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@Suffolksucklers expert reversing skills? 👀

Which is.......?

What are 250kg hairy hill sorts of cattle making at the moment?

When you say your KPI, as set by your boss, or as set by you as a personal KPI?

Interesting how the place was overrun with them before the ban....

If you want to get really technical, I'm actually south of the border. But for location purposes, most people don't know who the "SouthFolk" are.

Will either be this summer or next. No rush, would rather find the right bull that ticks the most boxes. I'm east anglia. Can travel to view/collect.

I might be interested in a traditional bull, from lines wit hstrong traits for calving ease, longevity and efficiency.

Thanks 😂 Correct though. South Norfolk.

Yes I was meaning those ones. Do you still have the cows? Is the one that has gone back to Uist a bull for breeding, or a heifer?

Due to cutting our own herd back to only breeding stock, we will have cattle grazing for up to 150 head of suckler cows or around 300 head of youngstock. Can only offer it for this year, at the moment. Open to discussing options on what stock we take and how we charge e.g. per head/day or...

I can't claim subsidies. Landlords claim all the sub, I get cheap rent. Unless I have misunderstood something? Any grazing would be on a yearly grazing licence, as most is around here, unless you own it, which makes it almost impossible to claim subs.

Only one image came to mind when I read that 🤦‍♂️ Seriously though, if it was an option I could get back to you? If you had any specifics in mind of how it would work, I'm all ears!!

Not sure if they would lend it to me, I've only been mucking about with farming as an overgrown hobby until now, so don't have a business history behind me as such.

So to resurrect this thread - on a year to year basis, this opportunity stacks up well and would be a profitable enterprise. Where I'm stuck is the bit that others have pointed out would be a challenge, and what I kind of knew already - cashflow/repaying capital. So the owner of the farm has...