156 Morton Rd

Farm

45.15 Ha

4

1

Topography & Soil Types:
The property is best described as being mainly level with the main soil types being red / brown loams and clay loams known as Wano Loam and Wano Clay Loam. These soil types are suitable for the irrigation of perennial and annual pastures provided adequate drainage is available.
Land Use:
The land situated on the northern side of Morton Road (Home Block) has been lasered in accordance to a whole farm plan providing an estimated
38 hectares of irrigation layouts. The home block is currently sown to approximately 10 hectares of lucerne, with the balance to annual pasture.
The eastern ‘outpaddock’ parcel of land is currently farmed on a dry land basis and is sown to annual pasture for fodder production.
Stock Water:
Stock water is supplied via a reticulated system with a pipeline to concrete water troughs to most areas of the farm.
Drainage:
The property has a recycle system in place, draining all areas of the Home Block to a 3 megalitre recycle dam. Off farm drainage is available via the Goulburn-Murray Water drain running through the centre of the Home Block and along the northern boundary of the property. The Outpaddock parcel has a recycle system featuring a large recycle sump, however, this is now near obsolete due to being farmed on a dryland basis.
Fencing I Subdivision:
The property is very well fenced (for camel stocking) with all boundary fencing comprising 1.9 metre high, specialised camel fencing constructed of stock mesh with treated pine and steel posts. The internal fencing mainly comprises new, electrified fencing of treated pine posts and steel posts and plain wire construction.
The dairy complex is fenced with 2 metre high chain mesh security fence. The land surrounding the dairy complex has been fenced into three (3) small feedlot paddocks with large shelter sheds, six (6) camel grazing paddocks and seven (7) lucerne paddocks. These paddocks are accessed by a fenced internal laneway system allowing ease of camel handling. The balance of the farm is fenced into larger paddocks for the grazing of the dry camels and for fodder production.
Production History:
Agricultural potential and productive capacity are affected by factors including soil types, water availability, fertiliser inputs and production systems. More particularly the standard of management has considerable influence on productive capacity.
It must be noted agricultural productivity is substantially reliant upon prevailing seasonal conditions including amount and timing of rainfall, irrigation allocations, drought or other adverse seasonal conditions etc. Any departure from normal seasonal conditions could affect the carrying capacity as noted below.
The property is currently carrying a total of 340 camels including cows, bulls and calves. In addition, several paddocks have previously been cut for hay with in excess of 1,000 round bales being produced.
Environmental Risk:
We advise our general knowledge of the local Shire Contaminated Sites Register indicates the subject property is not included in this register. Furthermore, we are not aware of any proposal to include the property on any contamination register and at the time of inspection there were no apparent signs of contamination or pollution. Enquiries of management indicate the subject property does not have underground fuel storage tanks.
There are no visible signs of dangerous goods or chemicals storage on the property that are inappropriately stored or labelled.
There are no apparent environmental problems that may impact on the security. The occupier is not required to hold any licences or permits for the continuation of his agricultural enterprises.
Salinity:
There does not appear to be any saline affected land on the property. The current owners have been using Gypsum & Dolomite Lime to improve any acidity &/or salinity levels in the soil in accordance with agronomy advice. The Vendors do not warrant or guarantee the quality or suitability of the soils for the future productivity of the property & advise that any prospective purchaser should conduct their own soil analysis testing.
Notifiable Stock Diseases:
There is no apparent incidence of any disease declared or proclaimed under state or federal legislation or of any exotic diseases in any of the livestock on the property. Furthermore, management did not advise of any such disease problems.