Forbes NSW 2871

LAWD is pleased to present for sale Jemalong Citrus, a highly productive irrigated horticultural opportunity featuring a mature citrus orchard benefited by secure water in the Central West region of New South Wales, a region highly regarded for diversity and quality of agricultural production.

Key investment highlights:

• Comprising a total landholding of 356* hectares in a horticultural region supported by an ideal climate, quality soils and secure water.
• An established citrus orchard, focused on the production of Hamlin, McMahon and Salustiana varieties, providing full season production for both juicing and packing.
• Extensively developed to irrigation (211* hectares) via dual dripline with telemetry control, with the balance comprising dryland cropping and grazing / support land.
• Benefitted by secure water entitlements including 1,300* megalitres of Lachlan alluvial groundwater, 200* megalitres of Lachlan River General Security water and 45* megalitres of Stock & Domestic water, underpinned by a 10* megalitre on-farm water storage as well as extensive frontage to the Lachlan River.
• Excellent operational infrastructure including machinery shedding, workshop, irrigation infrastructure and an office, developed loading bays and a 200kW solar array.
• Well-designed orchard layout enhancing on-farm efficiencies.
• Potential to further develop non-orchard portion underpinned by a 700* megalitre bore approval.
• Current processing facilities at Griffith (184* linear kilometres), Leeton (176* linear kilometres), Melbourne (550* linear kilometres) and Brisbane (829* linear kilometres).

FOR SALE BY EXPRESSION OF INTEREST CLOSING AT 12PM (AEST) WEDNESDAY 17 JULY 2024