A 145ac dairy farm in Co Limerick has come on the market, for sale by private treaty by joint agents John Giltinane & Associates, Adare, and John Flynn Auctioneer, Charleville.
The farm is at Duxtown, which is halfway between Rathkeale and Ballingarry.
The farm is in one block.
The land is in one large block and is mainly south-facing. This is an intensive grassland farming area, with very productive, high-yielding land. The auctioneers say that it can be used for 10 or 11 months of the year.
This farm is laid out in paddocks and has internal roadways in place. There is access to the farm from two roads at either end of the property. It has entitlements to EU basic payment of approximately €18,400 per year.
Duxtown is mid way between Rathkeale and Ballingarry.
The farm is in use for dairying. In the yard, there is a 20-unit Dairymaster milking machine with diversion line, swing arms and automatic feeding. There is a 10,000-litre (2,000-gallon) Mueller bulk tank.
There is one shed with 100 cubicles and three rows of automatic scrapers. Another shed has 100 cubicles with a central feed passage and slatted tank measuring 110ftx33ft and is 12ft deep.
The walled silage pit is 100ftx80ft with slatted effluent tank measuring 45ftx11ft6in and is 6ft deep.
There is a beef shed and straw-bed calving area. Another shed has 24 cubicles and a 40ftx12ft6in tank and is 10ft deep.
Two houses
There are two houses on the farm. One is a single-storey house, described as suitable for a farm manager or worker. It has one bedroom.
There is a single-storey one-bedroom house suited for a farm manager or worker in the yard.
The second house is two-storey and has five bedrooms.
The asking price for the farm is €1.3m.
A 145ac dairy farm in Co Limerick has come on the market, for sale by private treaty by joint agents John Giltinane & Associates, Adare, and John Flynn Auctioneer, Charleville.
The farm is at Duxtown, which is halfway between Rathkeale and Ballingarry.
The farm is in one block.
The land is in one large block and is mainly south-facing. This is an intensive grassland farming area, with very productive, high-yielding land. The auctioneers say that it can be used for 10 or 11 months of the year.
This farm is laid out in paddocks and has internal roadways in place. There is access to the farm from two roads at either end of the property. It has entitlements to EU basic payment of approximately €18,400 per year.
Duxtown is mid way between Rathkeale and Ballingarry.
The farm is in use for dairying. In the yard, there is a 20-unit Dairymaster milking machine with diversion line, swing arms and automatic feeding. There is a 10,000-litre (2,000-gallon) Mueller bulk tank.
There is one shed with 100 cubicles and three rows of automatic scrapers. Another shed has 100 cubicles with a central feed passage and slatted tank measuring 110ftx33ft and is 12ft deep.
The walled silage pit is 100ftx80ft with slatted effluent tank measuring 45ftx11ft6in and is 6ft deep.
There is a beef shed and straw-bed calving area. Another shed has 24 cubicles and a 40ftx12ft6in tank and is 10ft deep.
Two houses
There are two houses on the farm. One is a single-storey house, described as suitable for a farm manager or worker. It has one bedroom.
There is a single-storey one-bedroom house suited for a farm manager or worker in the yard.
The second house is two-storey and has five bedrooms.
The asking price for the farm is €1.3m.
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