GRAAFWATER IRRIGATION FARM

Clanwilliam district, Graafwater area: Well developed 180 ha irrigation farm in a sought-after production area of the Clanwilliam district, well-known for top quality production of citrus, potatoes and all vegetable crop types. Current owner produce sweat corn with great success.

Farm situated in a safe, quiet area on a tarmac road with minimum traffic and is only 6 km from the nearest town and the road leads to all major markets in the Western Cape, Namakwaland and Northern Cape.

Farm in winter rainfall area, with well-drained, easy germinating, good sand to sand-loam soils, ideal for the crop types. The present owner produce sweet corn on a large scale with great success and the area is very popular for potato production.

The owner practices conservation farming and the soil quality is in a good state, because of minimum tillage practices.

Registered water usage of 503,650 cub.m sourced from 3 equipped boreholes. Water is stored in a central plastic lined dam, from where it is pumped with two electric pumps and irrigated with center pivots.

Irrigation is on 120 ha consisting of 6 x 20 ha circles equipped with water and electricity. 2 x 20 ha Zimmatic center pivots (towable) about 2017 and in very good state, serves the circles. One Zimmatic can also be driven directly from one borehole. The balance of the land is planted with Rooibos Tea and the rest is farmyard, dam, pump house and service roads.

Improvements consist of a container office and storage, as well ablution building with shower and toilet facilities, with adjacent 25 x 10 steel construction shed, closed on three sides. One Eskom transformer of 200 Kva serves the farm, with step-up and step-down transformers to the pumps.

This is a well-priced production unit and irrigation farms with sufficient water are not easily available. Do not miss this smooth operating opportunity.

Price: R 10,550,000 (Ten million Five hundred and fifty thousand Rand) Owner VAT registered.


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