Ohinewai Dairy Unit

This 128 hectare dairy (78 hectares freehold and 50 hectare Glenco lease) near Ohinewai is well set up and ready for new owners to walk in. The sellers are moving to a new challenge so cows and plant are all available to purchase.

With a very friendly flat to gentle contour and all infrastructure on the freehold portion, plus a favourable lease, combine to make this a good size unit which will be very affordable even in the current climate.

The excellent 30 aside dairy is well located and features a Waikato plant with ACR's, an in-shed auto meal feeding system and flood wash on the dairy yard. The cows all have electronic transponders on collars around their necks with automated drafting and weighing and heat detection in the dairy. There is a chilled water system and solar heating on the dairy roof with two hot water cylinders.

Around 300 cows are milked with three year production of 130,439 milk solids. A very good race system is looped around the property (one short paddock crossing completes the loop) and feeds to 30 paddocks. Fencing is a mix of 2-3 wire electric with permanent on the boundaries.

The working hub adjacent to the dairy includes a 300 cows concrete feed pad with solid effluent storage with liquid feeding to the pond, two 120T maize bunkers, a PK bunker with roof, a large storage shed and a workshop with concrete floor. The main calf shed is also handy to the dairy which is set up with auto calf feeders (which are available to purchase).

Water is sourced from a bore (20m) to a sand filter then pressure feed through 40, 32 and 25mm alkathene piping to the dairy and farm with troughs in all paddocks.

Effluent is collected in a pond with a pontoon holding a pump and stirrer with around 30 hectares irrigated via 90mm plumbing to a travelling irrigator. This system is GPS auto controlled. A wood chip stand-off pad (with nova flow) has run-off into the effluent pond also.

The farm is run on a system 3-4 feed regime with around 2T fed per cow. This includes maize grown on farm, PK and DDG in shed, canola, bread, grass silage (grown on farm) and molasses.

The main dwelling is a lovely spacious home of 212sqm, brick and weatherboard, four bedrooms, master ensuite, with each room having an internet port. The large dining and open plan kitchen area flows out onto a covered patio to enjoy the views. A double garage is adjacent to the home. A second home (3 years old) is a 3 bedroom dwelling with a heat pump/air conditioning unit and double garage with self-contained sleep-out. Both homes are in excellent condition.

This is a very well set up unit with a huge amount of capital injected into infrastructure. With Auckland and Hamilton easy commutes the location is great.