Mixed use farm for sale in Adelaide

A 1266ha farm outside Adelaide in the Post Retief area. It is ideally suited for mixed farming (sheep approximately 3 000, including 2 000 ewes (lambing occurs in May/August and October) and cattle approximately 300 including 200 cows) with exceptional facilities, ample water and well maintained infrastructure. The farm is divided into 32 veld camps, 25 under pastures and 15 lambing camps.

There are 2 boreholes (solar), 2 center pivots (8ha and 4 ha), 11ha under permaset and 23ha under dragline (46ha in total). There are 38 earth dams, 52 water troughs and 10 reservoirs. The earth dams have a storage of 72 000 cubic liters and 45 000 cubic liters.

The carrying capacity is 2.5ha for 1 LSU according to the Department of Agriculture (natural grazing 500 LSU, irrigated lands 100 LSU).

There is a 5-bedroom, 3 bathroom main dwelling (550m²) as well as a separate 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom dwelling (180m²) which comprises of open plan living. There are two Eskom points (50 KVA and 25 KVA) and the main dwelling has an 8KW inverter as back up.

There are numerous sheds and sheep shearing facilities, workshops and garaging as well as 4 large sheds for sheltering shorn sheep (4 000 sheep).

This is an excellent property, one of the better mixed farming units available on the market. It must be noted that the cattle are moved to leased properties in the winter months.