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<blockquote data-quote="24/7 farming" data-source="post: 7566088" data-attributes="member: 1215"><p>I farm 50ish acres, but also work 5 days a week!, the farm does make a bit of money, but it does not pay the bills!!, by time the books r balanced it might pay for a nice family holiday... if its been a good year! I could farm it more intensely for certain, but it would need to make 10 times what it currently does for a proper living and I can't see how that would be achievable without some serious diversifications... and the associated torture that would go with them!!!</p><p>At the min tho most of what it makes is poured back into the place... drainage, fencing the odd bit of replacement machinery or something, and there is always something!! Its a nice passtime tho!, and at the min it is wiping its own face!</p><p>We have cattle, crops and make our own hay (probably the most profit/acre on the farm!), but hay only works cos we have our own small/old kit and can b ready to roll as soon as a weather window appears, also in this part of the world small bales r becoming a rarity so always seems to be good demand, we don't actually use any hay ourselves because it's not guaranteed, last year we made none as the weather never appeared.</p><p>Have a good think what size tractor u want/need, we have 3 (inherited 2... mf 35 and 148... both still employed tho!), also have 4wd mf398 with loader, mainly bought due to the size and weight of silage bales, 148 can manage dry stuff, nothing else. Saying that wouldn't be without the loader nw either! </p><p>However, the 398 takes little or no part in hay making as it's mostly too big!... can't mow cos we hav a 5.5ft mower and 398 tramps too much, too wide for the baler and sled combo we have (can't get past the previously dropped bales). </p><p>We also only have/use/can justify a little ferguson plough and grubber etc for bits of reseeding we do (tired contractor for that once.. used a 4f reverseable and it was just too big in our 2-3 acre fields, and he pulled out stones (and stone drains) that hadn't been seen for decades!). Again 398 is too big for these jobs with the smaller kit, altho it is boss of the landleveller, roller etc, and savage handy wit bucket on front to gather stones as ye go. A handy day will plough 2 acres with the 2f ferguson tho and its enjoyable (mostly!). So, just remember a bigger tractor will need bigger kit to go behind it!</p><p>Saying all that I love what we have here and have no intention of giving it up!, hell I might even drop to a 4 day week once the house mortgage is cleared!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="24/7 farming, post: 7566088, member: 1215"] I farm 50ish acres, but also work 5 days a week!, the farm does make a bit of money, but it does not pay the bills!!, by time the books r balanced it might pay for a nice family holiday... if its been a good year! I could farm it more intensely for certain, but it would need to make 10 times what it currently does for a proper living and I can't see how that would be achievable without some serious diversifications... and the associated torture that would go with them!!! At the min tho most of what it makes is poured back into the place... drainage, fencing the odd bit of replacement machinery or something, and there is always something!! Its a nice passtime tho!, and at the min it is wiping its own face! We have cattle, crops and make our own hay (probably the most profit/acre on the farm!), but hay only works cos we have our own small/old kit and can b ready to roll as soon as a weather window appears, also in this part of the world small bales r becoming a rarity so always seems to be good demand, we don't actually use any hay ourselves because it's not guaranteed, last year we made none as the weather never appeared. Have a good think what size tractor u want/need, we have 3 (inherited 2... mf 35 and 148... both still employed tho!), also have 4wd mf398 with loader, mainly bought due to the size and weight of silage bales, 148 can manage dry stuff, nothing else. Saying that wouldn't be without the loader nw either! However, the 398 takes little or no part in hay making as it's mostly too big!... can't mow cos we hav a 5.5ft mower and 398 tramps too much, too wide for the baler and sled combo we have (can't get past the previously dropped bales). We also only have/use/can justify a little ferguson plough and grubber etc for bits of reseeding we do (tired contractor for that once.. used a 4f reverseable and it was just too big in our 2-3 acre fields, and he pulled out stones (and stone drains) that hadn't been seen for decades!). Again 398 is too big for these jobs with the smaller kit, altho it is boss of the landleveller, roller etc, and savage handy wit bucket on front to gather stones as ye go. A handy day will plough 2 acres with the 2f ferguson tho and its enjoyable (mostly!). So, just remember a bigger tractor will need bigger kit to go behind it! Saying all that I love what we have here and have no intention of giving it up!, hell I might even drop to a 4 day week once the house mortgage is cleared!! [/QUOTE]
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