12309 LARGE FARM BEING OFFERED IN NUMBEROUS WAYS: In total, there are 529 acres, of which 390 are tillable. More can be easily and cheaply rented if you wish. This is well-improved land, lots of tiling and hedgerow removal has been done. There are numerous very large fields here and the low elevation gives it a greater growing season than many of its neighbors. You will find some extraordinary views here as well, along with many streams and ponds.  New $9000 water system was designed with a 300 cow freestall in mind. The barn is a tie stall barn, however, and has 160 stalls, 98 of which are brand-new, along with the water cups. There are many improvements to it: tunnel ventilation, automatic take-offs, variable speed vacuum pump, 3000g bulk tank, concrete barnyard with auto feeding from 2 concrete silos, roller mill, Patz-guard mangers, Patz & Cornell cleaners.... There are 3 Harvestores (2 @20x60+ 20x40) and a grain drying and storage system for 6-700 tons (the drier holds 200 tons). The barn measures 36x150 (2 story) and 36x300 (single story). A new metal roof is over all of it. Inside the barn is room for 50 young stock in 18 pens and 30 ties. Older heifers are kept in a freestall with another silo, another trailer, and another 40x80' machine shed which are located separately. There are 2 40x80' machinery sheds, a workshop/storage area, a trailer for help, and a 3 year old home. The home has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, gas hot water heat, a full basement, kitchen-dining room and living room. It is 26x40'. 2 additional homes are deeded separately and can be made available ($55000 & $80000 - both have been remodeled).

There are 120 Holstein milk cows (partly registered), 34 heifers due in January, 15 due in April +M 30 yearlings, 60 calves, 15 steers & 3 bulls. There is a very extensive line of machinery: 2006 4wd JD 6625 Tractor w/cab, 1994 JS201 discs, 1999 NY 1475 Hydroswing haybine, 2 1990 NH 258 rakes, 1999 NH 570 baler/kicker, 2000 NH 644 round baler, 2000 bale wrapper, 1987 bush Hog, 2 hay elevators, 2000 80' 8” grain elevator, 1998 IH 900 chopper w/2 heads, 1984 IH blower, 6 1986 Dion SU wagons, 6 1987 kicker wagons, 3 1984 Kilbros grain wagons (one is set up for fertilizer), 1995 6 ton stainless steel fertilizer/lime spreader, 1998 Brock gas dryer and 7150 bu. bin, 1999 24990bu. storage bin, 2 1994 roller mills, 2004 IH manure spreader, 3 1991 Patz silo unloaders, 3 1996 Harvestore silo unloaders, 2 feed carts, farm trailer, 1969 IH 560 diesel tractor, 1973 and 1969 Chevy vans, 1989 IH diesel truck, 1985 GMC diesel truck, 1984 4wd White 175 tractor, 1 1982 & 2 1984 IH 966 tractors, 1990 & 1999 IH 1066 tractors, 2000 4wd JD 7800 tractor, Farmall M tractor, 1999 CIH skid steer (diesel), 1983 JD 6620 combine w/grain head, 1994 JD 7720 diesel combine, 1994 Perfecto Land Conditioner, 1984 IH 18' discs, 1980 Lowry land roller, IH 20 hole grain drill, stone picker, 1997 IH 6 bottom plows, 1999 JD chisel plows, 1985 Century sprayer, 100 amp generator, + a small tool inventory worth $20000.

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If you buy the farm, they will throw in all hay stored (10000 bales when I wrote this) and all haylage at no extra cost.  The bare farm price was just reduced to $1,000,000, the cattle are $353700, and the machinery is priced at $354000. $1.7M takes it all.  Owner terms offered. They would like 25% down on the real estate - and it's all negotiable. Taxes are <$13000.

If you wish to buy with less land, here is a breakdown, based upon the various tax parcels which comprised the farm:

123 acres with home farm - $495000. Has nearly all the buildings, 6500' of frontage, 55 tillable plus lots of fenced pasture.

7.9 acres , former railroad (would make an excellent trail). A stream crosses it - $15800

31.7 acres with 15 tillable, 925' of frontage on Rte 5 and it has a deep gravel bed, partly developed. A stream crosses it - $63400

47.2 acres with 44 tillable and 1000' of frontage, and has fine views overlooking the valley. This is high quality land, with much tiling done as well as hedge-row removal - - $188800

61.7 acres with 50 tillable, the remainder wooded, and 1230' of frontage. You will gasp at the views here. This is high quality land, with much tiling done as well as hedge-row removal - $250000.

106.4 acres with 82 tillable and 3600' of frontage. The tillable land figure is partly inflated because a power line crosses the land and the land underneath it is used by the owner as if it were his.  The remainder of the land is pasture which surrounds a stream. This is high quality land, with much tiling done as well as hedge-row removal  - $212800. ( A small part of this has been sold)

144 acres, with 107 tillable and 4600' of frontage. It is in 2 parts, quite close, connected by a right of way. 2 streams traverse it. This is high quality land, with much tiling done as well as hedge-row removal - $288400

IN ADDITION - there is about 60 acres that they own in a separate location that they have subdivided to sell for commercial and housing - but they can let this go at the same price per acre to someone buying the entire farm who may wish for additional land. It is mostly in hay now.

12390 EDGE OF CITY 41 ACRE FARM TO DEVELOP OR ROADSIDE MARKET:  Less than 3 miles from the Utica city limits in a rapidly developing area is this 41 acre farm reminiscent of the way things used to be. Excellent location on state highway for a roadside market with 20 acres of prime level farmland to back it up. Another 20 acres of fenced pasture with a creek running through will provide for your livestock if you wish to go that route. The 12 room home is a circa 1849 center hall colonial in good condition. Downstairs is a large entry room, a large eat-in kitchen, a pantry/laundry room, living room, dining room, office and bath. Upstairs are 4 bedrooms, a storage room and an attic room. The floors are mostly plank, the ceilings high and there are two full length glass promenade doors in the dining room that go out onto the front porch. There is a 3/4 concrete basement with access from the attached garage, vinyl siding, a newer oil hot water heating system with radiators, a 150 amp electric service, woodstove hookup, an 1000 gal concrete septic and city water and gas. Structurally the home is in very good shape but it will need some updating and redecorating to suit your taste. The 36'x110' former dairy barn with full overhead hay storage is in very good condition and there is ample headroom for horses. The milkhouse has been turned into a workshop and there is also an attached storage shed. There are 38 swing stanchions and 2 pens, a 14'x30' concrete stave silo with an operating silo unloader and a greased and oiled Patz barn cleaner ready to go to work. There is also another 18'x18' storage shed. A great place to grow some vegetables, raise some critters or just to get a taste of the country close to the city. Located in the Town of Schuyler, Herkimer County with 350' of road frontage, Whitesboro school district, total taxes $3365 with no exemptions. SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED TO $285,000 WITH OFFERS INVITED!

BROKERS NOTE:  The land alone here, given the proximity to Utica, is worth more than the asking price.

12411 MONTGOMERY COUNTY FARM WITH CIRCA 1830 BRICK HOME: 60 acre farm located in eastern Montgomery County - easy access to the Capital District or Saratoga . It is just beyond the outskirts of town with no homes nearby and wonderful views down the Mohawk Valley . 53 are tillable (actually 60 are tillable as there are 6 acres under a power line that the farm has exclusive use of but does not own or pay taxes on) and 7 wooded, with 2800' of road frontage. More land is available to rent. Or you could buy it with less land, 26 acres, and the owner would retain the land across the road. In the lawn are young but bearing pear, plum, peach and apricot trees. The home is a side hall brick colonial, built in the 1830's with 3200 square feet of living space. A wing has been painstakingly restored and features the original pumpkin pine floors, decorative woodwork (also throughout the rest of the home). In it is a large dining (or living) room, with one wall of brick, a large eat-in kitchen with custom made cherry cabinetry, an oversize bath/laundry and a mud room with slate floor. The latches and hinges are all antique or reproductions - you cannot tell which is which. Above it are 2 bedrooms and an attic. In the brick section of the home, restoration is still an ongoing process. The owner is working on the living room now. It will have a mock fireplace, decorative panels under the large windows, wood flooring and all new sheetrock. The side hall has double front doors with arched windows - wonderful shape. There is also a former kitchen and a 1/2 bath in this section. Upstairs are 3 bedrooms and a full bath. Every room in the upstairs has paneling, but the old floor and woodwork is still there. The home has been rewired, reinsulated, has two porches, an oil hot air furnace. It comes with nearly new appliances (stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, washer, drier) and a wood cook stove. There is a restored 36x36' 2 story barn with a new cement floor and room for three cars, side by side, 2 end to end (6 total). It is being painted now. The dairy barn is large. The old post and beam section is 36x90 and has 38 tie stalls, a 2” pipeline, 500g bulk tank. Attached to it is a 90x90' freestall with 42 stalls, grooved concrete and automatic feeding from a 20x80 Harvestore and a 16x40 concrete silo. It has a drilled well and a pond for water, and oil fired hot water. It is available with an older but working line of machinery - 2 older JD tractors, haybine, rake, JD baler, elevator, several hay wagons, JD chopper and a manure spreader (additional money). The price is $39 9000 with the 60 acres or $332000 with 26 acres. Taxes are only $2500 and owner financing is generously offered.

SOLD

12409 OTSEGO COUNTY OPERATING DAIRY FARM: Operating dairy with excellent home and very good 70 cow barn on 212 acres, west of Cooperstown . There are 80 acre tillable, and some of them are creek flats as a creek winds through the property. All alfalfa land. Another 75 are pasture and 50 more are wooded with good hunting. Large road frontage. The home has 8 rooms, a fireplace (will be refaced by owner), refinished wood floors with some carpet and some ceramic tile - all like new. There is a mud room, country kitchen with new cabinetry, living room, office and a bath down with 3 bedrooms and an attic above. The home has new vinyl siding, new windows, many new floors. The barn is 55x100' and has 70 ties n 3 rows with a 1.5” Universal pipeline, 700 gallon bulk tank, Clay and Jamesway cleaners, and 2 silos (18x40, 20x60). There is a spreader shed and a generator hookup. There is a 22x48 pole barn that is nearly new and an older 2 story hay (or heifer) barn (32x70') Also a trailer hookup next to this barn. A country road winds across the center of the property, but all the buildings and all the pasture is on the same side of the road. Nearly new oil furnace. Taxes are about $6000 (no Star) and the price is $400,000.

12394  COMMERCIAL HORSE FARM WITH BEAUTIFUL ARENA:  Fantastic arena on this horse farm. Just 5 years old, the arena is like new in every way. It measures 72x198’ and has 19’ side walls, is well lit, with good footing and tapered lower walls so your horse cannot brush you off against the wall. A 2 story wing is 36x48’, is heated, and has its own bathroom and 5 12x12’ box stalls with rubber floors, a wash stall, tack area. Upstairs is a lookout onto the arena. This area is insulated and heated and could be finished off into living space, an office or game room.

The home, built in the early 1800’s, was a parsonage in years gone by and is in nice condition. Downstairs is a double living room, formal dining room (with mock fireplace), country kitchen, den, sun porch, and a 2 car garage (new roof). All floors are hardwood. Upstairs are 2 very large bedrooms and a large hall. At one time in the past, each bedroom must have been divided into two smaller bedrooms. Heat is a new oil hot air furnace and also wood (see below).There is also a 2 story storage shed (20x25’). There are 11.6+ acres here, all flat open land, all with fine views, and is in an area with one beautiful operating farm right after another along the road. Taxes are absurdly low at $1200 (the arena is still exempt, but they get no Star as their daughter occupies the home - this is a Town known for low taxes) and the price $325,000.

Also available is significantly more land, priced at $3500/acre, choose what you want, and useable for hay, pasture or trail riding. A second home, also in nice condition, and on a double lot, is available for an additional $100000. This is somewhat private and once was a schoolhouse, though you would never guess it today. It has a 2 car attached garage, a den, bathroom, kitchen, living room with a sun porch, one bedroom and a finished storage room downstairs. Upstairs is a large unfinished attic which could easily accommodate 3 bedrooms. It has a new roof, paved drive, and oil hot air heat. A large deck off the back connects to an above-ground swimming pool. It is nicely landscaped. The last thing that is available are 30 horses. They will be sold individually and priced attractively.

This farm is offered by a family who is retiring from the horse business due to ill health and the untimely death of a family member. They will continue their other farming ventures and are retaining some buildings and additional land to do this. If it were important enough to a buyer, they could sell their beautiful Federal brick home and the other barns and land (including a camp on a large lake) that they prefer to retain. Let me explain further: this is a family compound and is comprised of numerous tax parcels which adjoin. The buildings share a few services: an outside wood furnace heats the horse farm home, the horse barn and the owner’s home. A drilled well is on the property being sold, but also services other farm buildings. A spring on property being retained services, among other buildings, The horse farm home. We will need to do a bit of good will give and take so all parties are satisfied. Fortunately, the owners are great folks and are willing to listen to creative suggestions. The homes are fairly far apart so neither party will feel like anyone is close upon them and the land across the street is also owned by the main farm.

12382 HERKIMER COUNTY STOCKED AND EQUIPPED CATTLE AND CROP FARM: Step right in here and get down to business. This 159 acre farm can be purchased fully stocked and equipped with 57 head of mostly angus and angus cross beef cattle and a very extensive line of mostly newer equipment ready to go to work. There are 104 tillable acres here of mostly high lime Honeoye and Lima silt loam soils, 10 acres of woods and the remainder in well fenced pasture. There is also a year round stream and 3 ponds to water your stock. Another 145 tilable acres on the adjoining farm is currently available rent free from a downstate hunting club. There is a natural gas lease and a meteorlogical tower lease that will go with the farm.

The home is an 8 room 25 year old raised ranch in very nice condition. The main floor has an eat-in kitchen, living room, 2 bedrooms, office and bath and it sells completely applianced and furnished. The finished basement was once a separate apartment with an entry hall, kitchen/living room, bedroom and 3/4 bath. There is also a stand up attic, a garage below, a large rear deck overlooking the fields, aluminum siding, new thermopane windows, a new oil hot water furnace and another wood furnace, a 200 amp electric service, a never ending artesian well water supply, 750 gal fiberglass septic and generator hookup. There is a modular pad just below the house with it's own electric hookup and septic in place should you wish to make use of it.

The 40'x 110' former dairy barn with full overhead hay storage has had the stalls removed to make it more suitable to run beef cattle but the Patz barn cleaner remains along with a 14'x40' concrete stave silo with an unloader. There is a new 48'x80' enclosed steel pole machinery barn with a 25'x80' attached leanto and another 30'x40' steel pole stock barn with 2 box stalls. The very extensive line of mostly later model tillage, planting, harvesting (including 2 combines) and hauling equipment included is way too long to get into here but will be provided upon request. All tools and miscellaneous equipment needed around a farm (and he has just about everything) are also included along with all crops growing and in storage at the time of sale. Total taxes are approx $4800 with the star program. Stocked and equipped asking price is $745,000. Asking $450,000 for bare farm. 

12376 NEW 276 COW FREESTALL FARM: This barn is 60x400' and has 276 freestalls with 192 locks. The barn was built in 2004. 138 cow mats. There is a 16x24 building with living space for hired help or use as an office building. Barn area has 1% slope in all directions. Well produces 100 gallons/minute.

There are 80 acres with 60 tillable and 20 pasture. 150 acres is available to rent for tillage. There are crop growers in the area that sell hay and corn.  The property has the potential of a $180,000 gas lease.

Two homes are available: A ranch home that was also new in 2004 and has 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths and a beautiful kitchen. There is also a 24x48 mobile home with 3 bedrooms that has been used only 4 years. This is a good opportunity for a dairyman to set up a modern free stall operation just the way they want it. The farm is in a nice area with good schools. Asking $596,250

SOLD

12338 OTSEGO COUNTY DAIRY: 127 acres in the rolling hills just outside of Morris and buy a short drive from Oneonta. Land has been surveyed and fenced for rotational grazing. There are 80 tillable acres, 12 woods and the balance pasture. Two story recently renovated home is fully insulated and easy to heat. It has new wiring, siding and interior walls. The roof, furnace and most appliances are less than 5 years old. Dual heat uses indoor oil fired furnace and outdoor wood furnace. The barn is 140' long and set up with about 68 free stalls and mats. There are also 2 box stalls. The barn will hold about 80 head. There is an attached 16 swing New Zealand style milking parlor. All fixtures are less than 5 years old. There is also a 32x48' shop building with high overhead clearance. Attached garage and woodshed. There is also a very nice two section outbuilding that has a half concrete floor with gates and water. The other half is used for equipment. $359,000

12380     FREE STALL FARM WITH VIEWS NOW RUNNING BEEF: 

Upstairs are 5 bedrooms.  3 have been remodeled. Four of these are (or will be) normal-sized. Two of these have been remodeled with hand-hewn beams exposed and plank floors installed or refnished.  A hall is planned that will make the largest smaller. There is planned another full bath and more closet space in part of this space. Though this future hallway , you come to the new master bedroom , which has its own separate full bath, with jacuzzi tub + 2 walk-in closets. This room measures 20x30', has whole tree rafters exposed and has pine paneled walls and ceilings with a wood floor (the floor still needs to be poly-urethaned). It also has a small  wood stove, and a small walk-out deck where you can sit and enjoy the views. from the second story.

SOLD

12969 YOUR CHOICE, DAIRY OR HOBBY FARM IN OTSEGO COUNTY : This one can go either way. There are 113 acres here with 30 acres tillable, 20 of woods and the rest is pasture. There is sufficient acreage nearby available to rent for any additional forage needs. Pastoral setting with no close neighbors, a year round creek and good hunting just 20 minutes from Cooperstown . There is a very nice circa 1885 12 room home that will please most everyone. Downstairs there is a large eat-in kitchen with a walk thru pantry, dining room, living room, bedroom, family room, office and a full bath with laundry. Upstairs there is a large sitting room, 3 bedrooms (one with a nursery), a storage room and another bath. Also a full attic and 3/4 concrete basement with outside access and the yard is partially enclosed for your four legged friends. It has a 7 year old asphalt shingle roof, a 3 year old oil hot air furnace, all new thermopane windows, aluminum siding, a new 1000 gallon concrete septic, twin 275 gallon oil tanks, 150 amp electric service and a 105' drilled well with ample water to service both the house and barn in even the dryest years. Appliances are included. The 2 story dairy barn is 36'x80' with a 38'x160' single story addition. There are 84 milking ties with 28 heifer stalls and 10 calf stalls. The milking portion has been recently remodeled with new stalls, full cow mattresses, patzgard mangers and a 2" Surge pipeline with 3" vacuum which allows them to milk 70 cows/hour with 10 units. It has two 20'x70' Harvestores and a 16'x55' concrete stave silo with a Patz unloader, both Clay and Patz barn cleaners to an enclosed spreader room, 200 amp electric service and 2 bulk tanks for 1140 gallons in a heated milk house. There is also a 36'x55' loose housing shed with water for young stock, a 45'x70' enclosed machinery shed, another 27'x 30' open pole shed, a 25'x75' 5 bay garage, even a 15'x18' chicken coop and 2 steel grainary bins. Taxes are $4500. Asking price is $325,000. 

SOLD