R20 700 000
Pecan nut farm in Pretoria rural area

Contact agent for street address

31.3ha

PRETORIA

A brief description of the property:

31,3ha Pecan nut farm, zoned as agricultural land, 20km east of Pretoria on the R104 consisting roughly of:
13,0 ha planted with 3 790 pecan trees on average 6,5 years after planting.
2,9 ha with 6500m² greenhouses used for cut flower
2,9 ha Eskom servitudes, partially used for pecan nut seedling production
4,0 ha wetland area
2,5 ha to the south of the R104, rocky and undeveloped.
3,0 ha office, workshop and domestic area.
1,0 ha staff housing,
2,0 ha general land, not suitable for pecan trees which includes the road reserves of the R104 and Kiepersol Road.

Family Housing:

Main house, traditional style with 4 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms,kitchen, lounge, large living room, study, double garage and swimming pool

Second house: double storey, modern styling, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, lounge, dining room

Third house: originally built by a previous owner, in need of upgrading with bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen/dining room

Farm equipment:

All the equipment, tools, tractors  and vehicles are sold as “Voetstoots”:

Landini Globalfarm DT105 (2014 Model) tractor
Kia 2700 D 
Cat 220 TLB
4 ton Drop side tipper trailer with raised sides
Falcon F50/150/4 Slasher 
TomCat model 100 CDT Chipper
Pump room equipment
Workshop equipment 
Refrigerated containers
Refrigeration room

Electrical System:

Eskom connection with 100kVA transformer
80kVA diesel generator in need of service, not recently used
4 kW solar system with 68 off 535W solar panels and 10 off
435W solar panels
2 off 20kW solar inverters
18 off Pylon Power cube H2, 3.552kWh/48V, 74Ah batteries
Underground reticulation to all buildings, pumps and bore holes
Solar power sufficient for most day time requirements
Supplemented by Eskom power when necessary and when available

Water supply and reticulation:

3 bore holes with approximately 15000l/h capacity, fully equipped
1 bore hole, equipped, but not in use with 5000l/h capacity
Bore holes about 40m deep with water generally within 10m from the surface
Central 50 000 l storage, fertigation and pumped distribution system
All bore holes and central pump room connected with main water lines
Piped distribution to all houses
Micro irrigation to all trees
Excellent water quality and abundant supply

Pecan nut production:

Nut production has been about 1,3t in 2021 and 3,1 t in 2022.
Production is expected to increase as the trees get older with realistic peak production in about 7 years from now of 1,8t / ha as per SA pecan association’s projections.

Pecan seedling production:

Between 2000 and 5000 grafted pecan seedlings are produced and sold annually to pecan nut producers
About 14000 seedlings, between 6 months and 3 years after planting are currently in production Read more...