Following on from the fed up faming post

[Gedd]

How many of us have sons daughters or family coming into the buisness to carry on do you own your farm and how old are you im 57 own my farm son and daughter with good jobs outside farming and wont be coming to take over

 

[SilliamWhale]

If mine want to farm they have to bring another income stream as well with them.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

How many of us have sons daughters or family coming into the buisness to carry on do you own your farm and how old are you im 57 own my farm son and daughter with good jobs outside farming and wont be coming to take over

My dad lived and worked for his childrens future ,which gave me a better life . But i wish he had not . If i could turn the clock back i would want him to enjoy life more spend more time with mum and not work so damned hard

 

[M-J-G]

How many of us have sons daughters or family coming into the buisness to carry on do you own your farm and how old are you im 57 own my farm son and daughter with good jobs outside farming and wont be coming to take over

Are you wondering what your options are?

 

[Gedd]

Are you wondering what your options are?

Not really still enjoy it daughter would like to live back here at some point with her family and rent it out will probably happen but son lives in USA so will probably have to cash some to give him a share when I decide enough is enough not going to go on forever lot I want to see and do just not ready to call it a day yet

 

[BRBX]

I knew a chap in farming , sons went in different directions and he packed up .
When his grandsons showed an interest in farming it made him very sad that he'd let it go.
I wonder in these circumstances it may be better to adopt a New Zealand system in letting a young person get a start share farming while providing income for the older generation and maintaing the asset for the next if they want it .

 

[ridger]

I'm thinking that my setup will do my day, and it's there for my sons, and it will be kept in fairly good shape. But I need a job as well, so they will have to work too.

 

[Pond digger]

My dad lived and worked for his childrens future ,which gave me a better life . But i wish he had not . If i could turn the clock back i would want him to enjoy life more spend more time with mum and not work so damned hard

I suspect he did what he wanted to do.

 

[ridger]

I suspect he did what he wanted to do.

I'm getting the yard built up at the minute, taking all I can earn but it will be there for the future.

 

[som farmer]

why shouldn't farms be part time ?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I suspect he did what he wanted to do.

So i would like to jump on my pushbike ride off into the sunset never to return . Sod everyone else

 

[Johnnyboxer]

why shouldn't farms be part time ?

That's the Euro model - Claas have a special farmer's shift so they can be employed at the factory

 

[Shughie McFee]

why shouldn't farms be part time ?

why should they ? if producing food is going to be an undervalued hobby, then f**k it, what's the point ? and is keeping livestock a part time job from the point of view of animal welfare ?

 

[applejack]

Don't forget your phone Derek, we want to know where you are!
Happy New Year!

 

[yin ewe]

I'd like some of my children to take over and I'm trying to get it to a level where it would be sustainable for one of them. At the same time if they aren't interested I won't be upset. Wouldn't like to see it sold in my lifetime as perhaps there may be grandchildren interested even though children aren't.

 

[Sandpit Farm]

I think it is particularly difficult in dairy as you need to know early on what family plans are. The level of investment needed on many dairy farms is high over a period of time so you need to plan it carefully over at least 20 or so years. You see it so often when dairy farms have terrible facilities all because family keep their options open and then when the son or daughter realise they do want to head home, the level of investment required is too high for banks to justify based on what the business can support with its current performance. Lots of good dairy farms of the 90s have ended up as fairly average beef/sheep farms in the 2010s because of this.

 

[unlacedgecko]

why should they ? if producing food is going to be an undervalued hobby, then fudge it, what's the point ? and is keeping livestock a part time job from the point of view of animal welfare ?

You live with your stock 24hrs a day?

2hrs check the stock and sort any problems, then off to work for 8hrs. Still leaves 14hrs a day for sleep and everything else.

 

[yin ewe]

I think it is particularly difficult in dairy as you need to know early on what family plans are. The level of investment needed on many dairy farms is high over a period of time so you need to plan it carefully over at least 20 or so years. You see it so often when dairy farms have terrible facilities all because family keep their options open and then when the son or daughter realise they do want to head home, the level of investment required is too high for banks to justify based on what the business can support with its current performance. Lots of good dairy farms of the 90s have ended up as fairly average beef/sheep farms in the 2010s because of this.

Also if the facilities are run down it can turn the children away from farming because dad spends all his time milking cows and scraping passages.

 

[Shebb90]

You live with your stock 24hrs a day?

2hrs check the stock and sort any problems, then off to work for 8hrs. Still leaves 14hrs a day for sleep and everything else.

Depends on size of your farming business. If your farming only takes two hours a day is it really worth it?

 

[David.]

why shouldn't farms be part time ?

I have some difficulty with being expected to provide the raw materials for the food industry at or below COP, then to have to go out to work on the side to earn my keep. Surprised anyone would think that was alright tbh.
That sits alongside sending your wife out to work because the LL puts the rent up.