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Why won’t Brits pick vegetables for £30 an hour?
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<blockquote data-quote="DrWazzock" data-source="post: 7798800" data-attributes="member: 2119"><p>I finished in industry when I was 35 and returned to full time farming as the old folks were retiring or doing less. One of the things I reintroduced was small scale potato production and continued with it for 10 years or so. I actually found it one of the more enjoyable and profitable parts of the business. It was 30 tons of roadside bagged sale per annum off just over an acre of land. No other acre on the farm was anything like as profitable. We picked the potatoes behind a hoover and spent the winter grading and selling them. Grading maybe for a day a week then it was semi self service sales. We only stopped when the old folks passed away or left the site. It needed 24/7 presence to attend to the sales/replenish the stall, make sure we werent being robbed etc. Wasn't particularly arduous just needed somebody to be here in the yard. I always regretted selling the kit but couldn't realistically carry on with it on my own and have no kids so that was that. But for a taste of real soil to customer production all under your all control it was actually very satisfying. I even built a small scale washing and drying line which produced a quality washed, dried and bagged potato. You just don't get that buzz of direct retail sale with grain and other commodities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrWazzock, post: 7798800, member: 2119"] I finished in industry when I was 35 and returned to full time farming as the old folks were retiring or doing less. One of the things I reintroduced was small scale potato production and continued with it for 10 years or so. I actually found it one of the more enjoyable and profitable parts of the business. It was 30 tons of roadside bagged sale per annum off just over an acre of land. No other acre on the farm was anything like as profitable. We picked the potatoes behind a hoover and spent the winter grading and selling them. Grading maybe for a day a week then it was semi self service sales. We only stopped when the old folks passed away or left the site. It needed 24/7 presence to attend to the sales/replenish the stall, make sure we werent being robbed etc. Wasn't particularly arduous just needed somebody to be here in the yard. I always regretted selling the kit but couldn't realistically carry on with it on my own and have no kids so that was that. But for a taste of real soil to customer production all under your all control it was actually very satisfying. I even built a small scale washing and drying line which produced a quality washed, dried and bagged potato. You just don't get that buzz of direct retail sale with grain and other commodities. [/QUOTE]
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