100 reasons why you wouldn't want to be a farmer.

[Yale]

All this talk of new entrant schemes blah,blah.

Should it be pointed out that a lot of the time the grass is not greener on this side before they ruin their chances to have a career with great opportunities.

These days it seems farmers are just slaves to supermarkets and banks.

If you are a sheep farmer,I'll start it off by having to lamb ewes with lambs which have died inside then putrified.

Generally it's a horrid process with a smell which clings to you and makes your stomach wretch.

 

[stuart]

No body will even make you a brew now

 

[nick...]

The money is rubbish for all the knowledge and skills you bring to the job
Nick...

 

[multi power]

apart from red tape i cant think of any

 

[Jon 3085]

Sometimes Working on your own is not great!

 

[nick...]

I work alone all the time.its amazing what i manage at times
Nick...

 

[rc mx110]

Sometimes Working on your own is not great!

I can manage just fine by my self most of the time

 

[exmoor dave]

the red tape
environmentalists

 

[rob1]

It cant be that bad plenty of us still do it when we could sell up and do nothing for life

 

[DrDunc]

The pub is too far away / full of townies / closed down.

 

[GenuineRisk]

Threat or reality of TB and the sheer frustration of being unable to deal with the source legally, efficiently and humanely.....

Oh, and having such as Bryan May and Richard Branson spouting off from their Ivory Towers..

 

[joe soapy]

It cant be that bad plenty of us still do it when we could sell up and do nothing for life

Looking around here i think a lot have taken that action. Only about a quarter the active farmers locally now

 

[roscoe erf]

other farmers

 

[Flossie]

Vegans

 

[Flossie]

George Monbiot

 

[roscoe erf]

badger huggers

 

[smcapstick]

Manure
Bale wrap
Silage juice
Rough tracks + tractors [+ moobs]

 

[Old Boar]

The general public knowing nothing about farming or agriculture, but feeling free to make derogatory comments, with full tummys.

 

[lim x]

You planned a day/evening out - something goes wrong and your either late or don't go at all.

Manure
Bale wrap
Silage juice
Rough tracks + tractors [+ moobs]

You got MOOBS

 

[lazy farmer]

it can be a very lonely existence especially if its not going well.

chris