Barker Creek Irrigation Farms

329.68 acres in 3 blocks located on McNarmara Road, Nanango. The property has been set up as an irrigated forage cropping enterprise supplying feedlots, dairy farms, piggeries and hobby farms.<br/> The property features:<br/># Quality black soil flats set up for irrigation.<br/># Water from Barkers Creek - 3 water licences (144ML) + 3 irrigation bores. Water has been secure & surplus.<br/># As new 43ha Centre Pivot, underground mains, <br/> hydrants + a large rhino tank.<br/># Irrigated crops including forage sorghum, mung beans, <br/> lucerne, oaten & barley hay have been grown. <br/># Gravel Pit - 5000 cu ft per year without licence.<br/>This property is in a sought after irrigation area with scope to develop large commercial level production of crops.<br/><br/><br/> Water resources: The property lies within the Burnett Basin Water Plan area and accesses both groundwater and water supplied by Sunwater via the Barker Barambah Scheme.<br/>Licence: 057461 (54ML), 446691 (48ML), 162291 (42ML) authorise the taking of watercourse water from Barker Creek with the point of take on or adjacent to Lot 1 on FTZ3782.<br/>Bores:<br/> 167285 Bore 9 has an installed irrigation system,<br/> 127413 Kimlens Bore has an installed irrigation system,<br/>167286 Kennedy's Bore has an installed irrigation system,<br/>Centre Pivot, Water Winches and some hand shift irrigators have been utilized.<br/>The location of the property in the South Burnett allows easy access to many beef, cattle feedlots, piggeries, dairy farms and hobby farms which all require fodder for livestock. The opportunity to investigate other crops such as cotton or small crops with the close proximity to markets is a viable option with the water security.<br/>The gravel pit is another opportunity to develop further. Currently unlicenced the owners can exhume 5000 cu ft , the possibility to apply for a licence to mine more may be another income opportunity. The gravel has been primarily used around the existing property.