Good job I describe us as crofters playing at dairy farming because we don’t fit your description of professional dairy boys As for people complaining about a long commute its pretty simple...move closer to your job. Especially anyone who rents. I could probably rent my house out & rent a house in a nearby town for half the money. Financially it would make sense but it would be daft in my eyes.There are some people that work very hard. I can appreciate that farming is often a lot of hours, but it isn't sustainable 365 days a year.
A lot of farms seem to make their own lives very complicated. I used to see this a lot. The professional dairy boys, I'd rock up on farm between 9-10 and the place would be deserted- all in the house having breakfast, sleeping or whatever.
Other farms, running around like flies until lunch time. I think it's hard to recognise how to value your own time but this has been brought into focus more these days because of the acute shortage of labour these days.
There is a happy medium and I do think farming has a lot of offer the average joe but you need to attract them from the web/job centre and away from the rest of the economy. For starters, there is hardly a massively busy commute to a farm, never any parking issues and none of it needs to be strenuous these days really. I knew some farms where all the staff had breakfast either in their own accommodation or in the big house at the farmers table FOC. Free food at work is a big win for many. You're doing well to get a free cup of tea out of the NHS.