Where to buy a farm abroad with opportunities to actually farm

[kiwi pom]

Trying to project where UK ag will be in 10-15 yrs is the tricky bit.
Should I stay or should I go.?

I think that's the same with every country

 

[Little Karoo]

I keep looking and currently am drawn toward South America Chile, Argentina and Brazil. but where else should I be looking?
And who has actually done it and how is it going.
My sister married a Kiwi and has farmed out there for the last 20 years but they no longer have the cheap land and are getting green washed like us

I would move to Romania. Already have a small Factory there with a Partner for my other business.
Lot of EU money going in. Still vast areas of land which has been left .
You could pick up an old "Collective " ( ex Soviet term for large Farms)
Excellent standard of living and most young people speak English. Anyway lots of UK TV !
Lots of opportunities and crime rate extremely low.

 

[Welderloon]

Honest, your 'onour it is hemp.

The local 'hand's' supplementing their wages with a bit of Cartel work while sending 'agricultural' products to Europe in your good name

 

[Devil's advocate]

I've heard that, I know a Rhodesian family who moved there after Mugabe took over and met the son again in the Army here. He's spent nearly all his life there, yet is pretty objective and doesn't play down the real problems there; but, on balance, he reckons the positives outweigh the negatives five to one.

For him the great advantage is the 'freedom' - and I can really appreciate that, having felt the same in Zim before its collapse. The greatest drawback is, unsurprisingly, that most of the locals aren't as 'efficient' as you get in other places.

Strange thing, there are a fairly large number of people of Japanese descent there - by an odd coincidence at one time we both had Japanese girlfriends here in the UK, mine from Japan itself, his from Bolivia. Funny old world...

Did Hugh Grant shag them?

 

[Danllan]

Did Hugh Grant shag them?

Not mine for sure, no idea about the other one.

 

[Danllan]

I would move to Romania. Already have a small Factory there with a Partner for my other business.
Lot of EU money going in. Still vast areas of land which has been left .
You could pick up an old "Collective " ( ex Soviet term for large Farms)
Excellent standard of living and most young people speak English. Anyway lots of UK TV !
Lots of opportunities and crime rate extremely low.

It's a major Romanian export...

 

[Devil's advocate]

I'd like to go to
Lowland Lincolnshire
Up land Yorkshire
Herefordshire for good soils & not far from Welsh sheep
Aberdeen for the swede growing soils
A strawberry growing business in Kent
A caulie growing operation in Coastal Cornwall
South West coastal Lancashire for the brassica growing soils.
Somerset lowland to have a dairy herd
Most parts of this country for the SFI grants.
A chain of Hotels near Dover
I like the UK.

 

[czechmate]

I'd like to go to
Lowland Lincolnshire
Up land Yorkshire
Herefordshire for good soils & not far from Welsh sheep
Aberdeen for the swede growing soils
A strawberry growing business in Kent
A caulie growing operation in Coastal Cornwall
South West coastal Lancashire for the brassica growing soils.
Somerset lowland to have a dairy herd
Most parts of this country for the SFI grants.
A chain of Hotels near Dover
I like the UK.

Barnsley doesn’t play much of a part

 

[Devil's advocate]

Barnsley doesn’t play much of a part

Any where but Barnsley in the UK.

Seriously I'm in quite a good postion asset wise & often wondered about investing everything I have in safe assets renting them out via agents & hitting the road. Doing a working tour of the UK working for a few months on different types of farms. Lambing Jan to April, May June & July on strawberries, August Spetember on grain harvest. October on potatoes & finally November/December on brassica in Lincolnshire. Actually I think I might be better off.

ps Be nice to fit in some drystone walling around expensive houses on the Cotswolds too.

I do most of this stuff at home, but life on the road appeals.

Why do people want to leave the UK?

 

[Montexy]

Over a 30 year period I worked In almost every EU country, USA & Australia & it would be be Australia closely followed by Midwest US for me and I based that on how nice the people are. But ultimately east or west homes best and it's dorset/hampshire for me.

 

[Devil's advocate]

Barnsley doesn’t play much of a part

It does have the most cultured & attractive Women in the country.

 

[kiwi pom]

Any where but Barnsley in the UK.

Seriously I'm in quite a good postion asset wise & often wondered about investing everything I have in safe assets renting them out via agents & hitting the road. Doing a working tour of the UK working for a few months on different types of farms. Lambing Jan to April, May June & July on strawberries, August Spetember on grain harvest. October on potatoes & finally November/December on brassica in Lincolnshire. Actually I think I might be better off.

ps Be nice to fit in some drystone walling around expensive houses on the Cotswolds too.

I do most of this stuff at home, but life on the road appeals.

Why do people want to leave the UK?

I left because I don't like the cold and grey and as a farm worker couldn't really see me earning enough to have a nice house outside of the main towns.

I like your work idea, I'm kind of planning something similar for NZ when the kids are old enough to be left.
Probably get a camper and cruise round, most little towns have a camp site where I could hook the camper up, seasonal work, keep moving

Few years off yet and I'll be getting a bit old by then.

 

[Little Karoo]

I would move to Romania. Already have a small Factory there with a Partner for my other business.
Lot of EU money going in. Still vast areas of land which has been left .
You could pick up an old "Collective " ( ex Soviet term for large Farms)
Excellent standard of living and most young people speak English. Anyway lots of UK TV !
Lots of opportunities and crime rate extremely low.

I left because I don't like the cold and grey and as a farm worker couldn't really see me earning enough to have a nice house outside of the main towns.

I like your work idea, I'm kind of planning something similar for NZ when the kids are old enough to be left.
Probably get a camper and cruise round, most little towns have a camp site where I could hook the camper up, seasonal work, keep moving

Few years off yet and I'll be getting a bit old by then.

Any where but Barnsley in the UK.

Seriously I'm in quite a good postion asset wise & often wondered about investing everything I have in safe assets renting them out via agents & hitting the road. Doing a working tour of the UK working for a few months on different types of farms. Lambing Jan to April, May June & July on strawberries, August Spetember on grain harvest. October on potatoes & finally November/December on brassica in Lincolnshire. Actually I think I might be better off.

ps Be nice to fit in some drystone walling around expensive houses on the Cotswolds too.

I do most of this stuff at home, but life on the road appeals.

Why do people want to leave the UK?

TBH if you don't have children, I would do it. Nearly 1am & we're sitting here trying to balance the books for our little farming enterprise.
I took a year out when I turned 40 & travelled through Scandinavia, Europe and Africa in a nice Motorhome complete with Power shower.
Never regretted it . Came back & bought a small place with a bit of land .
If you're not tied then go for it.
You only live once .
And after 50, life goes very fast!

 

[Little Karoo]

It's a major Romanian export...

If you're talking about crime then that's funny !

 

[Little Karoo]

If you're talking about crime then that's funny !

A few spoil it for the rest. All my colleagues are Romanian both at the business here & of course in Romania. Very honest, hardworking and extremely religious.

 

[Rich_ard]

A few spoil it for the rest. All my colleagues are Romanian both at the business here & of course in Romania. Very honest, hardworking and extremely religious.

Religious for a reason, repenting sins?

 

[nxy]

I think that's the same with every country

I would be prepared to bet that farming in France will be pretty much the same in 10-15 years as it is now.
Other places might change but France has too strong a cultural attachment to food and farming for massive change to happen here.

 

[czechmate]

Any where but Barnsley in the UK.

Seriously I'm in quite a good postion asset wise & often wondered about investing everything I have in safe assets renting them out via agents & hitting the road. Doing a working tour of the UK working for a few months on different types of farms. Lambing Jan to April, May June & July on strawberries, August Spetember on grain harvest. October on potatoes & finally November/December on brassica in Lincolnshire. Actually I think I might be better off.

ps Be nice to fit in some drystone walling around expensive houses on the Cotswolds too.

I do most of this stuff at home, but life on the road appeals.

Why do people want to leave the UK?

Winter days in mid France are an hour longer than mid England is a good place to start for a reason

 

[Kernowkid]

Always liked the look of NZ. Large sheep and beef south island somewhere. YouTube really gives you a proper insight into the reality day to day anywhere.
Over there looks hard going tbh. Farm gate prices much lower maybe even 50% than us and no subs. You’d have to run at least 2 or 3 times the stocking numbers, have no subs and way less opportunity’s for easy diversification because of the lack of people.
Then the lack of people is the main thing that attracts me to it in the 1st place.
Also having a young family it’s surprising how often you rely on someone to help you out, that would be tricky abroad

 

[czechmate]

Always liked the look of NZ. Large sheep and beef south island somewhere. YouTube really gives you a proper insight into the reality day to day anywhere.
Over there looks hard going tbh. Farm gate prices much lower maybe even 50% than us and no subs. You’d have to run at least 2 or 3 times the stocking numbers, have no subs and way less opportunity’s for easy diversification because of the lack of people.
Then the lack of people is the main thing that attracts me to it in the 1st place.
Also having a young family it’s surprising how often you rely on someone to help you out, that would be tricky abroad

We help each other out, out of the UK you know