300 acres starting from scratch

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oil barron

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Location

Aberdeenshire

• Aug 18, 2021

• #21

Would it grow tatties? 300 acres is a nice size to do cereals, 50 acres of tatties between you and a few Neighbour’s and have opportunistic beef finishing to consume the waste, add fertility.

 

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Old Tup

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• Aug 18, 2021

• #22

Bald Rick said:

Nudist camp ... on all 300ac

He who bares, wins

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Think you know very little about the Climate in Northumberland.

 

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goodevans

Member

• Aug 18, 2021

• #23

So have all the locals been googling to see what's for rent or sale that they don't know about or is it some crazy horse lady looking for a business partner who has luckily inherited it

 

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Old Tup

Member

• Aug 18, 2021

• #24

Advertise it for an FBT or similar…..absorb the offers and then decide…
Let someone else have all the fun of the transition to real life farming post BSP etc and post the realisation of the reality of ELMS …

 

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Lincoln75

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• Aug 18, 2021

• #25

If someone gave me 300 acres I`d let the land and keep the shooting rights and be a small time game keeper .

 

Courier

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Location

M62 - M1 - M18 triangle

• Aug 18, 2021

• #26

Contact Terravesta to see if they have a need in your area. Once established Miscanthus only needs cutting and baling annually from year 2 to 3 onwards.
No regular herbicide or ferts.

Terravesta the Miscanthus biomass specialist

Terravesta specialises in the establishment and supply chain management of high-yielding, climate-adapted Miscanthus performance hybrids.

www.terravesta.com

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Bald Rick

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Anglesey

• Aug 18, 2021

• #27

Old Tup said:

Think you know very little about the Climate in Northumberland.

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Pfft. Have you seen nudists?

I once stumbled upon some Germans in the raw on a beach in Mallorca.
Their weenies were very .. er .. weany. And that was just the women


Anyway, the only profitable livestock worth farming are human ones

 

Scholsey

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Location

Herefordshire

• Aug 18, 2021

• #28

Few cheap cattle/sheep to run over of the some grass and push for planning for a house and a small farm building, GS4 mix on what Evers left.

 

M-J-G

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Location

Sunny Scotland (But I wasn't born here)

• Aug 18, 2021

• #29

silverfox said:

I’m always intrigued when selling grass to AD is mentioned, as around here they aren’t interested in grass, just maize, beet or Rye

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Most up here will take grass if they get they get to cut it when it suits them.
They won't take a field of mature grass very willingly.

 

New Puritan

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Location

East Sussex

• Aug 18, 2021

• #30

@Steakeater - you're meant to spell "acres" as "acers" on threads like this y'know...

 

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wanton dwarf

Member

• Aug 18, 2021

• #31

Steakeater said:

Hello all,

Hypothetical question here. What would everyone do if they had a 300 acre greenfield site of grade 3 land?

Build a dairy? Go all cereals? Sheep?

Location; Northumberland

Cheers
Steakeater

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Weren't you a high flyer in the City trading last time we spoke to you ?

Did it work out enough to buy your own farm ?

 

Hilly

Member

Location

Scottish Borders.

• Aug 18, 2021

• #32

Best thing you could do is do what you really want to do as that way you will find a way to make it work for yourself , if you end up farming just for £££ you be end up disappointed .

 

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Baling Hay

Member

• Aug 18, 2021

• #33

Ok, bit more info. of ideas I'm thinking as it needs to provide a good full time income for a family:

• Build a basic dairy and milk 300 jersey cows once a day as a flying herd
• Continuous wheat
• Continuous spring barley with cover crops in between
• 180 spring calving suckler cows with calves sold as stores

 

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Baling Hay

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• Aug 18, 2021

• #34

wanton dwarf said:

Weren't you a high flyer in the City trading last time we spoke to you ?

Did it work out enough to buy your own farm ?

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Ha ha, not sure about high flyer.......

Unfortunately, haven't made enough money to buy myself a farm just yet. One day!

 

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br jones

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• Aug 18, 2021

• #35

or sell it ,and live

 

Hilly

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Location

Scottish Borders.

• Aug 18, 2021

• #36

br jones said:

or sell it ,and live

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A few are ! I’ve spoken to two this week , sick as pigs and believe the market has peaked for land , I don’t blame them, I think them selling are wiser them then buying at the moment to be honest and that’s a bits sad .

 

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Old Tup

Member

• Aug 18, 2021

• #37

Bald Rick said:

Pfft. Have you seen nudists?

I once stumbled upon some Germans in the raw on a beach in Mallorca.
Their weenies were very .. er .. weany. And that was just the women


Anyway, the only profitable livestock worth farming are human ones

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Stumbled????

 

Hilly

Member

Location

Scottish Borders.

• Aug 18, 2021

• #38

Old Tup said:

Stumbled????

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He spelt tracked down wrong

 

kiwi pom

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Location

canterbury NZ

• Aug 18, 2021

• #39

Steakeater said:

Ok, bit more info. of ideas I'm thinking as it needs to provide a good full time income for a family:

• Build a basic dairy and milk 300 jersey cows once a day as a flying herd
• Continuous wheat
• Continuous spring barley with cover crops in between
• 180 spring calving suckler cows with calves sold as stores

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How much rent per acre could you get? Would that not be a good income for no effort, top it up doing something else?

 

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Baling Hay

Member

• Aug 18, 2021

• #40

kiwi pom said:

How much rent per acre could you get? Would that not be a good income for no effort, top it up doing something else?

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£130 an acre or so I guess. Renting out not really an option.