3986 Puketitiri Road, Patoka, Hastings

351 Hawke's Bay Dairy Unit with Summer Rainfall

Ben Alpin features a 60 bale rotary and is a must view for those wanting a summer-safe, low cost grass-based farming operation with real potential as a semi self contained unit.

Located only 44 kilometres North West of Napier city at the top end of the highly regarded summer safe Patoka farming district, Ben Alpin is a 351 hectare dairy farm with 60 bale rotary which has been very well set up, is of a good shape, has good portions of excellent contour and has been designed to capture every grazing opportunity.

Currently milking 585 cows on a milking platform of 200 hectares, targeting 220,000kgMS in the current season (2014/2015 production 240,203kgMS from 650 cows).

The property offers potential to become more of a "self contained unit" where young stock could be run off the milking platform. 400 cows are currently wintered on farm. There is 3ha of pine trees, 51ha of QEII with balance grazing and some ineffective. The farm is well serviced with two main dwellings, farm workers accommodation, two large calf rearing sheds and a very large implement shed.

Tenders close 4pm, Wed 13 April 2016 (unless sold prior)