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<blockquote data-quote="The Fenster" data-source="post: 5526076" data-attributes="member: 54382"><p>It’s quite a long story how I got the Wales offer , I did a dissertation at school for an additional qualification in which I looked at share farming in the UK, how the New Zealand model can be used in the UK and routes for new entrant farmers ( contracting , tenant farming , etc. ) In doing this report I came across a farmer from Wales who started with 20 heifer calves ( no qualifications , no farming background , no family money ) and is now share milking over 400 cows and has just bought his own farm . He featured as a case study in my report and I also went to stay on his farm , he talked about the potential for an apprenticeship with him which would be fantastic . </p><p></p><p>The report brought me in touch with a number of farmers using the pasture to profit route and this is what I’m really interested in doing myself . Spring block calving cows and milking them on a grass based system ( the New Zealand system ) appears to allow for wealth creation and expansion , there are opportunities for share milking and It is possible for a new entrant to gain farm ownership in the end . </p><p></p><p> It seems that when people are looking for potential partners in share farming agreements experience , equity and character ( willingness to work etc ) are much more highly sought than qualifications . However my thoughts are that if things go wrong with my own business and I fail to raise enough equity to enter a share farming agreement I would like to have a qualification to fall back on to allow me to go into farm management or consultancy as a plan B of C. </p><p></p><p>The challenge is now finding an apprenticeship provider that suits me. I have got some time though , my current plan is to have a gap year before going onto the next level of education , Hopefully spend half the year doing something a bit different and half the year in New Zealand looking more at grass based dairy farming and how they do things out there . I’ve got some contacts out there from my farming trip to NZ this year. </p><p>Thanks for all your help once again and thanks in advance. All advice welcome , kind regards , The Fenster</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Fenster, post: 5526076, member: 54382"] It’s quite a long story how I got the Wales offer , I did a dissertation at school for an additional qualification in which I looked at share farming in the UK, how the New Zealand model can be used in the UK and routes for new entrant farmers ( contracting , tenant farming , etc. ) In doing this report I came across a farmer from Wales who started with 20 heifer calves ( no qualifications , no farming background , no family money ) and is now share milking over 400 cows and has just bought his own farm . He featured as a case study in my report and I also went to stay on his farm , he talked about the potential for an apprenticeship with him which would be fantastic . The report brought me in touch with a number of farmers using the pasture to profit route and this is what I’m really interested in doing myself . Spring block calving cows and milking them on a grass based system ( the New Zealand system ) appears to allow for wealth creation and expansion , there are opportunities for share milking and It is possible for a new entrant to gain farm ownership in the end . It seems that when people are looking for potential partners in share farming agreements experience , equity and character ( willingness to work etc ) are much more highly sought than qualifications . However my thoughts are that if things go wrong with my own business and I fail to raise enough equity to enter a share farming agreement I would like to have a qualification to fall back on to allow me to go into farm management or consultancy as a plan B of C. The challenge is now finding an apprenticeship provider that suits me. I have got some time though , my current plan is to have a gap year before going onto the next level of education , Hopefully spend half the year doing something a bit different and half the year in New Zealand looking more at grass based dairy farming and how they do things out there . I’ve got some contacts out there from my farming trip to NZ this year. Thanks for all your help once again and thanks in advance. All advice welcome , kind regards , The Fenster [/QUOTE]
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