Hilly
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It would when the pig muck spreading beganWouldn’t glamping involve interacting with people?
It would when the pig muck spreading beganWouldn’t glamping involve interacting with people?
120 acres winter wheat
60 acres winter barley
60 acres OSR
60 acres spring beans
swap barley straw for muck with a neighbour
Contractor for combining
180hp tractor
3m Claydon
3m Horsch fx
8m rolls
24m mounted sprayer, liquid fert
15t grain cart
Grain storage ? Means of loading grain ?What do you (hypothetically) want to do with your life?
If you want to borrow a whole heap of money and spend the next 20 years tied to a cow’s tail working it off, then build a dairy.
If you want to work off farm as well, put it down to cereals.
If you want somewhere in between, then sheep & arable.
If you want to p*ss off all the neighbours and write books about eco things, then let it go wild and have a couple of lynx/wolves/beavers escape.
Grain storage ? Means of loading grain ?
I would shorten the rotation with 75 acres of turnips following the barly instead and get on and buy some of these cheap store lambs that are talked about,and split the beans with spring oats120 acres winter wheat
60 acres winter barley
60 acres OSR
60 acres spring beans
swap barley straw for muck with a neighbour
Contractor for combining
180hp tractor
3m Claydon
3m Horsch fx
8m rolls
24m mounted sprayer, liquid fert
15t grain cart
I would shorten the rotation with 75 acres of turnips following the barly instead and get on and buy some of these cheap store lambs that are talked about,and split the beans with spring oats
Think you know very little about the Climate in Northumberland.
Make sure you also visit Chillingham Castle….there a couple of days ago…..far more than just a Castle.Seems to suit these :-
The Chillingham Wild Cattle
Key Characteristics Their behaviour is that of a wild herd with little intervention from man. The various bulls fight amongst themselves to establish a hierarchy for the right to mate. Females are fiercely protective of their calves. Cattle look like more primitive and angular White Parks. They...www.rbst.org.uk
If you've never heard of them a bit of research or a visit will blow your mind with regards to all you have been taught about genetics....
Don't let the family connections to Dominic Cummings put you off the guided tour.
????Prawn cock??
180 s/cows , thought you mentioned "a good full time income for the family " you won't be seeing much of them then (the family)Ok, bit more info. of ideas I'm thinking as it needs to provide a good full time income for a family:
- Build a basic dairy and milk 300 jersey cows once a day as a flying herd
- Continuous wheat
- Continuous spring barley with cover crops in between
- 180 spring calving suckler cows with calves sold as stores
180 s/cows , thought you mentioned "a good full time income for the family " you won't be seeing much of them then (the family)
@Chae1 can you vouch for it being a part time job180 sucklers is a part time job if the set up is right.....
£130/ac for letting someone else do all the work and having all the stress I did not make anything£130 an acre or so I guess. Renting out not really an option.
I know some farmers whos entire yearly fun comes from their day out at the local county show...no fun in that..........
all makes sense apart from the Vaderstad, why only 8m?50 hp tractor
8m Vaderstad drill
4 x Haybobs
Hi Viz jacket
Lister bale elevator
Pitchfork
Ladder
Trampoline
Swingball set
Cuddly toy
Large box of Tec screws
What a horrendously miserable existenceI know some farmers whos entire yearly fun comes from their day out at the local county show...