200 acre sheep venture

[Razor8]

Sounds like you need to be careful you don’t end up burning yourself out

Have you a partner or young family to consider?

Is the rent under the €200 mark? If your renting ground at even €100 an acre and stocking it at 4 ewes an acre that’s €25 a ewe. You need to be on top of your game and profits would be very marginal.
You can’t afford abortions, infertility in a ram etc

 

[hally]

You are fortunate your current laird's are keen to keep you on...


Most instances locally here, if the place is run down you get it cheap... you do a bit of investment in the ground, start to sort it out and see a lift in production the laird, or his bloody agent, come wanting huge rent increases or at worst let it to someone else from under your feet

Same around here

 

[Walterp]

surely you mean he will have to buy the flock ?

No.

It was set up so that our son already owns some sheep, so that he can either cash in or take it up as he chooses when the time comes.

It's an idea that has worked well, at least for us.

 

[irish dom]

Sounds like you need to be careful you don’t end up burning yourself out

Have you a partner or young family to consider?

Is the rent under the €200 mark? If your renting ground at even €100 an acre and stocking it at 4 ewes an acre that’s €25 a ewe. You need to be on top of your game and profits would be very marginal.
You can’t afford abortions, infertility in a ram etc

Had a toxo storm 2 years ago. 120 aborted out of 350. Hard going paying rent and keeping things going. I see your point but I would rather work hard for my own farm rather than working for everyone else. Plan is to cut back on less profitable far away work and build on more profitable larger customers. Due to get married in 18 months or so and she is very understanding and has patience of a saint so I am lucky in that regard. She will probably leave me now I said that!!!!

 

[Razor8]

I was running 450 ewes 3 years ago and working full time as well. It was very tough with young children running around 3 different farms I was renting. I ended up scaling back to 200, reseeding all home ground & getting as much out of it

 

[irish dom]

I was running 450 ewes 3 years ago and working full time as well. It was very tough with young children running around 3 different farms I was renting. I ended up scaling back to 200, reseeding all home ground & getting as much out of it

Then there's men got gave all their land and are killed out full time slobbering with a few. Some of them spend 6 months lambing 100 ewes.

 

[holywell farmer]

I have been asked if I would be interested in a local estate to lease. I am currently grazing it for the winter off previous tenant who is cutting back. Good land and more importantly completely ring fenced recently. I currently run 400 ewes on other leased blocks after starting with nothing 5 years ago. I have a contracting business that keeps the wheels on.
I am 30 years old and keen to farm in a substantial way. My question is how would people suggest is the best way to stock 200 acres of land coming on stream this spring? I was thinking ewes and lambs. Kill all dodgy ewes at end of summer and replace with good ewe lambs. Then run maternal team of rams until I get what I want in my flock. Suggestions please

Go for it ,, and enjoy

 

[Sheep92]

Go for it dom, its a once in a lifetime opportunity in our little country

 

[Bones]

Go for it dom, its a once in a lifetime opportunity in our little country

You're going to need all the lambs yous can get after brexit,

 

[irish dom]

You're going to need all the lambs yous can get after brexit,

Need them as it is. Looks like the lorries are gonna keep flowing south according to Mrs. May just in case they would get too dear down here. Factories might have to pay fairly otherwise

 

[Bones]

Need them as it is. Looks like the lorries are gonna keep flowing south according to Mrs. May just in case they would get too dear down here. Factories might have to pay fairly otherwise

Pity,, think of all the money I could of made at smuggling,