Wildon Dairy Farm, Omakau, Central Otago.
Wildon Dairy has a total area of approximately, 278ha.
Spray irrigation encompasses 260ha, more or less, of the milking platform via four variable rate centre pivot irrigators (210ha) with fixed grid over approximately 50ha. Irrigation is supplied by Omakau Area Irrigation together with considerable private water rights, complimented by on-farm storage.
Soils are predominantly Patearoa and Manuherikia deep silt/clay loams, Clyde and Flaxton shallow slit loams, with flat contour fully cultivatable.
“Wildon is a top-class property with impressive facilities and infrastructure with irrigation supply from a low-cost source.”
The 54-bail rotary cowshed is fully automated, with Protrack, in-shed feeding, cup removers, and auto drafting.
The effluent system is state of the art with a 120-day storage pond, (based on the current number of...