1478 Te Aroha-Gordon Road, Te Aroha, Matamata-Piako

Just the right size

This 121ha (more or less) dairy unit under the gaze of the Kaimai's, between Te Aroha and Matamata, is definitely a unit with some scope.
The contour is mostly flat with some gentle rolling to the Waihou River on its western boundary.
Currently being run by a sharemilker with 300 cows and calves carried on farm.
The production average of 90,000 milk solids (best of 100,000 milk solids) off a mostly grass based system with a small amount of maize last season.
The modern 24 aside dairy is well located with yard capacity of 340 cows and good sand races running away to most of the 51 paddocks. In the dairy are two water heaters, a bank water chill system, milk silo and calf milk vat with reticulation to the calf shed. A Levno milk monitoring system is in place along with UV filter system for the shed water.
Effluent is stored in a pond and pumped through underground plumbing and hydrants to a travelling irrigator which covers approximately 16 hectares (more or less).
The water is sourced from across the road on the ranges and gravity fed through a 50mm line to a manacon at the dairy shed. A Pro Series gold UV filtration system is installed at the dairy to bring water quality up to standard to allow it to supply the houses and plant wash at the dairy.
Support buildings adjacent to the dairy give excellent calf rearing and machinery storage capacity.
The fertiliser programme has been based around soil test requirements and fert representative's recommendations.
The properties main dwelling is of brick construction with three bedrooms and large open plan kitchen, dining and lounge and has three car garaging. The second dwelling is a comfortable three bedroom home with log fire and a new garage.
This well set up property, in a great location, would make for an ideal owner operator or continue with a sharemilker.