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280 Lichfield Road,
Putaruru
South Waikato
Awarua Farm - Dairy, Cropping, Forestry - Mixed Use
Located only 2kms to Lichfield is Awarua Farm - a mixed-use farm of scale being some 707ha. Currently run as a dairy, cropping and forestry unit, the property boasts impressive infrastructure and favourable contours.
Presently milking 850 cows once a day and producing yearly average of 300,000 MS with a 188-hectare grazing platform under a premium winter milk supply contract. Supported with key infrastructure including a 42 aside Herringbone milking shed, a 650-cow feed pad combined with two adjacent large concrete silage bunkers, a weeping wall solids trap and lined effluent pond that can irrigate over 70 hectares.
Cropping is across 154Ha of easy rolling country there is approximately 122ha of maize grown annually with a winter rotation of rye grass and further 32ha planted to Lucerne. This supports the dairy platform with all its Silage requirements with the balance of tonnes sold off farm.
Additional value can be realised within the property which has the harder faces all planted with majority Pinus Radiata established from 2010-2024 with a Net Stocked Area of 257ha. The stands combine a varied rate of thinning and pruning creating a diverse range of logs in close proximity to both domestic and export markets. The forest can be bought separately by way of a single rotation Forestry Right.
The southern end of the farm being only 3kms to the nearest power substation being Lichfield creates a favourable opportunity for solar conversion. In addition to this is 4 consented lifestyle lots just waiting on title that can be divested to realise further capital.
Mixed use farm of 707Ha (more or less)
Consistent average Milk Production of 300,000Kg/Ms per annum
154Ha of Cropping across easy rolling contour of Maize and Lucerne
257Ha of young-mid age class production forestry
Addition Value options including Lifestyle subdivision and solar
More information: https://www.colliers.co.nz/p-NZL67031101
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Agent
Clint Brereton
Colliers Tauranga
Licensed Real Estate Salesperson (REAA 2008), Member of the REINZ
With over 30 years of experience in the agricultural sector, specializing in dairy farming and the food processing industry, Clint has joined the Colliers Rural team covering the Bay of Plenty and the Waikato.
Clint started out in a family business designing and building dairy sheds. He developed this business to have national presence in Australia working with some of the largest dairy farms in excess of 15,000 cows, providing support for farmers to effectively manage the welfare of their cows.
From 2013-2016, Clint was appointed lead Project Manager and Company representative for Hancock Prospecting’s move into agriculture on the Hope Dairies Project. Managing key relationships with company stakeholders and Government representatives, Clint was responsible for leading feasibility studies, negotiating and procuring farms and equipment, and creating/heading up a team to manage and develop farming and processing operations over 5000 Ha and project value of $500million.
On a smaller scale, Clint has also set up and developed his own dairy goat farm in Tasmania, securing contracts with both Coles and Woolworths to sell marinated goat cheese across Australia.
His career expanded internationally with animal welfare companies from Israel and Austria in business development roles in Australia and New Zealand with a main focus here in New Zealand. Clint has achieved great success for Afimilk (Israel), developing a strong dealer network and support team across New Zealand which forged a successful strategic partnership with New Zealand’s industry leader in genetics, LIC.
He was then recruited by Smaxtec (Austria) to help with their introduction to New Zealand with an innovative device that sits inside the cow’s rumen measuring key data points, such as rumination and core body temperature, giving the farmer vital information around the welfare of their cows. Serving as Country Manager, he has built key support relationships and research programs with Fonterra, Dairy NZ and LIC, looking at the future and sustainability of dairy farming in New Zealand. With these roles Clint has travelled to all parts of New Zealand, giving him a great understanding of farming, and creating strong networks within its community.
With years of farm-focused experience behind him, Clint offers a no nonsense, down-to-earth approach that accounts for the realities of agricultural and rural properties. As his work history shows time after time, returning exceptional results is always a firm focus for Clint.
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