bull sh!tthe amount of acres nedded might be more to do with wheather you have a high maintenince wife or not
bull sh!tthe amount of acres nedded might be more to do with wheather you have a high maintenince wife or not
this is only when you don't set up a family budget, or is it that the family budget is running the farm , which would bring us to another point , what is the av farm budget in your country , the other french farmer here would back me when i say farm family is better set up in france than in other country's ,the amount of acres nedded might be more to do with wheather you have a high maintenince wife or not
The problem with a small farm is in my experience the small turnover, many are theoretically profitable and you could / can take a basic living wage from them but get a year or so of weather like we have had or an unforeseen expensive machinery repair and things quickly get tight!
We do ok but with a variety of supplementary incomes, livery, teach at an ag college etc.
John do you not as a small farmer who obviously loves your farm not want to see wild life as well as good crops . Surely giving a bit of space for birds etc would enhance the farm
a big farm in Ireland or France is a small in the UK
Couldn't get post to work earlier, wanted to say- I have googled farm size and its telling me the UK average is 54 Hc. and the French average is 56 Hc, that was a surprise as all you here about is the UKs big efficient units. Probably shows just how many family farms are out there
it comes down to what makes you happy and what you want out of life
a small farm is a rod for your own back it will never pay its own way only another income will keep it going,where as if you can get to x size the economy of scale comes in to play.
oh your the hobby farmerto be fair, i dont class the farm as a buisness, i see it as more of a hobby, always have. Its just a hobby what makes me a bit of money.
a small farm is a rod for your own back it will never pay its own way only another income will keep it going,where as if you can get to x size the economy of scale comes in to play.
not if you look at eastern block farmseconomy of scale is a myth
economy of scale is a myth