Mixed farming property The Pines at Yalca for sale

The Pines, 456ha, has been run as a mixed farming operation producing prime lambs and crops by the Jackson family since 1946.

Good mix: The Pines is 95 per cent arable and with its proximity to irrigation, is also suited to livestock farming.

THERE is plenty of feed on one north Victorian property and the new owners will be able to graze it from the moment the contract is signed.

The Pines, at Yalca, has been run as a mixed farming operation producing prime lambs and crops and agent Matt Horne said the owners were happy to allow “agricultural access to the property as soon as the contract is signed”.

“There is a body of feed as well as some crops which can be grazed, which means there is an abundance of feed on the property,” Mr Horne said.

“The owner has always under-sown pastures and crops with lucerne too so it means there is grazing available immediately.”

YALCA

THE PINES

PROPERTY: Mixed farming

SIZE: 456ha

SALE: Auction November 8

PRICE: More than $3690 per hectare

AGENT: Elders Real Estate

CONTACT: Matt Horne, 0409 355 733

The Pines at Yalca.

The Jackson family has owned the property since 1946 with the current owner, Ian Jackson, running a prime-lamb operation as well as cropping.

Initially, there was a flock of between 600 and 1000 ewes, but more recently the Jacksons have been finishing lambs, turning off three runs of about 700 each over the course of a year.

The cropping program has seen between 160-185ha of crop planted each year, a mix of oats, field peas and wheat on occasions. About 95 per cent of the farm is arable.

Soils are red loam and the land has been divided into 14 paddocks.

The Pines at Yalca.

Stock water is provided by a pressurised trough system, and there are dams supplied by a solar-powered stock and domestic bore, along with two windmills.

There are stands of Murray pine and yellow box trees.

Improvements include a three-bedroom house, a three-stand shearing shed, sheep yards, machinery shed, hay shed and three grain silos.

Mr Horne said the property was big enough to be a stand-alone block, but would also be an ideal addition for someone looking to expand into a low-cost operation.

“This is right on the edge of the irrigation area and could provide someone with an option to have less intensive country to run stock and do a bit of cropping,” he said.

“The improvements are low maintenance, which makes it ideal for an absentee owner.”