Might be a good buy. My sister bought a 2 bed semi in Egham for £450k and sold it 4 years later for £600k
Only improvements were a garden fence and a parking spot!
The world has gone mad.
I see nothing wrong with it.
If anything I think it should be encouraged and shared in a positive way as a chance to reconnect people with their food.
I shot coyotes, beavers and bears in Canada for reasons such as protecting livestock, estate management and pleasure...
A few guys have them around. @GTB rest his soul had a fair number of them pretty high up. It’s a bigger problem selling them than running them it would appear.
I myself am considering setting up a new flock of shedders on rented ground and am not put off by their shedding attributes
I’m running 200 ewes and selling about 300 lambs and keeping a few for replacements. Total lamb sales don’t pay even 80% of the mortgage without adding my COP to the equation.
Only been here a year and when the pasture is improved I will be able to carry more but this is the lot of a new...
Area payments lead to a large part of budget ending up in the wrong hands (1/3 of payment ends up in the hands of the retired in Spain for example). These subsidy mechanisms cause market distortion which affect trading with the rest of the world.
It’s very slow to reform and is incredibly...
Good article. If only we could condense this to something that could have real virality prospects so that the message could be shared and understood as easily as all that peta, Monbiot and vegan nonsense
What really got me recently was finding out a basic spec VW golf was £2k cheaper to buy in Canada.
And seemingly products meant for lamb production (software, scales etc) was the same price or cheaper than here. Even though some of it is made here!
The poor availability of land and the ridiculously high rent and purchase prices in my area are part of my flexibility with regards to moving in the future. Of course that could change in the not too distant future
You are right but for my current situation I would be better off rearing calves for others, dabbling in a bit of sheep and contracting until I’m ready for the next property. Decent margin with small capital outlay leaving the servicing of debt controllable whilst building some equity but if I...
It’s a very interesting thread that I’ve been following closely. I agree that it has been unduly negative.
I have been considering doing the same thing on my small farm (68 acres) but the investment for me would be a waste as my plan would be to move to a bigger place in the next 10years...
200ewes plus lambs on 68 acres of old permanent pasture. All limed, p and k improved with fibrophos within the last 12 months. 15 years of grazing licenses and mowing so it was in a bad way. I’ve got a reseeding plan but I’m just looking to allow the grass to get ahead right now
Sorry to butt in but I’m hoping one of you great minds can help me. After turning the sheep out to grass earlier than I would like to (poor planning) I can’t seem to get ahead and everything is getting overgrazed. At the moment I’m moving one big mob everyday but I only have 7 paddocks so I get...
Been seeing a lot of scent gland infections. A little hole opens up above the foot on the leg and fills with puss. Vet doesn’t seem to know much about it but it’s the only lameness I’ve had in anything since last September. Have a look next time. The suggestion was AB and spray after squeezing...
It’s only a matter of time until we’re ‘found out’ and that high labour units to livestock units doesn’t equal higher welfare either. British farming seems to need a major psychological overhaul that will hopefully become a reality in the not too distant future
I remember vividly going to my first and only HM meeting and being told how my boss was going to turn the power of the sun into two weeks holiday with the wife and kids and replace the farm truck. Think it was a bit too much for my little brain as an introduction
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