- Location
- Fife
Anything involving people is fraught with problems.
I picked the wrong landlord last year, and it cost me £50k+.
Life after cows
- Thread starter glow worm
- Start date
Anything involving people is fraught with problems.
I picked the wrong landlord last year, and it cost me £50k+.
ColinV6
Member
Well I’m also happily married for 8 years so that’s not what I was getting at really.. I’m just saying there’s most definitely life away from the farm.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Why not get a youngster in now, train them but let them have a go too? Then leave it all to them?
Cows 'n grass
Member
- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
Youngish.
Living with a 3 and 5 year old and spending my days making poo and fart jokes helps to keep you feeling young.
BELOWAVERAGE
Member
Now that depends on your outlook, I'd say he was most definitely still a boy.
- Location
- Fife
Aye but you're an old barsteward who won't leave the parlour to till they carry him out feet first.
- Location
- Northumberland
They seem quite good,and largely under the radar. Did they buy the Newton Rigg dairy as well ? If not,its a pity.
- Location
- Northumberland
I stopped milking 17 years ago,and have never really adjusted. Not a day goes by that i miss them and milking,the life discipline they bring,and obviously the milk cheque/cash flow. I would go back in tomorrow if i could get a milk buyer. The only benefit i had was spending much more time with my two kids,as had them later in life. Just got sucklers and sheep now,but still regard myself as semi retired for these last 17 years.
BELOWAVERAGE
Member
Truer words were never spoken.
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Princess Pooper
Member
- Location
- East Mids
No, that was sold separately https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/19525491.new-buyer-found-college-site/.
ECT have always owned land (and have a fair commercial urban portfolio as well) and the rentals fund their charitable arm, which used to give quite a range of grants to a range of causes, but broadly to promote / support education linked to the arts or rural life / environment. They have had a recent change of focus and the arts bit seems to be less important to the current Trustees.
- Location
- Warwickshire
In some respects I have found it more of a tie without the cows than when we had them. Admittedly we have a bit of free time on Sunday afternoons and don’t have to clock watch so much but work still has to be done. When we had the cows we had a rota and relief Milker and knew which weekend we would be off, which days we were on mornings or afternoons. Now nobody works for us so we haven’t got quite the freedom to do other things as we still have livestock.
Whitewalker
Member
My mate moved from milk to sheep, he still has a dairy routine in his head , still never takes time off but quit to get away from the tie of dairy. 
It’s all mindset if you ask me and priorities.
It’s all mindset if you ask me and priorities.
dinderleat
Member
- Location
- Wells
It’s quite simple everyone has a choice you can milk cows and have a life. There are 24 hrs in a day, managed to get back to playing cricket this year.
dinderleat
Member
- Location
- Wells
It’s the taking part that countsHow did that go?
did manage a 98no- Location
- Bay of Plenty NZ
It still happens and is a good progression for young farmers to get on the farming ladder and end up owning their own farm, not as easy as it once was but still possible.
Hanspree
Member
- Location
- Lancashire
Resurrecting this thread as getting into bit situation, maybe not the best place to post, but I have read the Dairy farm for sale thread and there is some scary thoughts from people on there.
We are getting to a stage where wondering what to do, own 170 acre, rent 100acre, rear our own youngstock, milking 150 cows through 3 robots and just me and the misses both 46 and 2 young kids of 11 and 7.
Both my parents have passed away in the last 4 years so it is just the 4 of us trying to run a farm and spend time with the kids to have a life.
While everything on the farm is going well we are working hard to do it and are at breaking point as I have a family to look after and bring up as well.
So many people are telling me to pack in milking and slow down and get a life before something gives, your only here once.
The scary thing is this is all i've done and its worrying thinking about finding another job out there.
Do we rear hfrs?
Rent the farm out?
Or do we sell the farm buy a nice house and enjoy life?
Other than ring Samaritans any thoughts??? thanks
We are getting to a stage where wondering what to do, own 170 acre, rent 100acre, rear our own youngstock, milking 150 cows through 3 robots and just me and the misses both 46 and 2 young kids of 11 and 7.
Both my parents have passed away in the last 4 years so it is just the 4 of us trying to run a farm and spend time with the kids to have a life.
While everything on the farm is going well we are working hard to do it and are at breaking point as I have a family to look after and bring up as well.
So many people are telling me to pack in milking and slow down and get a life before something gives, your only here once.
The scary thing is this is all i've done and its worrying thinking about finding another job out there.
Do we rear hfrs?
Rent the farm out?
Or do we sell the farm buy a nice house and enjoy life?
Other than ring Samaritans any thoughts??? thanks
170 acres, 150 cows flying herd. 3 robots. Job done. I bet you spend as much time on ys as you do cows, @pappuller is 3 bots and 150 cows flying. He seems to have time to think
Is there not enough money in the job to employ a bit of help?