Vitality Farms

Land Description

Vitality Farm, 948 acres, is a prime well-watered farm with 1,699.54 shares of Sanchez Ditch & Reservoir Company Irrigation water and includes approximately 300 acres of certified organic cropland. 788 acres M/L includes 4 full big half circle. This farm has been in production & remains in production & is managed w/ quality management systems. Current crops include potatoes, oats & peas. Historically, it has grown alfalfa & hemp.

Land

948 acres of prime farm ground located in Southern Colorado.

Improvements

This farm has had numerous upgrades. The home has been completely remodeled with a new, woven, fabric covered storage/equipment/processing building that measures 72'x160. The building has a 30'x26 roll up door on one side and 12'x16 door on the other side with LED UFO lights that are set up for multiple use applications. 11,500 square feet storage building w/ 2,200 square feet concrete floor, the remainder is road base. This building is equipped with 400 Amp 120/208 3-phase electrical service expandable to 800 amps. One electrically powered oversized garage door, and one manual chain hoist garage door. Additionally, there are four - 50 Amp RV electrical hook-ups.

Agriculture

Crop Production

History of Crop Production on the property

Alfalfa crop yield is 4.5 to 6 ton

Barley no fertilizer - 100 to 110 bu/ac.

Barley with compost - 147 to 180 bu/ac.

- 2020- 120 Acres of hemp production on main property north and middle pivot

- 2021- Separate west pivot- Potatoes estimated at 350 sacks per acre

- North/Middle pivot main property- Pea/Oat Hay on approximately 240 acres at 2.5 tons per acre

- Front field in front of house- small batch of hemp

-2022- Separate west pivot and north/middle pivot- Pea/Oat Hay on approximately 350 acres at 2.0 tons per acre

- 2023- 2023- The Company has leased the north and middle pivots for the 2023 growing season to a local farming group for potato production. In addition, with additional water availability, the Company intends to grow hay on the West Pivot.

Water/Mineral Rights & Natural Resources

New Zimmatic - 7 tower sprinkler that will irrigate 128.94 acres in full circle installed in 2020, three Lockwood sprinkler pivots on the other fields, One - 550 GPM irrigation well permit 19997-Rf, 1 - Domestic well Permit 144565 and 1 - well for the house. There are concrete ditches and underground pipelines servicing the holding ponds eservoirs to the pivots. Approximately 495 acres under pivot, 40 acres M/L along Hwy 159 has underground pipe and risers for gated pipe utilized for additional flood irrigation if one desires to use on acerage not under pivots.

General Operations

Sprinkler systems

West 160 acre field - 2002 Lockwood Model 2006 SN 0132850

30 HP motor / can pump, Leepa nozzle system, ditch weir 230, 1050 Gpm.

Big half circle field - 1997 Lockwood, 12 tower 8 pipe for first 5 towers then reduce to 6 5/8 to the end, 50 HP motor, 480 Volts, ditch weir 620, 140 acres farmed.

South circle field - 1985 Lockwood, 10 tower, 40 HP motor, underground pipeline from holding pond at the house.

Middle circle field - 2002 Lockwood, pipeline from main holding pond at the house, 40 HP motor.

North circle field - 2006 Lockwood, pipeline from main holding pond, 40 HP motor, model 2206, serial 0133420

Location

Location

This farm is located just south of San Luis in San Acacio, Colorado, with easy access from a paved state highway.

Alamosa, CO - 45 minutes

Taos, NM - one hour

Santa Fe, NM - 2.5 hrs.

Colorado Springs, CO - 2.5 hrs.