Last Listing description (December 2020)
Elders Rural Services Australia Limited is pleased to present 'R.C. & S.J. Methven', a tightly held dairy portfolio situated in the high rainfall district of Simpson, South West Victoria, a region renowned for being prime dairy country.
This outstanding enterprise boasts a premium quality milking herd, modern rotary dairy equipment, secure water supply, outstanding pastures and highly productive soil types, making this asset ideally suited for dairy production.
KEY FEATURES
• Total landholding of 321.55 hectares* / 794.54 acres* in 6 certificates of title
Comfortable 4 bedroom main residence set in a mature garden setting, plus one further 3 bedroom dwelling suitable for staff accommodation
Quality 50 unit rotary dairy incorporating DeLaval ALPRO herd management system with automated ID feed system (2 head delivery), ID milk flow metre and automatic drafting gate, 25 cow* undercover crush and AI race, 25,000 Packard milk vat, 500 cow* dairy yard capacity, 80 cow* feed pad, 25KW (88 panel) solar power system and 2 silos (40 tonne for milking cow rotation, 5 tonne for dry cow leed feed)
Currently milking 450* high-producing Friesian dairy cows, with a breeding history including artificial insemination of premium genetics to a closed herd for 40 years
Farm improvements include machinery and calf shed (42.5m* x 12m*), machinery shed (10m* x 10m*), calf/hay shed (10m* x 6m*) and an old dairy currently utilised as an AI shed with AI race, undercover area (12 young stock* capacity) and yard capacity of 100 young stock*
Secure (1,072 mm*) rainfall district
180ML* of dam storage with a 51mm* pressurised pipe distribution system supplying stock water to 3,785 litre troughs in addition to 340,687 litres of fresh water storage servicing the dairy complex
Irrigation opportunities
Highly productive free draining soil types, brown and grey, fine, sandy clay loam soils in addition to outstanding pastures and excellent fertiliser history
Strategically positioned in a notable dairy region within close proximity to dairy facilities and services
Coastal lifestyle opportunities
Located 8km* north west of Simpson, 42km* south east of Camperdown, 51km* south west of Colac, 75km* south west of Warranambool and 204km* south west of Melbourne CBD.
* Denotes approximately.