I thought you were the contractor on a lot of the ground you farm?
we are, nothing to stop sub contractIng some operations though, we don’t spread fym / compost or cut hedges ourselves as it doesn’t fit with our other workload at those time, why shouldn’t harvest be considered the same ?
I believe in the USA / A etc use of contract custom cutting crews is not uncommon ? Surely not because those fat s are too small to justify the machinery but more likely Labour led decisions I suspect ?