Jayfields	Holbrook NSW
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A highly developed rural property in the Holbrook district of southern NSW and home of the outstanding Jayfields Nursery.

The highly improved Jayfields property, situated in the agriculturally strong Holbrook district of southern NSW, together with the well known and extremely profitable Jayfields Nursery business, provide an excellent opportunity to relocate to a vibrant regional centre and enjoy both above average income returns, as well as strong capital gains.

Jayfields Nursery, established in 1987, currently produces in excess of 4.2 million native trees per annum. This award winning business generates excellent returns.

Area

Approximately 1,620 acres (656ha).

Situation

Well situated in one of the most highly regarded rural investment areas in eastern Australia – approximately 25km from Holbrook, 60km from Wagga, 100km from Gundagai, 95km from Albury, a 4 hour drive from Melbourne and 4.5 hours from Sydney.

Country & soils

Jayfields is regarded as high performance cropping and pasture country, with crop yields to 4.5 tonnes per ha and livestock carrying up to 17 dse per ha. It includes 835 acres of highly productive, well protected valley country sown to high performance pastures, and with approximately 150 acres of cash crop. The remaining 785 acres includes 110 acres of high value saw log pine plantation, 150 acres of native and improved pasture, with about 500 acres of native timbered country.

The soils vary – with excellent soft principally red (and some grey) granite soil types on the improved front country, and a mixture of shale and skeletal granite on the native country.

Timber

The 835 acres of improved country has a park like covering of native timbers. There are small areas of remnant vegetation, together with the plantations along fence lines and in shelter lines, consisting of many different species of native trees and shrubs.

Rainfall

Approx 700mm per annum.

Water

The water on Jayfields is excellent.

The current supply is more than adequate for both the farm and the nursery operation. Initially water was sourced from a network of large interconnecting dams placed in most paddocks. These were enlarged and added to in 1992, and range from 39MgL down. The water from most dams can be pumped and reticulated back to the nursery.

The is also an equipped bore which supplies water for livestock and also the nursery, via a desalination plant.

Paddocks & Fencing

The boundary fence is mostly netted, with approx 1km of plain wire (adjoining public road), and 1.2km of new Ringlock. The internal fences are a mixture of netting, 7 line Ringlock and some plain wire.

IMPROVEMENTS

JAYFIELDS  has outstanding improvements and working infrastructure

The Homestead

• A north east facing, approximately 470sqm, four bedroom open plan homestead constructed of rendered brick, with outlooks from all rooms over the spacious irrigated gardens which include an in-ground swimming pool and tennis court. Totally renovated in 1997.
• Other features include 3m brick verandahs – ideal for entertaining and reverse cycle air conditioning.
• A separate guest bungalow with double bedroom, toilet and shower facilities.

Shearing Shed

• Four stand electric with all steel sheep yards attached

Cattle yards

• ‘All steel’ yards, with loading ramp.

Hay Shed

• Renovated galvanised iron and timber shed
• Silo (120 tonne)

Farm Enterprises

Over the yearsthe owners have carried up to 1,850 Merino ewes (lambing to Dorset rams mid August) but today run approximately 830 Merino ewes together with an opportunity fattening program during the winter to early summer months, fattening approximately 200-250 weaner cattle.

Apart from this 150 acres is sown to crop annually – this year Triticale (sown at the rate of 110kg/ha.).

Award Winning Jayfields Nursery

In 2008 the nursery has produced and sold in excess of 4.2 million trees in tubes, and has forward sold most of the 2009 production.

Jayfields Nursery has won many awards including;

• Nursery Industry award – Outstanding achievement – in July 2000
• Holbrook rotary Business of the Year in 2003
• Best Medium Production Nursery in Australia 2005
• Best Medium Production Nursery in NSW 2005

Jayfields was the first nursery to introduce “ecotrees” (small cell grown seedlings) for revegetation.

Location

The physical site of the nursery is climatically ideal with minimum frost interference due to elevation.

Access to markets: The site is ideally situated from a marketing perspective with excellent transport linkages to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide.

Jayfields position is situated ideally between four major plantation regions – north east NSW, central highlands south west Victoria, southern Queensland and the Riverina irrigated and non-irrigated.

It is also situated in the heart of the soft wood plantation regions of north east Victoria, Tumbarumba, Holbrook and Tumut.

Capacity

• In 2008 the nursery produced and sold in excess of 4.2 million trees in tubes.
• There is water capacity to allow for the production of a further 1.5 - 2 million trees.

Water

• Approximately 4.2 million trees are currently watered at any given time on the existing 11 irrigation benches, and nursery housing, (igloos).
• Water is supplied from the network of surface dams on the property and also an equipped bore (via the desalination plant).
• There is also an auxiliary water system from a dam situated adjacent to the irrigation benches.

Improvements

Irrigation Benches

• There are 11 computer controlled irrigation benches
• These benches range from 78m to 110m long by 8.4m wide in the growing area.
• 9 benches hold 340,000 trees each, and a further 2 benches 490,000 trees each.
• There is also additional bench space in 3 igloos (33m x 7.2m / 39m x 9.2m / 45m x 9.2m).

Housing

Three Igloos;

• 33m x 7.2m / 39m x 9.2m / 45m x 9.2m

Cloning Area

 Constructed 2005, includes;

• Controls house
• 33m x 9.2m
• Includes fully computerised control centre – thermal screen controls, pumps, air conditioning, alarms, fogging/wind monitors, heating controls.

Potting Shed

Machinery Shed/Workshop

New Workshop

Office/Studio Complex/Staffroom

Desalination Plant

• Capacity to produce 7,000L per hour
• Ability to produce a quality up to 15 ppm

INDUSTRY STANDARDS & ACREDITATION

• Jayfields Nursery is accredited through the Nursery Industry Association Scheme Australia (NIASA)
• Management uses nationally “best practice” guidelines, with its effective infrastructure and professional management, to provide high quality plants with reliability and good hygiene to minimise disease and pests
• Clients include major CMA groups, leading timber and forestry companies, as well as private clients

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