As one management team member was heard to say to another just before a meeting with a new prospective client, 'give me half an hour to sell the concept'. That estate was asset stripped out to the point of no return, then your stuck with the blighters.
Every thing that wasn't screwed down, and some bits that were, dairy went, right down to the water heater, every trailer incl the shepherds, tried to run for a year borrowing lamb creeps! and a trailer for the sheep from another estate they ran locally. No infrastructure left.What do you mean by asset stripped, precisely?
Every thing that wasn't screwed down, and some bits that were, dairy went, right down to the water heater, every trailer incl the shepherds, tried to run for a year borrowing lamb creeps! and a trailer for the sheep from another estate they ran locally. No infrastructure left.
And is "Best Practice" actually the best practice or is it just creating another level of parasitic management ?
Every thing that wasn't screwed down, and some bits that were, dairy went, right down to the water heater, every trailer incl the shepherds, tried to run for a year borrowing lamb creeps! and a trailer for the sheep from another estate they ran locally. No infrastructure left.
You mean they released capital tied up in depreciating assets?
Would these be the same farms that have been running all arable for a few years, got into trouble with blackgrass and now will have to spend a fortune if they want to get back into mixed farming with livestock? I'm sure a wise consultant will be able to advise them how to do so shortly.
You can't possibly want any more livestock re-entering your marketplace though Neil? Those days are gone, surely, they will never find the labour today?
Maybe they could use a contract shepherding business?
I think you might be right, strange how the 'company' got to fly around in a helicopter, who pays for that?, A whole new type of harvest. However in this case there was a flock which stayed, and much to the shepherds surprise the flock was running at a loss and would also have to go, only to find out that there had been an £18/ewe management fee being collected for absolutely no Input, oh how he laughedYou mean they released capital tied up in depreciating assets?
Would these be the same farms that have been running all arable for a few years, got into trouble with blackgrass and now will have to spend a fortune if they want to get back into mixed farming with livestock? I'm sure a wise consultant will be able to advise them how to do so shortly.
They never last long in recent history
As one management team member was heard to say to another just before a meeting with a new prospective client, 'give me half an hour to sell the concept'. That estate was asset stripped out to the point of no return, then your stuck with the blighters.
That sounds expensive....
I'm interested in the rise of various farm management companies. Are they a wise way to go? Are they best practice?
Well I could be very wrong!Really? Sentry, Velcourt and Farmcare are still going strong.