Tack price per head

[Derrick Hughes]

I could let mine 10 times over but I have one man who's been with me for Donkeys years - I charge him a lump sum for the whole farm which I'm not disclosing to anyone
If he did leave which he won't i would expect to get 75p
I would say that a good honest reliable nice chap is more important that the last penny extracted

 

[Further a field]

Personally, it sounds more than feasible - I'd jump at it, cheap quality feed and a possible sharefarming relationship for the future!?

If you can get something going that benefits both parties, the sums work out, you know what to do

I m hoping it may lead to long term arrangement in some form ..its a bit of an expansion on my part....I m already wondering how I m going to round them up!!

 

[Kiwi Pete]

I m hoping it may lead to long term arrangement in some form ..its a bit of an expansion on my part....I m already wondering how I m going to round them up!!

If you move them often enough, they will practically follow you onto a bus.

I had our lot trained in a month, from ⅔ of them never having seen an electric fence, to staying behind a single wire; don't need dogs or flappy bags or bikes if you actually shepherd and feed them properly (which of course is good for the pasture and stock)

if you run them well the first year then you could even approach them with a JV proposal in the future, generally things work out a whole lot better if everyone has a vested interest in performance rather than it being "that guy's job" if you see what I mean?
We are doing a JV hogget lambing this year on our place, so it's the same but different.
For half the lambs at weaning I want to 'do them' as well as possible, and it's worth a cheaper grazing rate to encourage a good working relationship we reckon.

 

[Happy]

30p would be ridiculously cheap up here if it's good grazing but supply and demand in your area will make a big difference.

Very.
i was getting 65p/hd/wk for 5 month winter keep 20 years ago and first two months of that was spent on stubbles.

 

[Still Farming]

Stubble turnips be lot more.

 

[beltextexel]

Someone asked me £150 an acre for turnips the other day. Needless to say I declined the offer.