Money, no object.

[Greythundercloudys]

There was a guy a few miles from me, sold this farm for building, they have built on most of it, a school the lot, he moved through to Dundee way, some told me he was living the farming dream, what would you guys do if that happened to you.

 

[Limcrazy]

Wouldn't go to Dundee anyway. He mustn't have liked sunshine.

 

[Clive]

I bet most farmers would just spend it on more farming!

I would travel more and spend more time with my kids I think while they are still young, I would not retire but I would employ more people to do a lot of the stuff I have to leaving me to only do what I want to!

I wouldn't move house but would maybe buy somewhere in a nice hot country to spend winters, I would shoot more, own a few more cars, maybe a helicopter and other pointless trinkets that apparently make us happy

 

[ARW]

Concrete the yard, service the lawn mower, wash pickup

 

[Wooly]

what would you guys do if that happened to you.

I would give it all to charity and prey for World peace !!?








............... or perhaps not

 

[MrNoo]

Buy a decent farm (1,000 ac) with some decent soil instead of the rubbish we have here, get someone else to do all the work as getting too old to do it all and then with inordinate amount of spare time on my hands, go to every ploughing match I could, would also be able to host matches which would be nice.
But the rest I would spend outside of agg

 

[7610 super q]

Carry on farming till it's all gone.

 

[Henarar]

I don't think it would be a good idea to sell the farm for building

 

[HarryB97]

Buy more land that bourders ours, more sheds, more concrete and invest the rest in non farming activities and goods so farming then becomes a very enjoyable and easy activity subsidised by these investments. The majority of farmers I no complain about not making money then spend all the building money on more farming and are just in a bigger mess than before by the time they finish!

 

[David.]

I think it would be nice to dig a few wells in a third world county, or something like that. Would take some thinking about. Takes a LOT of money for it to be no object.
I think I wouldn't be buying work to remain a cog in a hamster wheel; if the farm cannot sustain itself, it is not worth your time.
Go and spend the summer sitting on a tractor for somebody else, and not have the 24/7/365 responsibility of being a one man band...
Then a nice place with a warm winter climate, and about 4 acres of lake perhaps.
Make sure there is a farm in case any of the grandchildren want it one day..

 

[Henarar]

Buy more land that bourders ours, more sheds, more concrete and invest the rest in non farming activities and goods so farming then becomes a very enjoyable and easy activity subsidised by these investments. The majority of farmers I no complain about not making money then spend all the building money on more farming and are just in a bigger mess than before by the time they finish!

there wouldn't be any land that boarders yours cos you would have sold it

 

[D14]

I know a chap who had some money come in and he put it into 450 acres of extra land and a 250,000 chicken unit ?‍ as well as updating a lot of his equipment. Don't think there is much left now.
Personally I would't invest any building money into any kind of agriculture. There is no long term future of this industry in this country presently whether brexit happens or not.

 

[essexpete]

Asked 20 years ago I would have an immediate answer. Not sure now.

 

[icanshootwell]

Ring the bank and ask them how much interest there going to pay me. ?

 

[neilo]

I was told about someone that had just sold a nice chunk for £6m (in his bank). He spent a weekend scrabbling round on a trailer of straw, to get the roof sheets off a building he’d sold for £3k, and was actively looking for the tractor he’d always wanted, a tidy MF390.

 

[DrWazzock]

Set up some kind of organisation to help people reconnect with agriculture, grow and sell more local produce, get more people on the land, rebuild rural communities etc. I already have contacts in further education who want to roll this out, but the question is how to do it without losing control of my own business and land etc, which I am very wary of. So i would keep farming here as I am, as I am an independent bloke, but would invest in land and a farm that could be run on communal lines and splinter off starter businesses. Would it work. Don't know, but it would be an interesting experiment.

 

[chipchap]

Asked 20 years ago I would have an immediate answer. Not sure now.

Older and wiser now?

 

[DrWazzock]

I certainly wouldn't buy any more land for my own use. It's hard enough work dealing with the bit we have. Hard work, high costs, considerable risk and low returns.

 

[Old Boar]

Fast men, slow horses and suckler cows.


Dont know about next year though...

 

[rob1]

we get pestered by developers all the time, but Im just not interested, I like it here, have lots of things still to do and I know very well that sometimes money brings more unhappiness than happiness.

However if I won the euro millions I would spend it on fast women and skiing then waste the rest