R16,000,000
This beautiful farm situated at the foot of majestic Swartberg Mountains, boasts an old historic house and an adjoining double carport and is located about a mere 11 km from Prince Albert. One of the old outbuildings is the old farmstead where Piet Joubert was born. Many of the original stone walls that were used as yard and land wires are virtually untouched.The farm covers 1500 hectares of which 40 hectares are arable land and orchards. The orchards consist mainly of 3 varieties export apricots. All the orchards are sustained on wire to ensure maximum production. Onion seed is grown, onion bulbs are cultivated for the growing of onion seeds, lucerne is also grown and the rest of the land is under crop rotation. All arable lands are irrigated with natural pressure by using sprinkler-, micro- and drip irrigation.The 130,000 cubic meter dam is fed with a pipeline from the water gap. The farm has a 5-day volcano per week water that is sufficient to irrigate all the lands throughout the year.The large barn is equipped and used as a dry store for the drying of the onion seeds. Furthermore there is a packaging facility with a large cooling room which ensures the fruits are kept cooled before it is transported to the harbor, a barn, several outbuildings, 4 laborers houses and an ablution block for seasonal workers.Other advantages of this rare and historical gem includes Eskom power, Telkom telephone lines and wireless internet. For sale as a going concern at only R16,000,000.00, this productive unit could be yours!
