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    Situation Vacant Herd person vacancy

    Exciting opportunity to join a small team as a herd person on a modern 200 cow Autumn calving farm situated near Caernarfon in North West Wales. Duties include milking, feeding, young stock rearing, tractor driving and general farm work. Must have a full driving license. Good knowledge and...
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    Something for the winter

    If your in a livestock area, and not in a nvz, umbilical slurry spreading? The guys doing that round here seem to work 7days a week most of the winter. Keep 2 men and tractors busy
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    Something for the winter

    Hedge cutting?
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    Really ?

    Thanks again
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    Really ?

    Thank you
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    Really ?

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    Really ?

    Sorry forage trader, haven’t worked out how to quote your post yet
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    Really ?

    Excuse my ignorance, but wouldn't a land tax only be payable on death or transfer of ownership of said land, and would be a fixed amount, say £200 to £500 pounds an acre? As a one off payment? Would this really bankrupt a viable business??
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    Really ?

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    Really ?

    Our farm is also mostly owned, curtesy of my father and grandfather, only rent a few acres close by from a friend. I do hope that Labour or any other party will not implement such a tax, but the way things are going at the moment in parliament, nothing would surprise me. But to get back to...
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    Really ?

    I do hope you’re right, as I run a medium sized dairy farm, but I rather doubt it unfortunately. To be fair, size is relative, we run 200 ish dairy cattle and 220ish replacements and store cattle today, what would you’ve classed that size enterprise 40 yrs ago?
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    Really ?

    Hi, fairly new to the forum, personally I think farm rationalisation is only going one way, and brexit will be the catalyst that puts it in to overdrive. We will competing on a global stage with no subs to hide behind. Farms will either expand rapidly, or the risk averse will just sit on assets...
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