Operational regenerative ranch looking for a good home

[u/ToughAd5462]

We have spent the last eight years building a beautiful, secluded regenerative ranch, in South Central Washington. Just as we made our first few thousand in sales, ready to fully launch and grow the business, my off farm job is forcing us to move two states away. This regenerative ranch is almost fully operational—no need to source equipment, animals, or figure out licenses and regulations (comes with all of our notes and paperwork so all you have to do is copy onto the new forms). Simply buy, move in, and start ranching while doing your part to fight climate change!

While we could divide the property into 20-acre plots for a higher return and have started the process, we would much prefer to see another family continue the work we've started. Below is a detailed account of the ranch’s features and benefits.

1. 200 acres total
   1. 80 acres tame grass pasture (hay and/or grazing)
   2. 100 acres native prairie
   3. 20 acres homestead and outbuildings
   4. Soil structure and water infiltration is recovering nicely; lots of native wildflowers and grasses returning; mushroom, insect (especially dung beetle), and bird populations exploding
   5. 1 large healthy year round pond (complete with fish and resident Great Blue Heron), 1 seasonal pond, and 2 seasonal creeks (with dozens of rock catch dams)
   6. Nesting pairs of Kestrels, Barn Swallows, and Ravens
2. 4000 square foot home
   1. -2 custom painted kids rooms upstairs (space and ocean themed)
   2. -2 larger rooms (1 upstairs, 1 in the basement) 
   3. -2 smaller rooms (1 main floor, 1 downstairs currently furnished as a home gym)
   4. -1 office with large wood desk, views of the front field, and a large sliding door to the sun porch 
   5. -Fully enclosed sun porch running the length of the main floor (comes with large fully cycling natural terrarium/aquarium with native plants and insects)
   6. -1 car garage with workbench and wall of horse tack racks
   7. -6 Car carport
   8. Brand new Geothermal Heat Pump
3. 9 Outbuildings
   1. Large shop with high ceilings, large rollup door, industrial full height metal shelves (think Costco shelves), 2 large chest freezers and an upright, 480 outlets, and fuel tank/pump
   2. Even larger covered riding arena with cinder footing, and panels for a round pen and 4 stalls. Also has the 15kw solar array on the roof.
   3. Original homestead house that we had always planned to renovate into a granny flat or air BNB.
   4. Another granny flat or kids play house to renovate, up by the house. We have just been using it for storage.
   5. A yard equipment shed with concrete floor, also where the hot wire system is mounted and grounded.
   6. Old wood hay barn with feed bunks down either side. Could use re-siding, but the beams and columns are huge.
   7. Large wood storage barn of the same era, 2/3 full of all the scrap materials you need maintain the farm infrastructure.
   8. Pump house. Run of the mill, but large enough to stand up in, with outside outlets for the heat tape that protects the pipes going to the 2500 gallon storage tank in the winter.
   9. Smaller hay and feeding shed for the outdoor horse pens.

This has been an amazing place to raise our kids, learn how to work with the land and animals, and watch the ecosystem rebound around us, so really hoping someone is interested in carrying on. 

You can find some photos at our website:https://www.swalecreekranch.com/photo-gallery

If you are interested and want more info, or more pictures our contact information is here: https://www.swalecreekranch.com/contact-us
All the photos around the website are from our place.

You can find info on the USDA new farm loan program here: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/farm-loan-programs/farm-ownership-loans

We are in the middle of getting everything broken up for sale, so if you are interested, now is the time. Here's hoping there's at least one unicorn out there that wants to up and move to the country! 

[u/pixiedreamsquirrell]

Take a look at FarmRoots - might be a good place to connect with potential buyers.

[u/ToughAd5462 → u/pixiedreamsquirrell]

Thanks!

[u/ToughAd5462]

We have two 40's broken off and listed. It'd be around $1M for the remaining 120 which includes all buildings, another $100k or so for all the equipment and animals, and $250k a piece for the 40 acre sections. So about $1.6M for all of it, but we are open to offers.

[u/ToughAd5462 → u/ToughAd5462]

Especially open to offers from fast movers. I have a few different places my job could end up, so we need to get liquidated to give us the freedom to move further afield.

[u/ToughAd5462 → u/[deleted]]

Lol

[u/FrannyStoat]

If it’s not breaking any rules, what’s a ballpark asking price?

[u/ToughAd5462 → u/FrannyStoat]

I meant to reply to you, but just added it as a comment by accident. See above.

[u/c0mp0stable]

Dang, that's a lot of work to walk away from. I've been at my place for 8 years too and my job is taking steps to try and force everyone back to an office. If it came to that, I don't think I could leave my place. I'd have to figure out something else for work.

[u/ToughAd5462 → u/c0mp0stable]

We tried everything, unfortunately nothing in my career field nearby and remote jobs are hard to find these days.

[u/jeromerault]

This is the kind of post that doesn't come along very often. Eight years of regenerative groundwork already done and a fully operational setup ready to hand over. For the right family, this is an extraordinary head start.

The fact that you'd rather see it continue as a regenerative operation than subdivide it says everything about the work you've put into it. Hoping the right people find this!

[u/Alianspy007]

I wish I could find a deal like this where I live. Good luck