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<blockquote data-quote="egbert" data-source="post: 7420162" data-attributes="member: 9965"><p>I'm not sure that my cattle are 'unproductive', and it's certainly not true that I don't feed them.</p><p>1300-1500 round bales a year go somewhere, and annual hard feed would be circa 25 tonnes, inc what goes in the sheep.</p><p>Losses?</p><p>Yup, I get them....thought we all did.</p><p>I could certainly 'do better', and more, but try to find the balance.</p><p></p><p>Where does the money go? It's always going somewhere, that's for sure.</p><p>I've got miles and miles of boundaries, both stone walls and fences...one enclosure alone is several miles around.</p><p>Juggling how to manage the decline of viability in miles of stone walls in a national park is a matter of some debate.</p><p>I've shouldered extensive liabilities pre-dating my succession.</p><p>The ditches draining wet patches are a good point. A 'good' farmer would have put a machine in, moved the rocks, and replaced/mechanised all the hand dug ditches. I barely touched the concept, and subsequently have places that excite various moss huggers. some of them have cheque books in hand..... </p><p></p><p>I'm getting near the end of my career now, and I suppose the final judge will be how i leave the place, and how much I've 'taken out'.</p><p>So far, I consider it's in better shape than it was, and meantime I've taken a fair reward out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="egbert, post: 7420162, member: 9965"] I'm not sure that my cattle are 'unproductive', and it's certainly not true that I don't feed them. 1300-1500 round bales a year go somewhere, and annual hard feed would be circa 25 tonnes, inc what goes in the sheep. Losses? Yup, I get them....thought we all did. I could certainly 'do better', and more, but try to find the balance. Where does the money go? It's always going somewhere, that's for sure. I've got miles and miles of boundaries, both stone walls and fences...one enclosure alone is several miles around. Juggling how to manage the decline of viability in miles of stone walls in a national park is a matter of some debate. I've shouldered extensive liabilities pre-dating my succession. The ditches draining wet patches are a good point. A 'good' farmer would have put a machine in, moved the rocks, and replaced/mechanised all the hand dug ditches. I barely touched the concept, and subsequently have places that excite various moss huggers. some of them have cheque books in hand..... I'm getting near the end of my career now, and I suppose the final judge will be how i leave the place, and how much I've 'taken out'. So far, I consider it's in better shape than it was, and meantime I've taken a fair reward out. [/QUOTE]
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