2250 acres of arable pasture to rent in Kent
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Devil's advocate
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Everyone blames greedy landlords & agents
How about plonkers who are greedy for land & can't use a calculator.
How about plonkers who are greedy for land & can't use a calculator.
A lot of truth in what you say , as the old saying says “farmers are sometimes their own worst enemies”, but would never admit to it.
glasshouse
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- lothians
If you want to farm on rented land, you have to throwthe calculator away and bid way over the top
Otherwise you wont be farming
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Or do something else.
Sometimes of course if you have a good business, making a loss on taking an extra 10% area on can make sense if it prevents you having a bad neighbour or through economies of scale.
You are over a barrel if say 50 acres of land in the middle of yours comes up for rent. Do you pay over the odds or accept a few km of boundary with a goat farmer with no money & poor fencing skills.
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- roe valley
Around here you barely get winter grazing never mind a decent bit of ground for a reasonable period. Most farmers I've come across would slice their own throats to get ground like its the be all and end all just to make £50-100/acre. Easier ways to.make money.
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- northumberland
Was that bison or dyson ?
Depends whether one is an “ego trip farmer” , a “busy fool farmer” or business farmer that wants to make a profit, sadly some of us have gone down the route of all three,exist, only to move on to the next scenario.
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- East Sussex
Or go and buy a decent rifle?
glasshouse
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- lothians
Boundary fences are a joint responsibility between you and the neighbouring landowner.
Your mythical tenant goat farmer is not responsible for other peoples fences
glasshouse
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- lothians
Someone threatened that in this area recently, police removed his rifle
ollie989898
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Pays 600K rent. Receives 2 million total for 5 year rewilding the lot. #nobrainer.
No farmer with any sense is going to pay over £200/acre surely?
No farmer with any sense is going to pay over £200/acre surely?
glasshouse
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- lothians
No one with any sense would pay over £100
How do you get £2m for rewilding ?
Devil's advocate
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In England you are responsible to keep your stock in that is the law.
I keep mine in & my farming neighbours are good.
The problem is with horse charties & part time hobbiests, I have at times had a mile of boundary with such people & it can be hell.
Anyway the cheapest way is to buy or rent neighbouring land, even if paying over the odds.
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- North Kent, UK
You’ll need a rifle on this particular farm ... it’s alive with rabbits!
On the plus side, there’s good duck flights on the marsh.
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In England, the grazier is responsible for keeping their stock in, not you keeping them out. Different law to Scotland.
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What happens to fields straddling the border?
I'm sure Scottish sheep will have grazed English wheat.
glasshouse
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I know that, after out cattle destroyed a garden without a gate.
Most boundary fences are the responsibility of the landlord in scotland, so how does it work when english stock get out from tenanted land
Except against common land I believe