- Location
- South Wales UK
Golden "good by" ???
OLD FARMERS
- Thread starter forblue
- Start date
- Location
- Ceredigion
Need too be higher than Golden for 50 years of hard Labour , per acre x 50 = Bingo !!
- Location
- North Norfolk
Had a couple of brilliant, super applicants but wives will not relocate to Norfolk
This so called idea was put forward by George Eustice environment secretary with suggestion that the old boy's be paid a lump sum [taxed of course] and this would encourage diversity [ more industrial units] none will be happy until every inch [25mm] is built on in this country thank god i remember when we had small fields, hedges, ditches and could walk miles without seeing a house or even a person, yes they were hard times but happy ones......
- Location
- Hereford
About 6 years ago I went along to a next gen thing with a buying group. Jane king was editor at the farmers weekly at the time and was doing a load of stuff about their being no young people in farming . I half jokingly told her ‘this is good, that means I can have all the land and money’ (I know this isn’t how it works). It did not go down very well, she looked majorly unimpressed with me!
- Location
- Limousin/Charentes toad land
Farming families often cover a wide age range - from nine to ninety. But the older generation tend to fill in the forms, and thus give the wrong impression that the farming population is aging.
But there used to be an ''Out-goers' Scheme'', and there is probably some justification for resurrecting it, if only for the one-man bands who are well past being physically and mentally capable of farming on their own, but who need help to retire. And whose wives also deserve a bit of retirement.
But its a free world, so who has the right actively to discriminate on age.
But there used to be an ''Out-goers' Scheme'', and there is probably some justification for resurrecting it, if only for the one-man bands who are well past being physically and mentally capable of farming on their own, but who need help to retire. And whose wives also deserve a bit of retirement.
But its a free world, so who has the right actively to discriminate on age.
icanshootwell
Member
- Location
- Ross-on-wye
Its called the gravy train.
- Location
- Welshman living in Nottinghamshire
We already relied to that...you can't find it?? You can't even remember...??? Yeah, you're old!!
Thats because the old boys are the ones that have forgotten to cancel their FW sub and are keeping it going. I don't know many farmers in their 20s who will pay that cover price to be sold at.
GeorgeK
Member
- Location
- Leicestershire
Giving up farming is a huge change because it's not just a job. It's a way of life, identity, world-view, home, hobby and more. It shapes every aspect of our lives. We are farmers so who would we be and what would we do without a farm to haunt?
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Mad. Quality of life would be great. If the wives have too strong a family tie in their home area I could almost see that as legitimate but to dismiss "Norfolk" is a pretty sweeping statement. Several places , as you know , are like Chelsea on Sea anyway (I don' mean Hemsby of course)
michael N123
Member
I’ll just farm 100000 acre by myself
BUT - you also need young farm workers.
I hear that a lot but most retired farmers I know very quickly relax from it and realise just how much a slog it was for little reward.
- Location
- south norfolk
@GeorgeK is correct, but having retired from a tenanted farm two years ago I want to assure people that there is a future away from farming. In my situation I had an off farm job for 20 years, which I still have (albeit part time these days) which made the transition easier. Don,t forget farmers are highly skilled in so many things so if you need an income there will be people willing to hire you.
As a tenant it was also easier as there wasn't the emotional attachment to the farm that a 2,3,4 generation farmer would have. A few comments from neighbours always make me smile, one was really concerned "what are you going to do" he had no conception that there could be life away from a farm. Another ( 2nd generation freeholder said " I am so pleased you are leaving the farm, because when I decide to do the same I won't be the first in the area" !!!!
Honestly after 35 years of running a fairly sucessful sheep farm (would always be profitable with out any direct payment and was never supported by the off farm work) we have not missed it at all and have filled the time with lots of new activities and made new friends.
If any readers feel trapped on the farm by all those things mentioned in the quote, start by talking to your family members, you may be surprised by their response. We are only here once so make sure you make the best of your time and enjoy life.
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
I spend quite a lot of time in it already !