Farm For Sale in Memel

Property description

This beautiful 1 029 hectare farm in Memel within a high rainfall area and in an area that is known as one of the best cattle farming regions, is in the market.

This farm consists of:

Arable land 130 ha
Pastures 70ha Eragrostis and Smuts finger
Subtotal 200ha

Veld 829ha
TOTAL 1 029ha

There are currently 200 ha of land but there is potential to increase it to 500 ha.
The yield potential for maize is between 7 and 10 tonnes per hectare and for soybeans between 2 and 3 tonnes per hectare.
Crop rotation is done with maize and soybeans.
Currently 70 hectares has been converted into planted pastures for livestock.

The veld is divided in 17 grazing camps with an earth dam in each camp. Water is also supplied by 6 boreholes and a stream that flows through the property.

The fences are in good condition.

The carrying capacity of the veld is 2 to 2.5 hectare per LSU.

On average the rainfall is 1 000 mm per annum.

The infrastructure consists of:

House with 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, large spacious living room and several other storage rooms and a double garage.
2 Large sheds
1 Large open shed for tractors and equipment
10 Horse stables
Sheep pens
Livestock handling facilities

Power is supplied by Eskom with a 25 kVA transformer (3 Phase).