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Hello. Would anyone be willing to share there true costings for keeping a ewe for a year? We are considering putting on a ewe flock and are just working through numbers at the moment to see if it’s a viable enterprise. We are thinking - 500 Blackface ewes/blueface leister rams Lambing...

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What is a average cost per acre for spray contracting? TIA.

How much are people getting charged or charging for self employed tractor drivers. Not just trailer jockeys but a good experienced driver. And how much are people charging/getting charged for a man and a tractor with fuel supplied by farmer? Thanks.

Morning all. Iv been on sertraline for 4 months now. I wasn’t expecting a quick fix but in the last couple weeks iv fairly gotten down again for some reason. I managed a few days away a couple of weeks ago. Was great when I was away but as soon as I returned home I became very low again. I have...

Thinking of becoming a Self employed stock/tractor worker. Iv years of experience. Something iv always wanted to do and thinking of finally taking the plunge. Looking for positives and negatives and just what general thoughts are. Great to hear if anyone else is doing it and how they are getting...

Hanzon jobs. Richard will help you out. Has good farms on his books. You’ll find them on the internet.

Roy. I wish you all the best. There are always people that will give you a ear for you to unload on. All I can say is if you want to unload on someone send me a private message any time. All the best and stay strong.

I no what you mean about hiding depression in the farming community because most don’t understand. Iv not long admitted that iv got depression iv been trying to hide it for months from family and friends and things just spiraled but anyway my family noticed first and when I actually did...

Hi. Iv recently been to see the doctor about depression. It’s been bothering me for a lot of months now but iv been trying to hide it from family and friends as I felt there was a bit of shame behind it to admit that I wasn’t coping. However my wife and family figured things out and got me to...

I can't get more than 6 months out of a pair before they split at the back

tied houses. People for or against. for stock and arable workers.

The boss is talking about grouping all the beef cows together running them in the summer as one big mob instead of usual groups of 40-50. All bulls will need to be mixed together as well. He hopes to work a rotational grazing system the same as we do with the dairy cows. My worry is that we have...

Wasn't planning to. Any advantage?

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