{"id":22888,"date":"2016-10-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/attractive-dairy-at-flemington\/"},"modified":"2016-10-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T11:00:00","slug":"attractive-dairy-at-flemington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/news\/attractive-dairy-at-flemington\/","title":{"rendered":"Attractive dairy at Flemington"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The well-developed unit, with 155ha effective, on good soils with an efficient spray irrigation is at Flemington, 12km southeast of Ashburton, and has immediate appeal, Property Brokers agent Paul Cuneen said.<\/p>\n

The farm has operated by a contract milker in recent years, with overall working expenses at $3.57 per kg milksolids.<\/p>\n

High levels of production can be attributed to effective development driving effiencies and ease of management.<\/p>\n

Soils were Waterton silty loam and Longbeach silty loam soils which were medium draining with a good silty clay base.<\/p>\n

They were productive with a good natural nutrient status and relatively easy to cultivate. Pastures are high-quality ryegrass-white clover.<\/p>\n

The farm is flat and well-suited to dairying, being about 35m above sea level, 3km from the coast, with a temperate climate and an average rainfall of about 600mm a year spread throughout the year<\/p>\n

A capped central lane gives access to 34 main paddocks, well-fenced all with electric mains access.<\/p>\n

Two water troughs per paddock are fed by a reticulated supply from two wells.<\/p>\n

A centrally located 42-aside Herringbone dairy has Read plant and a meal feeding system including 10 tonne mixing and 30t storage silo.<\/p>\n

A new refrigeration unit was installed this year. The 600-cow yard has a Dippie backing gate, with a standoff pad adjacent to the dairy.<\/p>\n

A small travelling irrigator supplies 48 hectares in 13 paddocks. Cowshed discharge is pumped to three-million litre rubber-lined pond which was developed in 2012. This enables 60 days storage.<\/p>\n

Other infrastructure includes two six-bay and one two-bay hay sheds, a two-bay implement shed, workshop converted from the old woolshed, a 130t feed silo, a 13t urea silo, Portacom office at the dairy and a quality mai mai at the duck pond.<\/p>\n

The main three-bedroom homestead was built in 1973 in Summerhill stone and extended and substantially modernised in 2000. The master bedroom has an ensuite.<\/p>\n

There are two living areas plus open plan kitchen\/dining\/ living area, with log burner and three heat pumps. An attached double garage has a fourth bedroom.<\/p>\n

The farm has three other houses \u2013 a 2015-built brick three bedroom house with double garage, a 1996 brick three-bedroom house with double garage and attached fourth bedroom, and a 1999 brick two-bedroom house with open plan kitchen-dining-living and double carport.<\/p>\n

Flemington was a vibrant farming area with a predominance of arable farming and stock finishing, Cuneen said.<\/p>\n

It was a tightly held location with numerous long-term owners which allowed good opportunities for off-farm grazing and feed supplies.<\/p>\n

All major social and commercial amenities were available in Ashburton. The local primary school was about 7km west at Longbeach, with school bus pick-up at the gate.<\/p>\n

Viewing is by appointment. To view see www.propertybrokers.co.nz ID 52072<\/p>\n

\u2022 More? Contact Paul Cuneen 03 307 9190 or 027 432 3382.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An attractive 159.6-hectare dairy farm with tree-lined paddocks near Ashburton is for sale for $8,621,000 plus GST.\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":22889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t