Working dairy farms on 160ac don’t come on the market every day. This week we feature one at Kilross, south Tipperary, with a farmhouse included. Among the highlights of this farm are that it’s in one block, has good internal roadways, is well-maintained land that will grow large volumes of grass and it has a lagoon emptying into a reed bed.
This area is midway between Emly and Galbally, near the Limerick border. It’s 1km from Kilross village. It comes with €16,000 of Basic Payment Scheme entitlements. The farm is being offered by private treaty by Cashel Mart auctioneers and, they say, there’s already one big offer in.
The farm has good land and good soil fertility.
As the map shows, the farm is rectangular in shape and is self-contained. The farm roadways extend the length of the farm, giving access to all areas and surfaces are finished for cows to walk safely on. The land is laid out mostly in 4ac and 5ac paddocks.
Again looking at the map, the house and yard are together at the top right, or north end, although still relatively central. There are separate entrances for the yard and for the house. The land fronts on to two public roads. There is frontage on the south end on a local road of about 300m.
At the other end the farm has longer frontage, on to a cul de sac, bringing total road frontage to about 1km. The yard entrance comes in off this road and is well suited for milk lorries and other big vehicles. At present the farm is supplying Kerry but there is plenty of other co-ops collecting in this general area.
In all, there are seven entrances to this farm from the road
There is a separate house entrance. Looking at the map, it heads right, travelling along a right of way and exits on to the main road, the R662 connecting Kilross and Galbally. In all, there are seven entrances to this farm from the road.
Land in the wider area is good but mixed, the higher ground very good, lower ground heavier and slower to dry. This farm is on generally good dry land and soil fertility is high – although farmers walking the farm over coming days will be the deciding judges of that. The paddocks are clean and well maintained.
Yard
There is cubicle accommodation for 140 animals. The main shed has 124 cubicles with a wide centre passage suited for a diet feeder. This shed has three rows of automatic scrapers. Off this are calving boxes which can be arranged as up to five pens.
There is a second older cubicle house. There is also a straw storage shed and an old cubicle house. The milking parlour is a 14-unit machine which could be increased to 16. The automatic feeding system is fed by an external feed bin.
According to Cashel Mart, the sheds are about 40 years old and fully functional.
The main cubicle house with 124 cubicles and three rows of automatic scrapers.
Run off from the parlour and the yard is disposed of by lagoon and reed bed. The run off goes to a holding tank in the yard where solids are held and from which the liquid goes underground to the 400,000-litre lagoon. It was built some 10 years ago to full standards and is surrounded by safety fencing. It empties to a three-section reed bed which cleanses the water.
House
The house is about 130 years old and has a lot of homely character. It is two storey, dormer-style house and has a sun room on the southwest side. It’s family sized, at over 1,400sq ft.
Downstairs there’s an open-plan kitchen which leads into the sun room and also into a dining area. It has a Stanley stove which heats water and the downstairs radiators. There is a downstairs bathroom, sitting room and various utility rooms.
The house is a two-storey dormer with a homely character and four bedrooms. There’s a sun room at the far end.
Upstairs there are four bedrooms and a bathroom. There’s oil central heating for the upstairs radiators.
At the front of the house there’s lawn and a side garden. Hedging screens off the house from the working yard. To the side there’s a pebble parking area while at the back of the house there are a range of outhouses.
The open-plan kitchen leads to a dining area and also to the sun room.
The dairy stock and farm machinery will be available to the buyer of the farm, if interested.
Cashel Mart auctioneer Robert de Vere is asking for €2m for the property or approximately €12,000/ac.
Working dairy farms on 160ac don’t come on the market every day. This week we feature one at Kilross, south Tipperary, with a farmhouse included. Among the highlights of this farm are that it’s in one block, has good internal roadways, is well-maintained land that will grow large volumes of grass and it has a lagoon emptying into a reed bed.
This area is midway between Emly and Galbally, near the Limerick border. It’s 1km from Kilross village. It comes with €16,000 of Basic Payment Scheme entitlements. The farm is being offered by private treaty by Cashel Mart auctioneers and, they say, there’s already one big offer in.
The farm has good land and good soil fertility.
As the map shows, the farm is rectangular in shape and is self-contained. The farm roadways extend the length of the farm, giving access to all areas and surfaces are finished for cows to walk safely on. The land is laid out mostly in 4ac and 5ac paddocks.
Again looking at the map, the house and yard are together at the top right, or north end, although still relatively central. There are separate entrances for the yard and for the house. The land fronts on to two public roads. There is frontage on the south end on a local road of about 300m.
At the other end the farm has longer frontage, on to a cul de sac, bringing total road frontage to about 1km. The yard entrance comes in off this road and is well suited for milk lorries and other big vehicles. At present the farm is supplying Kerry but there is plenty of other co-ops collecting in this general area.
In all, there are seven entrances to this farm from the road
There is a separate house entrance. Looking at the map, it heads right, travelling along a right of way and exits on to the main road, the R662 connecting Kilross and Galbally. In all, there are seven entrances to this farm from the road.
Land in the wider area is good but mixed, the higher ground very good, lower ground heavier and slower to dry. This farm is on generally good dry land and soil fertility is high – although farmers walking the farm over coming days will be the deciding judges of that. The paddocks are clean and well maintained.
Yard
There is cubicle accommodation for 140 animals. The main shed has 124 cubicles with a wide centre passage suited for a diet feeder. This shed has three rows of automatic scrapers. Off this are calving boxes which can be arranged as up to five pens.
There is a second older cubicle house. There is also a straw storage shed and an old cubicle house. The milking parlour is a 14-unit machine which could be increased to 16. The automatic feeding system is fed by an external feed bin.
According to Cashel Mart, the sheds are about 40 years old and fully functional.
The main cubicle house with 124 cubicles and three rows of automatic scrapers.
Run off from the parlour and the yard is disposed of by lagoon and reed bed. The run off goes to a holding tank in the yard where solids are held and from which the liquid goes underground to the 400,000-litre lagoon. It was built some 10 years ago to full standards and is surrounded by safety fencing. It empties to a three-section reed bed which cleanses the water.
House
The house is about 130 years old and has a lot of homely character. It is two storey, dormer-style house and has a sun room on the southwest side. It’s family sized, at over 1,400sq ft.
Downstairs there’s an open-plan kitchen which leads into the sun room and also into a dining area. It has a Stanley stove which heats water and the downstairs radiators. There is a downstairs bathroom, sitting room and various utility rooms.
The house is a two-storey dormer with a homely character and four bedrooms. There’s a sun room at the far end.
Upstairs there are four bedrooms and a bathroom. There’s oil central heating for the upstairs radiators.
At the front of the house there’s lawn and a side garden. Hedging screens off the house from the working yard. To the side there’s a pebble parking area while at the back of the house there are a range of outhouses.
The open-plan kitchen leads to a dining area and also to the sun room.
The dairy stock and farm machinery will be available to the buyer of the farm, if interested.
Cashel Mart auctioneer Robert de Vere is asking for €2m for the property or approximately €12,000/ac.
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