279 Acres, Lincoln County – Sarben Wet Meadow

Sarben Wet Meadow is an excellent opportunity to purchase quality sub-irrigated Nebraska meadowland in the North Platte River valley. This parcel consists of 279.69 taxed assessed acres. The property is located just East of Sarben, Nebraska on the South side of the river. Blackwood road serves as the county road access to the property. The land is cross-fenced into 5 grazing paddocks with water access to all of them. Some of the fence is built of mesh wire, perfect for holding in smaller livestock. There is also a stout set of corrals on the Western part of the property that were originally built to handle bison. Included is a portable alley and Pearson working chute.

The owner states this property has historically ran 100 cow/calf pair for a 5 month grazing season with proper pasture rotation. There are many options for this property such as grazing or haying. You could expect around 2 ton/acre hay crop on the South hay ground and could use the North paddocks for grazing with some aftermath grazing on the South paddocks.

This property is enrolled in a Conservation Easement with The Nature Conservancy. There is a copy of this easement on the documents tab. Bullet points of the easement are there can be no further development of buildings or improvements on the property. There are also provisions that state the North 2 paddocks cannot be hayed. However you may hay or graze the South three paddocks.

Income Potential
175 acres hay meadow @ 2 ton/acre @ $175/ton= $61,250 gross hay income
$35/acre x 100 acres grazing North Paddocks =$ 3,500
Estimate does not include aftermath grazing on hay land in the fall.
or
100 pair x 5 months x $65/pair = $32,500

Improvements/Outbuildings
Corrals, small storage shed, 2 windmill/solar waters with tanks

Taxes: $4,156.40

Legal Description: PT. LT 2,ALL 3,4 & 5, & PT.S1/2S1/2 & PT. ACCRE.
Section 16- Township 14- Range 34 West of the 6th P.M. Lincoln County, Nebraska

Address: Sarben, NE 69155
County: Lincoln