Bossfarmer
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- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
That
dOesnt count its all hill land
Has anybody ever got rich through farming?
- Thread starter DrWazzock
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Daniel
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- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
Although he I heard him bemoan grant funding for poultry sheds at a conference last year, conveniently forgetting that he's had his fair share of free cash.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Ive had grant to build a shed and if you knew me in real life you hear me bemoaning about them grants, they are a waste of time but it took me to get one to find out sadly and he was probably the same.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Why dose hill land not count ?
smcapstick
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- Location
- Kirkby Lonsdale
You're wrong.
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Cos @Amatuer Dave says so !
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Funny in Scotland we hill men have to make do with £20 something a Ha yet The Amature Daves Get £160 something and they say we dont count ! He worries about single farm payment all the time he should be a hill farmer hed have fuk all to worry about.
Bossfarmer
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- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
You cant just say 14000 acres without clarifying its hill for blackies it counts but only 1/8th as much value
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Bit like the subsidy received
- Location
- Ceredigion
You need a bit of luck
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
You make your own luck by constantly trying, them that dont try get nothing.
Old McDonald
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- Location
- Harray, Orkney
Over the time span of more than 50 years I put together a book that I eventually published "How not to make Millions - but still enjoy a Rich Rural Life".
A high income has not concerned me for several decades. Maintaining enough capital to have my own roof over my head is essential. At times this has entailed the need to have a decent income. A personal mindset, but I could not bear the thought of being homeless and destitute.
It all depends on what you want out of life. I have thoroughly enjoyed farming around the world, and so long as I have a comfortable house (keeps my wife happy) and can eat and drink well, I need nothing else. We do not holiday or socialise, apart from the occasional "neighbour" function so need little disposal income beyond our immediae needs. Our only child is a successful astrophycisist married to a medical doctor (also an only child) so they will eventually inherit quite substantially in addition to having a high income. No pressures on us, so we can continue to enjoy our rich rural life.
As recently posted on another thread in response to a question, we had our start in farming from our own hard earned savings, not inherited wealth, so anyone can do what we have done. What you do need is the sole aim of farming and enjoying it for what it is. Then you need to be able to ignore all the peer pressure and just live your life the way you want to live it.
Many posters on here have a lot more acres than me (although few will have surpassed the 3000+ I owned and another 2000 sharefarmed) and will also have a lot more income than me, but I do not care. I can only live in one house, there is a limit on how much I can eat and drink, and I can only drive one vehicle at a time, and so long as it gets me to where I want to go and returns me home, that is good enough - I do have two tractors, but that is a different matter.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Okay then, he's got a knighthood, runs a farm which made £8M profit last year, and had over £30M cash in the bank at the end of 2016. But yes, the land is hilly and not worth as much as @Bossfarmer on a £/acre basis
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
FonterraFarmer
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- Location
- Waikato, New Zealand
So like world famous, but only in europe?
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
I think you mean rc mx110
Kiss
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- Location
- North west
Probably only borrowed it it til milk price gets to <20ppl
BELOWAVERAGE
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Them that don't try, quite often have it handed to them on a plate by their father who worked his balls off to make it, and then they don't appreciate it, or build on it, and those that do try quite often have sh1t luck no matter how hard they try, if there's one saying I don't believe in, its you make your own luck, you have what's dealt.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I agree with the first bit but i do believe to an extent you make your own luck, alot is just to do with attitude.