Ranch for Sale
Total Area: 6,886 hectares
Location: General Brugues District (formerly Villa Hayes), Presidente Hayes Department, Paraguay.
1. Accessibility and Distances: Located 73 km from Route PY09 (formerly the Transchaco Highway), 150 km from Pozo Colorado, and 265 km from Asunción. The access route consists of 73 km of unpaved (dirt) road and 192 km of paved road leading to Asunción.
2. Land Characteristics and Vegetation
The total area is 6,886 hectares, with the following primary land uses:
Wetlands (*Bañado*): 3,119.1 ha (45.3%).
Natural pasture (*Campo natural*): 1,611.4 ha (23.4%).
Woodland/Forest (*Monte*): 1,046.6 ha (15.2%).
Deep wetlands (*Bañado profundo*): 723.4 ha (10.5%).
Scrubby pasture (*Campo sucio*): 344.3 ha (5.0%).
The remainder consists of infrastructure, access lanes, water reservoirs (*tajamares*), airstrips, and other minor areas.
3. Infrastructure and Improvements
Fencing: A total of 134,000 meters (86,850 m of internal fencing [65%] and 47,150 m of perimeter fencing [35%]).
Water System: Includes 18 water reservoirs (*tajamares*—with a total capacity of approximately 131,804.5 m³) and 7 circular above-ground water tanks (*tanques australianos*).
Buildings:
Features a central complex with a main ranch house (constructed of masonry with a zinc roof, verandas, and various amenities), including 2 bedrooms with private bathrooms, a living/dining area, and a storage building. (22x10m)
Guest house: 4 bedrooms with 2 bathrooms, kitchen-dining room (15x7m)
Outdoor barbecue/entertainment area (*quincho*) (7x7m)
Staff house 1: 2 bedrooms, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, storage room, and butchery area (22x9m)
Staff house 2: 4 bedrooms and one bathroom (12x8m)
Storage building (10x4m)
Stables (12x8m)
Chicken coop (6x8m)
Goat pen (8x4m)
Generator shed (5x4m)
Airstrip (1,000 meters)
Corrals and holding pens.
Basic services: The property does not have access to the electrical grid or cellular phone service.
4. Livestock Carrying Capacity
Total estimated load: The total carrying capacity is calculated at 1,170,951 kg of live cattle weight across the 6,886 hectares.
Livestock Units (LU): Equivalent to 2,927 LU (based on 1 LU = 400 kg of live weight).
5. Technical Characteristics of the Area
Climate (DINAC): Average annual precipitation of 1,000 to 1,100 mm; mean annual temperature of 23°C; annual water deficit of 320 to 300 mm; annual evapotranspiration of 1,300 to 1,400 mm.
Soils (MAG-GTZ): Predominantly associations of eutric Gleysol, sodic-eutric Gleysol, gleyic Solonetz, sodic Solonchak, and eutric Vertisol. Topography: Elevation between 108 and 99 meters above sea level, with a general slope from west to east toward the Paraguay River.
