Land Auction in Colorado

ONLINE ONLY AUCTION

55+/- ACRES * IRRIGATED CROPLAND * WELD COUNTY, CO

ONLINE BIDDING OPENS: Friday, April 24th, 2020 at 6:00 PM (MST) (7:00 PM CST)

ONLINE BIDDING CLOSES: Friday, May 29th, 2020 at 6:00 PM (MST) (7:00 PM CST)

REGISTER & BID ONLINE: Go to www.BidHeritage.com and register online.  All bidding is conducted online only and registration can take up to 24 hours, so please register before the last day.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Highly productive irrigated cropland farm located in Weld County, Colorado will be offered to the public via Online Only Auction. The farm is comprised of excellent soil types and lays very well.  It is provided irrigation water from the Prospect Canal with proven water rights that will transfer with the farm. Don’t miss this opportunity.

LOCATION: This farm is located 5.5 miles East of Keenesburg, Colorado on County Road 16, then ¼ mile north on County Road 69 to the farm on the left. (Look for Auction signs.)

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: A tract of land consisting of 55+/- acres, located in the E/2 of the SE/4 of Section 27- T2N –R63W of the 6^th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. 

(See survey for complete legal description).

INTERACTIVE MAP: https://uc.mapright.com/ranching/maps/ef62625e7ab92dacf77c86889703dcc5/share

DITCH WATER INFO:  According to Weld County, Colorado water resources board this farm is supplied water at a rate of 1 to 1½ cfs from the Prospect Canal.  55+ bonded acres of water will transfer with the surface. Allocations for storage water from the Henrylyn Irrigation District are determined each spring usually beginning at 25% and increasing as the spring progresses depending on the snowpack and rain. Average total allocation for the storage water season is 35% to 40% for the year. Typically, in the spring there is also direct water available that is in addition to the storage water.  

WATER WELL LEASE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE SALE OF THE FARM, WELL IS DAMAGED.

WATER WELL LEASE: In addition to the ditch water described above, there is also a year to year water well lease agreement which would provide 75 acre feet of water to the farm, at a current cost of $30.00 per/acre feet plus electricity cost to pump water from well to farm.  This lease has been in existence since approximately 2013 with no plans of discontinuing.    

SOIL TYPES:  The principal soil types are Weld Loam, with 0% to 1% slope; and Colby Loam, with 0% 1% slope.  These soils types are some of the best in the area and are conducive to growing a variety of crops and forage/hay.

FSA INFO:  The subject 55+/- acre farm being offered for auction sale is included in a larger total farm unit of 72.36 acres (FSA Farm #1436) and will be subject to adjustment upon closing of sale and change of ownership, According to the form 156EZ provided by the Weld County, Colorado Farm Service Agency, Farm #1436 has 69.38 cropland acres, with a 19.52 acre wheat base and 89 bushel yield; and a 29.38 acre corn base with 194 bushel yield.  There are 48.9 total base acres.  (FSA 156EZ form is available on the auction website).    

MINERALS: The Seller believes they own an undivided 25% of mineral rights and will be transferring said rights with the surface.

AUCTIONEERS NOTE:  Farms like this one do not often come available to the marketplace. This auction represents a prime example of a highly productive irrigated cropland farm in Weld County, Colorado. The current owner has been a very good care taker of the land and now is your chance to purchase a great agricultural investment farm that is located close Keenesburg, Colorado. Register and bid today on this great farm.

Sellers: Rodney & Linda Baumgartner