Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I don’t know
I don’t work silly hrs although I did leave the house at 4.30 this morning 
it’s the tied ness that gets me can’t do much at all in winter months.
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I don’t work silly hrs although I did leave the house at 4.30 this morning it’s the tied ness that gets me can’t do much at all in winter months.
Those that take them
sherg
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- Location
- shropshire
Very sad job and it should be a lesson to us to enjoy life while we can, you'd of thought he was the last person to of suffered something like thatSorry ald lad but having to do vat at half 2 in the morning is no shape, u sound as though your a very busy bloke having all those sheep & doing 40hrs a week but best of luck to you if that wat floats your boat....... But caution to you I lost a mate last week of a heart attack @ 42 yrs old, he had alot on his plate & worked silly hours...... No feckin good to him now hey.....
livestock 1
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If you had come to the pub with me you would have had to bring your vat with you if you wanted to do it at 2.30!!
No, finished paying for the farm a couple of years ago, run newish machinery, can retire when I want , oh and I run one of those small suckler herds that apparently don't make a profit
A rig can breedI'll start - mine was big enough to fill a pram.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
You were doing your VAT after getting back from the pub?
I'd be scared witless I might miss out on claiming that last penny.
You clearly have more stamina than me and I salute you.Could that visit to the pub have vat reclaimed as a work meeting!?You were doing your VAT after getting back from the pub?
I'd be scared witless I might miss out on claiming that last penny.
Tbf though if you want something in life you have to work your guts out at some point to get it. Athletes push themselves to the point of collapse and train before and after work etc and they dont get told theres more to life. I know plenty of couples who work fulltime but have 300-400 ewes and just take holiday for lambing etc. Depends what you want out of life. Farmers shouldnt be doing it to produce cheap food but its good if their trying to save for something and have an end goal.
That might be pushing it, did claim taking the misses on holiday though.Could that visit to the pub have vat reclaimed as a work meeting!?
No, had 3 hours asleep on the sofa.You were doing your VAT after getting back from the pub?
I'd be scared witless I might miss out on claiming that last penny.
- Location
- Northumberland
Its a serious question.Who will pay compensation in the event of another F@M outbreak with a full slaughter policy?
It's finding the right balance in your life and trying to know when your over doing it.
I would say push hard in your 20s & early 30s to get house / land but have plan to slow down by 40 & have some years enjoying what you've achieved.
- Location
- Cheshire
- Location
- Cheshire
Too be honest, if I had a full time job outside of farming the last thing I’d want was any number of livestock. 10/15 suckler cows and a bull would probably be my limit. they take up every single second if you let them. But it’s what you’re happy with! It’s our lives, we only get one shot so make it a happy one!
Although my happiness is being tested this morning by the black cow that managed too get her water trough off the wall overnight and has flooded 3 calving pens.
- Location
- West Wales
It’s things like that that can ruin a day productivity wiseToo be honest, if I had a full time job outside of farming the last thing I’d want was any number of livestock. 10/15 suckler cows and a bull would probably be my limit. they take up every single second if you let them. But it’s what you’re happy with! It’s our lives, we only get one shot so make it a happy one!
Although my happiness is being tested this morning by the black cow that managed too get her water trough off the wall overnight and has flooded 3 calving pens.
I lifted a 1000m run of triple strand last week on a road boundary so a fencing contractor can fence it. He phoned this morning saying the conrods have gone through the top of the engine on his telehandler on the post knocker
Gonna have to put the wire back up next week to put ewes back in thereThere was a sign up at sandysike last Tuesday, maybe confirmed now?
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Aye it'll be Bird Flu.
Family friend is the manager for Castletown Estate (right down on the Solway Firth on the Carlisle side), they said the last month or so the place has been polluted with dead birds
Sounds like a question for Boris to me...... He`d no doubt be a really good guy if he was your accountant when it came to "business" expenses... (well the daft lying bu**er must surely have something he could do right...!)Could that visit to the pub have vat reclaimed as a work meeting!?
Greythundercloudys
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Hoggs alot better at lanark today, more bidding than last week, 43kg beltex 148.