251 Apotu Road, Kauri, Whangarei, Northland

251 Apotu Road, Kauri, Whangarei, Northland Quality and Scale, 538 ha Dairy Farm

Located on the outskirts of Whangārei and in close proximity to Fonterra's Kauri dairy processing facility.

The farm is currently milking, 850 cows (split calving 2/3 Spring, 1/3 Autumn) with production this season being approximately 360,000 kg ms. The farm has a highest production of 499,000 kg ms in the 2017 to 2018 season milking approximately 1050 cows. Under the current management system, all replacements are run on farm and 50 to 60 ha of maize silage grown on farm annually, together with approximately 60 ha of grass silage.

The Farm Dairy is an 80 bale rotary cow shed with feed pads to accommodate 700 cows. The farm dairy has Automatic cup removers and Protrack Vantage drafting system plus an in shed feeding system. Accommodation includes a 4 bedroom Cap Cod style home, 3 bedroom home with self-contained studio, and two single bedroom workers units.

Properties of this size and scale rarely become available in this location. With its quality soils and flat contour the farm is suitable for a range of farming options from cropping, grazing beef or continue dairying. Motivated vendors will look at various purchasing options, including selling a lessor land area and leasing options for balance of land.