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<blockquote data-quote="kfpben" data-source="post: 3634764" data-attributes="member: 44296"><p>Farming is the perfect mix of challenges; you need to be organised, practical, financially aware, good with people an animals. A bit of a wheeler dealer. A self starter.</p><p></p><p>90% of people you meet are fascinated by what you do. A few years ago I went to a school friends birthday night out who I hadn't seen for years. In a London bar (much to my bewilderment) a small mob gathered to ask questions of me, the farmer. I think people were somehow re-assured that not everyone is a social media facilitator, programmes analyst or assistant PR consultant. By the end of the night I was (drunkenly) discussing the expansion of the Bangladeshi minicab driver's dairy herd, which he hoped to return to when his uncle gave up in a few years.</p><p></p><p>What we do is tangible and real. We are needed. There are many, many jobs out there where frankly if the employee didn't turn up for a month it wouldn't overly matter. If a livestock farmer didn't turn up for a few days everything could be dead.</p><p></p><p>I used to be in a better paid job, Monday- Friday, quite interesting and still in the agricultural sector. It just felt a bit empty though. I missed the physicality of farming. The dirt, the grime, the late nights and early starts. Meetings for meetings sake and a life of service station coffee as my waistline expanded just didn't do it for me.</p><p></p><p>Farming is the best job around. The community is superb. What other industry has an organisation like YFC all over the country, then Growmore clubs, discussion groups, Shows, competitions, skittles etc.? The only other career I was ever interested in was teaching- after a month teaching taster as a student I opted for farming. I just didn't think I could handle all the regulation and rubbish of a 21st century secondary school.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kfpben, post: 3634764, member: 44296"] Farming is the perfect mix of challenges; you need to be organised, practical, financially aware, good with people an animals. A bit of a wheeler dealer. A self starter. 90% of people you meet are fascinated by what you do. A few years ago I went to a school friends birthday night out who I hadn't seen for years. In a London bar (much to my bewilderment) a small mob gathered to ask questions of me, the farmer. I think people were somehow re-assured that not everyone is a social media facilitator, programmes analyst or assistant PR consultant. By the end of the night I was (drunkenly) discussing the expansion of the Bangladeshi minicab driver's dairy herd, which he hoped to return to when his uncle gave up in a few years. What we do is tangible and real. We are needed. There are many, many jobs out there where frankly if the employee didn't turn up for a month it wouldn't overly matter. If a livestock farmer didn't turn up for a few days everything could be dead. I used to be in a better paid job, Monday- Friday, quite interesting and still in the agricultural sector. It just felt a bit empty though. I missed the physicality of farming. The dirt, the grime, the late nights and early starts. Meetings for meetings sake and a life of service station coffee as my waistline expanded just didn't do it for me. Farming is the best job around. The community is superb. What other industry has an organisation like YFC all over the country, then Growmore clubs, discussion groups, Shows, competitions, skittles etc.? The only other career I was ever interested in was teaching- after a month teaching taster as a student I opted for farming. I just didn't think I could handle all the regulation and rubbish of a 21st century secondary school. [/QUOTE]
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