The entire cropping enterprise at Mount Vernon has a strong focus on soil health, employing reduced tillage.

Mount Vernon is in 4 land titles. 2 titles are divided by a long surface drain, which flows across the country towards Back Creek and the eastern boundary.
The eastern part of the farm is known as Glenworth and comprises of one 92.5 hectare title and a smaller 3.7 hectare title. This country has access to the Cressy/Longford road by Freelands Lane, as well as direct access through Mount Vernon.

Overall, the soils are predominantly free draining Cressy type (reddish clay/loams) and the heavier Kinburn type (darker more structured) soils.
Dethridge wheels in the Cressy/Longford Irrigation scheme channel measures water flow as it transferred into the Mount Vernon channels.

Irrigation infrastructure includes; 3 x 40 hectares centre pivot circles which are serviced by underground mains and incorporate underground drainage. Centre pivots are all connected to 3 phase power and can be controlled remotely by mobile phone. All pivots are fitted with high speed motors and have the capacity to cover a full circle in 8 hours when applying fertigation.

All irrigators are supplied by a centrally located buffer storage dam that has a capacity of approx 1ML.This dam is gravity fed from the Cressy/ Longford Irrigation scheme.
An additional 70 ha can be irrigated by hard hose travellers, supplied by hydrants and underground 150mm Class 9 pipes.

The Glenworth titles (Kinburn type soils) have access to irrigation water from Back Creek. Underground mains provide access to hydrants for hard hose irrigation. The 32 hectare paddock is 960 metres long with a 2.0 metre gradient fall from south to north, making it an ideal site for a linear move channel fed irrigator. There is already a laser levelled drain in place.

Crop rotations consist of; year 1 – poppies on raised beds, year 2 – a cereal crop (usually wheat or barley) direct drilled into the poppy trash. Year 3 – another direct-drilled cereal crop, sometimes after burning the previous stubble. Year 4 – poppies on re-formed raised beds. During the poppy phase, the corners of the centre pivot paddocks are often planted in lupins, tick beans, field peas or short-term pasture. These corner fillers can be sprayed without fear of damage to poppies and visa versa.
Along the northern boundary of Mount Vernon there is a 720 metre long graded and compacted airstrip.
Although the current owner has never grown potatoes, they have been grown on Mount Vernon some time ago, along with squash, onions and grass seed.

2011 livestock numbers are extremely low. Total sheep numbers amount to 300 fine and super fine Merino ewes which are joined to Merino and Border Leicester rams.

Capital infrastructure includes a 16m x 6m tractor shed, 2 Colorbond implement sheds 32m x 6m and 18m x 6m (all steel construction), a weatherboard implement shed and associated store room, a 2 stand shearing shed, 4 grain silos (total 200 tonnes capacity) and a workers cottage (requires extensive renovation), and a weatherboard barn (Glenworth).