Rural estate for sale in Arroyos y Esteros, 1185.86 ha

Natural environment:

• The area's original vegetation was characterized by large expanses of natural grasslands covered with grasses in the lower valleys, interspersed with wooded patches and gallery forests. The higher areas or hills had forest vegetation belonging to the Central Littoral Formation.
• Ecologically, the area is in the Central Littoral Ecoregion, bordered by the Aquidabán Ecoregion to the north, the Paraguay River to the west, the Central Forest Ecoregion to the east and the Ñeembucú Ecoregion to the south. It includes the departments of San Pedro, Cordillera and Central and covers approximately 26,310 Km².
• It is a thermo-mesophilic ecoregion made up of tree groupings in stands and irregular, heterogeneous masses that alternate with open areas and grasslands, of sometimes edaphic and sometimes anthropogenic origin (Tortorelli, 1966). These are transitional forest masses between those of the Central Forest, Aquidabán and eastern Chaco.
• The ecoregion's natural community types include lagoons, wetlands, marshes, forests on saturated soils, rivers, streams, water springs, medium and low semi-deciduous forests, and savannas (Vera, 1988, unpublished).
• The most common tree species are Sapium haematospernum (Kurupika’y), Phithecellobium scalare (Tataré), Enterolobium contorsiliquum (Timbó), Gleditsia amorphoides (Espina de corona), Erythrina crista-galli (Ceibo), Salix humboltiana (Sauce) and Diplokeleba floribunda (Yvyrá itá).
• A recent increase in poultry production has been observed in the area, with several chicken farms, mainly broiler operations, generating income by hiring local unskilled labor.
• Nearby properties or those with similar conditions are shifting from extensive cattle production to mixed crop and livestock systems, alternating cash crops over time and across the land, including rice, soybeans, corn, sorghum and sugarcane, among others.

Pastures and paddocks:

• In the northern sector, the planted pastures are Brachiaria brizantha MG5 and cover 135.83 ha (11.45%), divided into paddocks of varying sizes.
• The southern sector has 92.4 ha of mechanized planted Brachiaria humidicola pasture, divided into three plots of varying sizes and used for grazing and as a protein reserve for critical seasons.
• The southern sector also has 613 ha of grazing land, including high and low natural grasslands, mechanized natural grasslands and planted pastures. These are productive, in very good condition and mostly weed-free.
• Including the low-lying flood-prone fields, which were completely dry at the time of inspection, the southern sector's grazing area totals 912.19 ha, divided into 16 paddocks of varying sizes.
• The entire property has a perimeter fence with 5 strands of wire and posts every 3 meters. Internal fences have 4 or 5 strands, with spacing of 4 to 6 m.
• The northern sector has 30 paddocks of varying sizes, from 1.77 to 20 ha, all with planted Brachiaria brizantha pasture.
• The southern sector has 16 paddocks of varying sizes, from 8 to 166.5 ha, mostly with natural grasslands. The higher areas around Retiro Otto have planted Brizantha and, near Ramal PY03, there are two plots of planted Brachiaria humidicola.

Water and infrastructure:

• There are intermittent and permanent watercourses in the northeastern sector. Three channels drain toward the southwest of the property, where there are also two intermittent channels and one semi-permanent channel near the Piribebuy River, which serves as the drainage outlet for the entire property.
• The property has three separate administrative areas. The central area includes the owner's residence, housing for staff and visitors, the main cattle corral, a supply storage building, a machinery shed, a sheep pen and an artesian well that supplies both human consumption and livestock water troughs.

Terms:

The entire property is offered, including all buildings, planted areas and machinery, for a total of USD 6950 per ha.