How many of you will be farming in ten years?

kiwi pom

Member
Location
canterbury NZ
For most of my life I've been told there's no money in farming and if things don't change quickly there will have to be drastic changes. The B word seems to have lifted concern even higher and there's a thread on here about whether the 'sub' (not sure what its called these days) has been paid into your bank yet.
So what are these drastic changes? How many of you think you will sell up and get a job elsewhere and what would that job be? For the renters/tenants out there who actually thinks they will give up/walk away, buy a house in town and work"9 to 5"?
Or is it just a case of doing things different, staying on the farm but reducing stock, selling or renting out bits of ground, barn conversions, part time job etc?
How do you see your lifestyle changing in the next decade?
 

Spud

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
YO62
Hope to be still here in 10yrs! Doing what we do best, but doing it better.
Risk management currently on my radar.
Not all opportunity is good opportunity.
Not all threat is bad.
Big believer in following my gut.
Time will tell I suppose, but land will always get farmed somehow!
 

kiwi pom

Member
Location
canterbury NZ
Hopefully I can stop driving trucks and smash on with stock full time. I may get well ahead of myself and even dare to dream of running my own stock within the next decade.

Despite all the talk of doom and gloom there does seem to be the usual high number of non farmers keen to get in(y)
I notice the Dairy farming thread is usually more positive than Agricultural Matters.
Still plenty of new tractor /pickup threads too.
Just trying to get a handle on what 'drastic changes' actually means.
 

unlacedgecko

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Fife
Despite all the talk of doom and gloom there does seem to be the usual high number of non farmers keen to get in(y)
I notice the Dairy farming thread is usually more positive than Agricultural Matters.
Still plenty of new tractor /pickup threads too.
Just trying to get a handle on what 'drastic changes' actually means.

I’m reading lots of stuff on low cost farming.

I’ve already got lots of electric fencing and some portable water troughs. Really all I need is some stock and secure land.


Tbh I’m beginning to think my future is going to be more dairy based. Possibly herdsman for a couple of years, then work my way to share milker while running some sheep to build capital. But who knows?
 
Will still be here. Be just a case of adapting. Think the farming business will definitely change. Whether it turns us into dog and stick men with extensive stock only growing enough arable to fulfil my own requirements. And farming as cheaply as possible. Could be farming for the environment. Or going at it like hell pushing every acre hard maximising the return.
It'll all depend on circumstances at the time and whether the next generation are keen or not
 

DRC

Member
In ten years I’ll be coming up 67 all being well. Don’t think I’ll be looking for another job, so will make the best of what we’ve got, which might involve the whole farm in some environmental agreement or contract farming arrangement. Who knows .
I already grow maize and other crops for other farms and AD plants, which might increase as they get inevitably bigger .
Best thing we did was to encourage and invest in our children’s education , so they are independent of the farm. Both still involved in agriculture though . I think it’d be tough on a tenanted farm of this size to accommodate the son or daughter wanting to come home.
If needed, I reckon me and Mrs SF could farm for another ten years without spending much on machinery etc as we are pretty well tacked up and can live a lot cheaper now children have flown the nest.
Our health will be the biggest deciding factor .
 

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