THE PROPERTY: The property has extensive improvements with a total of 640 acres with 8,500 head permitted feedlot; 134.5 certified acres of pivot irrigated cropland; approximately 380 acres of native grass pasture and pivot corners; 114 acres of feedlot, building site and residence; and balance in roads. The south facing slope and sandy loam soils are perfect for feedlot operations.
LOCATION: Address: 70968 Avenue 330, Parks, NE, located on major county road approximately 14 miles northwest of Benkelman, NE or 30 miles southeast of Imperial, NE. Benkelman is located 50 miles west of McCook, NE or 210 miles east of Denver, CO. The cattle feeding industry is exploding in Southwest Nebraska due to the mild climate, availablity to abundance of all feed products including distillers, dependable work force, proximity to markets and perhaps most importantly, the amazing water resources of Nebra...
LOCATION: Address: 70968 Avenue 330, Parks, NE, located on major county road approximately 14 miles northwest of Benkelman, NE or 30 miles southeast of Imperial, NE. Benkelman is located 50 miles west of McCook, NE or 210 miles east of Denver, CO. The cattle feeding industry is exploding in Southwest Nebraska due to the mild climate, availablity to abundance of all feed products including distillers, dependable work force, proximity to markets and perhaps most importantly, the amazing water resources of Nebraska.
FEEDLOT: 8,500 head permitted capacity—Nebraska Department of Water, Energy & Environment permit #NEG021043 All concrete fenceline bunks with concrete aprons. Steel pipe, cable and railroad tie construction. Approximately 20 pens in North lot and 125 pens in South lot. Indoor processing facility with Daniels tub and alley. Silencer hydraulic working chute. Design and construction by Settje Agri-Services and Engineering. Sorting alley with hydraulic gates. All steel holding and processing pens, micro-processing computer terminal. Receiving & Shipping: Double alley with two load out chutes. Enclosed shipping pens with State certified scale. Additional receiving and loadout facility with hydraulic chute in North pens. Waste water control per state approved permit is synthetic lined holding pond, two debris basins and a lift station to pump affluent to center pivot system in northwest corner of the property. Holding pond designed by Settje Agri-Service & Engineering, Raymond, NE. Settje performs all monitoring and provides State required reports. 70" truck scale. Large concrete pad for feed storage. Covered distillers shed. Two large bunkers for sileage and highmoisture corn. Two large machinery sheds. Office & shop building. 60,000 bu steel bin grain storage. Long term working crew in place.
EXPANSION PLANS: Settje has drafted blueprints for three potential expansions: North: 4,500 head East: 6,000 head Southwest: 5,500 head. 16,000 head new potential pens in three directions.
BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENCE: Brick ranch style home with 2,359 sf on main floor with full, partially finished basement. Built in 1976 but recently had major updating and modernization plus new roof and garage doors. Main floor has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, kitchen, living room, dining room, office & laundry room. The basement area has two bedrooms, family room and storage area. Other features include a sun room with hot tub, fireplace, attached two car garage and automatic sprinkler system.
WATER RESOURCES: There is abundant water available for the feedlot. Following pages have a summary of the Nebraska well registrations. The property has one irrigation well, one domestic well for home, one well to monitor ground water quality per state regulations and four stock wells.
IRRIGATED FARMLAND: 134.25 certified irrigated acres. The sprinkler is a Valley System with low pressure nozzles. An electric motor is at the irrigation pivot point. The well was drilled in 1970. Registration #G-033090. 900 gpm, 78’ static water level, 110’ pumping level. A summary of all registered wells in attached in following pages. The farm is in a controlled use area controlled by Upper Republican Natural Resource District (NRD). Buyers are encouraged to perform their own due diligence and call the NRD office at (888) 883-9066 or visit the office at 511 East 5th St, Imperial, NE.
MARKETS: Area feedlots utilize the close proximity of major packing plants in Colorado (Fort Morgan, Greeley), Kansas (Garden City, Dodge City), and Nebraska (Grand Island, Omaha), streamlining transport to processors and markets.
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