£25k to start a livestock enterprise...

Wigeon said:

Be gentle... ignorant arable farmer asking for a friend on this one...

Let's say you had £25k, and wanted to get into livestock.

You have access to low imput permanent pasture (heavy land), and occasionally some rotational leys. You have access to a loader,

You have an old shed, potential access to straw, a creep feeder, and a serviceable ifor stock box, an old ring feeder in the hedge, and a bowser. You also have someone handy with cows on hand.

What would you do?

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Wigeon said:

Be gentle... ignorant arable farmer asking for a friend on this one...

Let's say you had £25k, and wanted to get into livestock.

You have access to low imput permanent pasture (heavy land), and occasionally some rotational leys. You have access to a loader,

You have an old shed, potential access to straw, a creep feeder, and a serviceable ifor stock box, an old ring feeder in the hedge, and a bowser. You also have someone handy with cows on hand.

What would you do?

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Wigeon said:

Be gentle... ignorant arable farmer asking for a friend on this one...

Let's say you had £25k, and wanted to get into livestock.

You have access to low imput permanent pasture (heavy land), and occasionally some rotational leys. You have access to a loader,

You have an old shed, potential access to straw, a creep feeder, and a serviceable ifor stock box, an old ring feeder in the hedge, and a bowser. You also have someone handy with cows on hand.

What would you do?

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Wigeon said:

Be gentle... ignorant arable farmer asking for a friend on this one...

Let's say you had £25k, and wanted to get into livestock.

You have access to low imput permanent pasture (heavy land), and occasionally some rotational leys. You have access to a loader,

You have an old shed, potential access to straw, a creep feeder, and a serviceable ifor stock box, an old ring feeder in the hedge, and a bowser. You also have someone handy with cows on hand.

What would you do?

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Wigeon said:

Ok, lets say my friend has 500ac of PP, which generally has other peoples sheep or sucklers on.

But his wife really really wants some cows of her own.....

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teslacoils said:

Alpaca walking.

Not...even....joking.

Weekends having the public come and pay to walk them and have a cup of tea. Do some kind of "sponsor an alpaca" by direct debit where the "alpaca" sends you a birthday card etc (dont laugh). Do educational / SEN outreach where kids can come groom them etc.

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Wigeon said:

Ok, lets say my friend has 500ac of PP, which generally has other peoples sheep or sucklers on.

But his wife really really wants some cows of her own.....

Click to expand...

Wigeon said:

Be gentle... ignorant arable farmer asking for a friend on this one...

Let's say you had £25k, and wanted to get into livestock.

You have access to low imput permanent pasture (heavy land), and occasionally some rotational leys. You have access to a loader,

You have an old shed, potential access to straw, a creep feeder, and a serviceable ifor stock box, an old ring feeder in the hedge, and a bowser. You also have someone handy with cows on hand.

What would you do?

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Wigeon said:

Ok, lets say my friend has 500ac of PP, which generally has other peoples sheep or sucklers on.

But his wife really really wants some cows of her own.....

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unlacedgecko said:

Forget the cows and run sheep.

If you've cover crop or some other arable type land to winter them you'd run 2,000+ ewes on that amount of PP.

The right kind of genetics will wean 3,000+ lambs with very low inputs. Sell everything (less replacements) store in October and have an income of £200k+.

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Wigeon said:

Ok, lets say my friend has 500ac of PP, which generally has other peoples sheep or sucklers on.

But his wife really really wants some cows of her own.....

Click to expand...