Salesperson Rhys Mischefski says a flat land contour keeps about 90 per cent of the property within the milking platform. It is divided into about 60 paddocks, separated by electric post and wire fencing over a topography of predominantly flat grazing blocks with some steeper sidling hills.
Mischefski says the property produces 28-30 tonnes of maize silage annually from 7ha of pasture; 40 tonnes of palm kernel is brought in as supplementary feed each year.
"The near-coastal location underpins a reliable mild climate which is ideal for pastoral farming; it receives some 1500mm of rain annually. Good bore water is also reticulated to all paddocks via a 40mm main line," he says
"This layout, topography, climatic influence, and silt loam soil type of this block add up to a strongly-performing farm with relatively low input requirements. Consistent fertiliser application has sustained nutrient levels to enable consistently high levels of pasture growth on a near year-round basis."
Building infrastructure comprises:
• A 24-aside herring bone milking shed with adjoining feed pad;
• a six-bay round hay barn;
• a concrete silage bunker;
• a four-bay implement shed/workshop;
• a four-bay calf-rearing shed;
• covered fertiliser or palm kernel bin; and
• a three-bedroom homestead adjacent to a fully self-contained sleep-out.
Mischefski says gravel for the multiple lanes and cattle races across the farm is mined from a pumice quarry pit within the property. Effluent is treated on the property in a designated pond before being spread across the pasture.
"With the maize production, the effluent-based fertilisation, and the rock mining combined, this is a near self-sufficient farming operation," he points out.
"Utilisation of the highly-automated milking system enables the farm to be run at input per kg of milk solids rate far better than the industry standard."
