland TS125A 4×4 tractor with a/c cab and bale spikes, 02 New Holland 4×4 TL100 tractor, 03 Isuzu single drive prime mover and 40ft trailer, 85 Hino truck, Krone 1500 round baler, Kuhn Mower Conditioner, 99 Toyota Landcruiser, fertilizer spreader, Kuhn disc mower, Kuhn rake, Kuhn tedder rake, 20ft landplane, 850 litre boom spray.
Price: Looking for Offers
Contact: Jack Slaney 0427877522, Office 07 47837522, Email ayr@rhq.com.au