Recent content by LastoftheSummer

Hi, Obviously this can depend on a lot of things, but could someone give me a rough idea of the start up costs when starting up with sheep and also the start up costs of setting up with dairy and beef. And also what the maintenance costs per year are per sheep or cow. Again, I appreciate it...

i'm not sure i follow? i havent read this in one specific place its just the general impression i get. obviously i could be massively wrong

interesting. thats opened my eyes really as it always seemed that most small farmers were only just breaking even, and i always wondered where all the extra cash came from to actually cover living expenses. but as it seems the business covers a lot of these expenses, in theory the farmer...

ahh okay. I've heard and read about farmers only making small profits and id wondered how they actually manage to pay rent and bills etc but knowing that rent is already included in profit figures that makes much more sense now. thank you

Hi, Not a farmer but do take an interest if farming activities...thought I'd ask you guys a question that I don't know answer to. If a farmer rents a farmhouse with some land for crops, sheep, cows etc does the rent class as a business expense and get included in their business overheads, or...