Situated between Middelburg and Hofmeyer is this fantastic 4765ha livestock farm. With abundant and well maintained infrastructure, a well thought out 49 camp rotational grazing system, irrigation lands spanning 22.9ha and a magnificent home this is an opportunity not to be missed by the serious farmer.
General Farm Information
Location: Between Middelburg and Hoffmeyer
Size: 4765 Ha / 16:1 LLSU
Irrigation:
22.9ha irrigation fed from 3 boreholes
5ha and 8ha center pivots
9.9ha permaset irrigation
Water:
• 300mm summer rainfall
• 3 solar pumps, 3 windmill, 2 large zinc dams and 50 boreholes.
• Stock water in all 49 grazing camps
• Registered lawful water from 3 boreholes to irrigate the 22.9ha
irrigation
Farm Infrastructure:
• Main 4 bedroom homestead with outbuildings in excellent condition
• Shearing shed in perfect working order
• Workshop with 2 store rooms
• 4 x staff houses in excellent condition with eskom
• Brand new cattle handling fascilities
• Shearers accomodation
• Slaughter rooms
• 27 x 45m steel shed (new) with 162 lambing pens
• Lucern shed
• 10 x horse stables
• 3 x sheep handling kraals in excellent condition
• 49 rotational grazing camps all with water
Services:
• Easy access from dirt road through security gate
• 3 x Eskom points
• Cell reception
• Security cameras at entrance and home/sheds
Topography and Vegetation
• Mostly undulating flat country with some koppies, ranteveldt and some beautiful vlei veldt running down the Eastern side of the farm.
• This is sweet veldt with an average of 16:1 LLSU with higher grazing capacity in the hills.
Main House
The main homestead is truly beautiful. No expense has been spared in the restoration of this big and beautiful homestead. The home has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a large spacious living room with two fireplaces, a large kitchen/scullery and an office with a walk in safe. The house is set in a huge garden planted to kikuyu grass, long rows of beautiful roses and tall well established trees. There are two air conditioning units supplying 4 rooms with aircon through the hot karoo summers. An 8KW inverter system charged by Eskom covers those occasions when power is unavailable.
Outside buildings consist of a double parking garage, a washroom and store room.
Livestock:
• Currently there are 1500 Dohne Marino ewes and 100 cows with replacement heiffers running on the farm
• Livestock can be negotiated with the purchase.
• Free range wildlife include kudu, springbuck, fallow deer and mountain reedbuck
Summary:
This is an excellent livestock farm backed up by superb infrastructure development situated in a safe farming area. It would be suitable for livestock farming, horse breeding or eco-tourism. Not many of these farms come onto the market so don’t waste time. Please feel free to contact me for a visit to your dream farm. I farmed the neighbouring farm for two years so know this particular farm and area intimately. It's a really good farm set in a great community of farmers.
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