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Starting a farm from nothing... I mean nothing
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<blockquote data-quote="Sandpit Farm" data-source="post: 5120228" data-attributes="member: 1646"><p>Assuming you can find a home for all of the litter and slurry, you can fit a 1000-sow+ indoor unit on 10 acres. The land would need to be licensed... this means you'd really need to buy a going concern. You'd be talking several £million. The farm would need to be mortgaged and therefore written off over 25-40 years.</p><p></p><p>It is a little different to what [USER=29586]@Greenbeast[/USER] is talking about. They are adding value and producing for a niche market. They can only exist by adding this value and ... of course... not everybody can do it otherwise there is no point of differentiation. It puts a lot of pressure on marketing and staying relevant. That is the only way you can exist on a small acreage and I think it would be unfair to draw a comparison between this system and a more mainstream system. It is certainly farming but only reflective of a small percentage of the industry. ([USER=29586]@Greenbeast[/USER] ... absolutely not taking anything away from what you are doing).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sandpit Farm, post: 5120228, member: 1646"] Assuming you can find a home for all of the litter and slurry, you can fit a 1000-sow+ indoor unit on 10 acres. The land would need to be licensed... this means you'd really need to buy a going concern. You'd be talking several £million. The farm would need to be mortgaged and therefore written off over 25-40 years. It is a little different to what [USER=29586]@Greenbeast[/USER] is talking about. They are adding value and producing for a niche market. They can only exist by adding this value and ... of course... not everybody can do it otherwise there is no point of differentiation. It puts a lot of pressure on marketing and staying relevant. That is the only way you can exist on a small acreage and I think it would be unfair to draw a comparison between this system and a more mainstream system. It is certainly farming but only reflective of a small percentage of the industry. ([USER=29586]@Greenbeast[/USER] ... absolutely not taking anything away from what you are doing). [/QUOTE]
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