Thanks, I will pass it on. He is a single guy in his mid twenties, worked in Mid Canterbury, desperate to get his own farm, most of us have been there!
Know what you mean about moving to rural areas, we moved to Kurow when the kids were in primary school. The people welcomed us with open arms...
I find your comments repulsive and an insult to the families of these people.
I await with interest your book on bringing up children and young adults, it will be a best seller. The title should be " There but for the Grace of God go I.
That seems a very broad brush approach to farming and subsidies. I am sure there are UK farmer's who are keen to make a go of it without government intervention. My thoughts are that it should be the right support in the right place at the right time.
We started farming in Pembrokeshire on a "sharemilking" position with a large landowner. It was more a partnership with us owning 50% of the cows and had 50% of the milk cheque. All other stock and income was ours.The whole set up was done with the approval of the tax department so there are...
Don't worry about it, by the time it comes into play half of NZ will be in trees and the rest will be drowning in red tape, unable to produce anything. Socialist utopia!
Have you considered EID tags with auto drafting? I have built two herringbone sheds with this and would not do anything else. A person standing at the front of the pit pulling a rope will stuff cow flow. Also a 180 turn on exit will only make things worse, a straight exit is the ultimate but a...
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