Isn’t any subsidy fundamentally flawed though. How long do any of them last. Feed in tariffs didn’t last long. It’s what’s popular at the time. Trouble with tree planting is it costs a lot of money to return it to productive land.
That is true quite possibly. The issue is (and I’ve been there, we used to manage several thousand sheep for other estates) you are once again reliant on the whims of the estate owner and their latest manager. I would prefer a share farming / joint venture, at least I’d have something of my own!I think many now are looking for blokes to stamp their mark and move things forwards.
We don't know that he is renting it for 'nowt' he may well be paying on par with the money from the silly scheme , added in that the land is kept farmable and the value that will add to the land in years to come is immeasurable.Hmmm. Lost count of the many threads on here that expect land owners to rent land to roving livestock farmers for nowt. Looks like they will be choosing something that pays better.
Oh well. Tin hat at the ready.........
Not all of them by any stretchI’m sure your right, but will land owners see it that way .
Your just going through the equivalent of a divorce, just got to pick yourself up and start all over again.Very true no doubt. But I think I would struggle being someone’s lackey running a couple thousand mules. Not meant nastily in any way.
We clearly need more actual science to replace some beliefs with fact.
Just read the article AND the comments section.
It’s got to be my fifth in ten years I would think.Your just going through the equivalent of a divorce, just got to pick yourself up and start all over again.
It's called life.It’s got to be my fifth in ten years I would think.
Thank you for your useful and informative words. I understand life, I was just highlighting a recent and topical phenomena in farming. But yea, thanks for the heads up ......It's called life.
All started going wrong when a farm became a fashion accessory.Just read the article AND the comments section.
To me. It brings home the levels of ignorance, or possibly, misunderstanding in sections of urban man, about the countryside and the rural economy...
And a way to avoid tax. Rich people get told to buy farms by their wealth manager. Now they are told not to farm it also.All started going wrong when a farm became a fashion accessory.
And no need to be rude either. Have a browse through the " How much to rent land threads ? " on here.Did I say nowt? No need to be a knob jockey. This has nothing to do with the price of land, it is about shafting people in favour of ill thought through Instagram friendly nonsense.
And no need to be rude either. Have a browse through the " How much to rent land threads ? " on here.
Invariably they end with the idea that livestock farmers should pay f**k all rent. Looks like re wilding could pay better.
What goes around, comes around.
At least it's not his "killer cattle", or whatever they were...The home farm of one of the “radical rewilding” advisors now here, one of the ones telling them how animal ag is bad and in particular sheep View attachment 1009605
What time line have you got to clear or is it all still subject to the rewild getting the green light , will you be able to lamb the ewes down ?Read this today, accurate and very apt. Lost my main block of ground Monday, in favour of rewilding by a London based Hobby land owner.
Don’t take offence...... you just made a pointless comment looking for a rise, got one and didn’t like it. I fully accept your point about land value and following the money. But this is a much more far reaching worry, further reaching than my irritation at my life being destroyed. This is a massive con which is all about self promotion and image. One which is going to damage the rural culture and community.OK. I'm out.
I'm sorry you've lost your block of land.