^^^^^ I told um. Did you hear that, I f**king told um.
There are two of us here on 200 acres through harvest and drilling. This autumn we have managed to complete the planned autumn drilling of half the farm with literally minutes to spare, often driving out the field as the heavens opened. We haven’t missed an opportunity. Would we have completed it with one person? No chance.
Which 200ac is better for the local economy?
Would suggest your on a proper hamster wheel if you need to farm at 150 cows per person.Rule of thumb is one man to 100 cows
Would suggest that current returns puts that at 1:150
Would suggest your on a proper hamster wheel if you need to farm at 150 cows per person.
there can be no fun in that.
Staff are going to be our industries biggest problem going forward. Local estate has tractor drivers now asking for more money than the farm manager gets citing anti social working hours as the main reason. What they don’t know yet is that the estate saw this coming and is putting half the land into stewardship thus halving the number of staff they’ve currently got. Men driving tractors at £20/hour doesn’t stack up I’m afraid.I suppose it is about finding a balance so no one is under unnecessary stress. Systems will dictate how that ratio is geared.
3 big issues common to all dairy farms - Staff, Water, Sh!t .......... and not always in that order although we are finding staff is now No 1
Must be doing something wrong then. None of those would rank in my top 10.I suppose it is about finding a balance so no one is under unnecessary stress. Systems will dictate how that ratio is geared.
3 big issues common to all dairy farms - Staff, Water, Sh!t .......... and not always in that order although we are finding staff is now No 1