Hi everyone,
I am looking to start a farm, but unsure exactly where to start and what help is available.
I am 39 years old, I have a mortgaged house and run a small courier company.
All I have ever wanted to do was farming as that is what everyone in my family does apart from my parents who chose different career paths, and when I left school and wanted to go into farming they talked me out of it and also got my family to talk me out of it.
All my grandparents have now passed away and at 39 it’s really made me evaluate what I want to do with the rest of my life, and farming is still where my heart lies, it’s what I grew up with and what I’m most interested in.
I realise that getting a big farm and having big tractors and milking like 200 cows is not realistic, I’m willing to start small and I’m well aware of the hard work involved in good weather and also bad weather, working weekends and at night, I’m well aware of all this, I am a grafter and was born for this, I feel I have wasted so many years not following through with my dream of being a farmer
Can anyone give me some advice where to start, tips, point me in the right direction?
I am looking to start a farm, but unsure exactly where to start and what help is available.
I am 39 years old, I have a mortgaged house and run a small courier company.
All I have ever wanted to do was farming as that is what everyone in my family does apart from my parents who chose different career paths, and when I left school and wanted to go into farming they talked me out of it and also got my family to talk me out of it.
All my grandparents have now passed away and at 39 it’s really made me evaluate what I want to do with the rest of my life, and farming is still where my heart lies, it’s what I grew up with and what I’m most interested in.
I realise that getting a big farm and having big tractors and milking like 200 cows is not realistic, I’m willing to start small and I’m well aware of the hard work involved in good weather and also bad weather, working weekends and at night, I’m well aware of all this, I am a grafter and was born for this, I feel I have wasted so many years not following through with my dream of being a farmer
Can anyone give me some advice where to start, tips, point me in the right direction?