'Silverfern' is a highly productive dairy enterprise boasting a premium quality milking herd, modern herringbone dairy equipment, secure water from bore and creek, highly productive soils, excellent infrastructure. Focussing on quality, efficiency and ease of use, the right choice for any investor or professional dairy operator looking to hit the ground running.
- Comfortable 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 2 living area, brick veneer home
- Modern 15 aside, double up, rapid release & exit herringbone dairy , with allowance to expand to 20 easily. Variable speed vacuum pump, 6000 Litre Vat, Twin teat spray retractable unit, extra wide pit and high ceilings flooded with natural light. 300 cow capacity yard, gradient and drainage to effluent system.
- Drafting gates and pens allocated on either side of the exit lanes. Electric backing gate for single man operation.
-Well organised with systemised paddock design, well- made and maintained tracks and a centralised hub of dairy, plant & storage.
- Currently milking 270* high producing Jersey dairy cows , milk contract with Fonterra currently producing 1.3 million litres with 73% protein to butterfat.
- Water supplied by 4 inch bore with 4.9 megalitre license plus another 5.9 mega litres from creek license, full reticulated water supply and trough system with all double troughs sited for 500 cow operation.
- Paddocks have been laser levelled to 2 ha(5 acre) in size with central stock lane ways leading directly to the dairy. Extensive drainage program has been installed with large culverts and secure well constructed lane ways.
-All fencing in in excellent condition, with single or double electric for all paddocks, tape gates with gate ways designed for ease of heavy harvesting equipment.
- Located within Melbourne's eastern growth corridor at 90km from the CBD, just 12km south of the M1 freeway Longwarry exit and minutes to Drouin and Warragul industrial and commercial hubs.
Nothing has been overlooked in development of the farm, it shows thoughtful practicality, borne from an experienced dairy operator, showing aptitude in herd & pasture production.
Infrastructure is of high quality and built for ease of use, low labour costs and with minimal ongoing maintenance requirements, allowing valuable time to be utilised on management & increasing production.
Designed to be a full pasture producing, providing fodder on farm with only minimal grain supplementing.
Suited to a professional farmer who understands the future value in a walk in walk out scenario, with no more capital investment required and the ability to generate solid returns on investment.
This operation has been developed to a high standard and has scope for increased production.
Located within 90km of Melbourne, acquiring this well- established parcel with quality grey loam soils on the fertile flats of Modella.
Full 3D tour of the Dairy & House is available.
Contact Agent Jackie Shearer for a private inspection and Memorandum of Information 0437 966 769
