Highly Productive Dairy Farm For Sale Tasmania

Dairy Farm For Sale Tasmania Includes Well-Balanced Land + Quality Infrastructure

‘Watery Plains’ is a highly productive dairy farm for sale Tasmania comprising 162.25 hectares of well-balanced land with extensive, high-quality infrastructure.

Above: This dairy farm for sale Tasmania comprises 162.25 hectares of well-balanced land with extensive, high-quality infrastructure

Located at the foot of the Western Tiers in the thriving dairy region of Meander Valley in northern Tasmania, this north-facing property features a fully automated 44-bale rotary Delaval dairy which uses advanced technology, such as sensors, robotics and computer systems, to automate many of the manual tasks involved in dairy farming such as moving cows into position for milking, cleaning the milking equipment, and monitoring the health and well-being of the cows.

The system also includes features such as automatic feed dispensers, cow identification systems, and monitoring systems to ensure that each cow is receiving the proper care and attention.

Above: This dairy farm for sale Tasmania features a fully automated 44 rotary dairy, multiple silos, sheds, barn and a workshop

What’s more, the dairy utilises an Easy Dairy computer and software solution which streamlines and automates various tasks and provides farmers with tools to manage herd health, feed, milk production, and financial records, helping to improve efficiency, productivity and profitability.

Within the main dairy shed a fully undercover vet yard and crush is featured along with pressure washers, an office, and storage room for the 12,000-litre refrigerated milk tank.

Above: This dairy farm for sale Tasmania includes multiple shelter belts, internal gravel roads, electric fencing, and water troughs in paddocks

A four-bay calf shed is located close to the dairy and is supplied milk via pipes to the four feeding bays which hold 10-20 calves each. Drawing from four 49-tonne silos and mixer, the feeding bays utilise the Easy Dairy system to track the milk and grain intake of each calf while water is also provided and tracked in each bay.

The farm boasts abundant storage including a 25m x 15m workshop, 14m x 7.5m two-bay Colorbond barn, 23.5m x 18.5m dual-purpose steel-frame calf/storage shed, and a 15m x 10m open-front steel-frame shed. the farm also features internal gravel roads, air strip and aircraft hangar, electric fencing, large concrete water troughs in every paddock, and multiple shelter belts throughout.

Above: This dairy farm for sale Tasmania is well watered by two large dams and run off from the surrounding mountains

‘Watery Plains’ is well serviced by two large dams located on the tributaries of Lobster Rivulet and Cubits Creek and run off from the surrounding mountains. Total dam storage is 269 megalitres while surety five and six water rights total 402 megalitres.

The large water troughs featured across the property are filled via two-inch pipes that are gravity fed from the mountain with additional back-up pump. Caveside has an estimated average annual rainfall of 1,100mm (44.3 inches).

Above: Permanent pasture on this dairy farm for sale Tasmania is irrigated via a five-span pivot irrigator with end gun and lateral sprinklers

The centrally located pump house feeds via six-inch mains to the lateral irrigators on the western title. This irrigates 30 hectares of permanent pasture. The five-span pivot irrigator is serviced by the eastern pump house via six-inch PVC mains and currently irrigates approximately 28 hectares of permanent pasture.

Conveniently located close to the towns of Meander and Deloraine, and within an hours’ drive from both Launceston airport and the port of Devonport, ‘Watery Plains’ also boasts two comfortable homes featuring established gardens and stunning rural views.

Above: This dairy farm for sale Tasmania offers a colonial-style homestead with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and large rumpus room

The main homestead includes three bedrooms and two bathrooms, mezzanine rumpus/fourth bedroom, and an L-shaped bullnose veranda at the front of the residence. The country-style kitchen receives an abundance of warm light and enjoys stunning views of the established gardens and rural landscape.

Spread over two levels, the second home includes three bedrooms and one bathroom, with a large additional bedroom/living area on the second story which provides views of the dams, mountains, and its own impressive gardens.

Above: This dairy farm for sale Tasmania includes a econd home overlooking a large dam withs three bedrooms and one bathroom

This is a rare opportunity to acquire a fully functioning dairy operation with the ability to also grow crops and fatten beef in a picturesque part of Tasmania.

The natural fall of the property creates a combination of higher dry land and lower flats which feature grey sandy loam and a red clay loam soils. These soils are built on a pebble/gravel base which are free draining and are ideally suited to cropping.

Click on the following link for more information on this dairy farm for sale Tasmania at 145 Fernleigh Road, Caveside, Tasmania.