The Characteristics of the Farm
The Nochaco farm is a great farm that has 1.006 hectares of total surface, being the biggest farm of the zone. It possesses almost 50 % of forest soil of conditions of agricultural and / or cattle use and / or activities Simultaneously. The rest of this this farm formed by a native forest with a natural landscape of great beauty and exceptional characteristics to implement tourist projects.
This farm is located in the middle of a natural insuperable and impressive beauty, thanks to his location in the country and to his almost 500 hectares of native forest with the whole typical flora and fauna of the south of Chile. In addition, from the same farm can be observed some icons of the local landscape as the Riñihue lake, the San Pedro river or Villarrica volcano between others.
(Real aerial photography of the farm)
The farm has his inscription of property in the Conservative of the Real estate of her take care of Los Lagos city, without the restrictions of use, prohibitions, charges, litigations, mortgages or debts.
The farm has all his territorial definite well, surrounded limits, without lawsuits or unsolved matters with adjacent farms.
The territorial limits of the farm are the following ones:
North: Coihueco river
South: San Pedro river
East: Dollinco/Mañío river, which drains off into the great San Pedro river (the great San Pedro river drains off to the Riñihue lake and who downstream is named as Valvivia river or Calle Calle river
West: Campulli Farmland
North
(Real aerial photography, indicating the limits of the farm)
In general, the this farm divided in 2 principal areas:
Soil of agricultural culture and/or cattle production and/or Forest plantation
During the development of the productive activities, from the decade of the 60s the farm has spent for several stages, as the production of sheeps for the wool and the meat, production of milk of cow and cattle for meat.
(shepherding)
(Cows in wait of of it her milks, decade 1980)
(Cows grazing)
In this aspect, the farm managed to have up to 1000 animals, between dairy cows and hooky putting on weight, thanks to the size of the farm, his good and easy access to transport cattle and agricultural inputs, to his quality of deep soil, the exceptional quantity of slopes of natural water that appear from the same land to the interior of the farm and to the considerable offer of food that delivers the natal forest in winters epochs (ramoneo)
(Example of Ramoneo, the cow eats the twigs of the shrubs to feed)
The soils of the farm have been capable of producing more than 300 bales of pasture harvested by hectare
(Crop of pasture to make silo, 1980 decade)
(Crop of pasture to make silo, 1980 decade)
(Crop of pasture to make silo, 1980 decade)
(Crop of pasture to make bales)
Today, almost the totality of the soil of agricultural this quality being used in rotating productions of Wheat, Barley and oats, with crops of more than 75 sacks of wheat for hectare and maximums of 82 sacks of wheat for harvested hectare.
For the production of grains, the soils are paid every year, for what projects of recovery of soils are not necessary in the farm
(Crop of wheat, 1980 decade)
(Crop of wheat, 1980 decade)
(Culture of wheat in the farm, 2008 year)
Native Forest
The impressive surface of native forest of this this farm formed by the arboreal spices of diverse importance, between which they predominate on natal trees as the Oak, Rauli, Coihue, over the Hazelnut and Ulmo between others.
In the native forest of it can observe the whole typical flora and the fauna of the south of Chile, as for example the Copihue flower (tipical of Chile), Carpenter bird, the chilean Perdiz bird, Bandurria bird or The Chucao bird, Between many other animal and vegetable spices.
(The red Copihue, national flower of Chile, species protected by law, existing in the native forest of the farm)
(Chilean "Perdíz")
(The "Chucao", Own bird of Chile and typical of the native forests of the south of the country, as that of this farm)
(The Bandurria, very common bird in the farm and of importance for the biological control of worms of the soil)
The Native forest has exit ramps and ways of average and long trip of length, these ways come to the limit of the south of the farm, where the San Pedro river can observe.
(Approach road to the native forest)
The conditions of this natural environment deliver to the farm a few ideal conditions to put in practical projects of ecotourism, such as the canopy, the rafting, treks, sports fishing and cabins to sleep, between others.
(Scheme with classification of use of soil of the farm)
Symbols: native forest, Eucaliptus forest 1996 (Harvested), Eucaliptus forest 2005, plantable surface, protection forest, Agricultural or cattle area.
The farm has constructions diverse
* Employer house constructed by his own owners, offices and warehouses.
* 3 Sheds and 2 houses for tenants, having these you finalize the basic services
The farm has the electrical services in all the dependences, internal ways and ways that cross all the sectors of the farm, for what it is possible to accede for these ways in a vehicle up to the same native forest
The farm does not have new recruit rights of water use. Nevertheless the farm has 20 slopes of natural water that come from the same mountain. These slopes of water deliver drinkable water to the constructions of the farm.
These slopes of water are peremnes, therefore they do not dry off in summer and these can be led or canalized to realize the projects of irrigation
Finally, it informs to the reader and interested party, that the proprietary Company has rented an area of 100 mt2 to the Domestic enterprise of Telecommunications of Chile (ENTEL), for the installation of an antenna of mobile telephony, for what the farm and the sector possess telephonic service and access to the Internet
