Homestead View is an award-winning, 476.4-hectare mixed farming opportunity, widely recognised as a signature property within the sought-after Greenethorpe district in the South West Slopes of New South Wales.

With a gentle undulating landscape, approximately 96 per cent of the holding (459.4 hectares) is arable and currently used for dryland cropping (dual purpose cereals and canola) and prime lamb production, with the balance of support land and low-lying areas sown to native trees. Outstanding soil test results confirm the significant investment made by the vendor to improve soil fertility.

Vendor Richard Langley is considered a pioneer of farming practices to improve soil health. Since purchasing Homestead View in 1984, he has transformed the property by adopting best practices in conservation farming including establishing native trees, adoption of minimum tillage, retaining stubbles, grazing livestock on a rotational basis, and applying soil ameliorants such as lime and manures to complement conventional fertilisers.

“While some of these practices hadn’t been done before, after ten years of trial and error, modifying combines and manipulating stubbles, we really started noticing a change in the soils,” Mr Langley said.

“We also planted many trees in the early 1990s, to halt rising water tables and for erosion control, this being the catalyst for winning the ‘NSW Silver Landcare Primary Producers Award’ in 2001.”

While conservation at Homestead View has been ongoing, profitability has always been the main focus, with proven results in prime lamb production, along with lucerne based pastures and grazing/grain crops (wheat, triticale, canola and pulses).

The vendor has invested in quality operational improvements to support the livestock and cropping enterprises including maintaining a three-stand shearing shed, steel bugle sheep yards, machinery, shedding, workshop, solar array and approximately 712 tonnes of grain storage.

The mixed farming operations are supported by secure water resources including 12 dams and a bore, which supplies a reticulated watering system to a network of troughs and the garden. Rainwater is also collected in multiple new rainwater tanks from all buildings/sheds providing approximately 275,000 litres of potable water used for paddock spraying, house and domestic supplies.

Homestead View also offers a fully renovated circa-1917 four-bedroom, two-bathroom, homestead, set within established gardens and with an inground solar-heated mineral water swimming pool. The latest addition being a fully enclosed, watered, raised-bed vegetable garden.

LAWD Senior Director, Col Medway, said Homestead View was a signature listing for the region, well-recognised for the innovative conservation efforts deployed over many years and for the numerous awards received for superior landcare and conservation farming.

“Occasionally we have the privilege to take a truly unique property to market, and Homestead View is certainly one of those,” Mr Medway said.

“Buyers who appreciate farm management that successfully balances conservation with high production and profitability will be impressed the vendors have spent almost 40 years of their working life dedicated to these principles.

“The successful purchaser will be the beneficiary of the meticulous development and improvement resulting in a productive blue-ribbon property within the renowned premium Greenethorpe district.”
Homestead View is being offered for sale by Single Stage Expression of Interest closing 10am (AEST) Wednesday 11 September 2024. For more information, contact LAWD Senior Director, Col Medway on +61 428 481 243 or LAWD Director, Tim Corcoran, on +61 407 893 935.