Working hours.
- Thread starter DairyGrazing
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- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
it needs to be as long as you feel it needs to be everyone has different ideas of what they want out of the job, mine is to know I can put food on the table enjoy what I'm doing be able to afford the nice things in life and not be running round like a silly bugger 18 hrs aday.
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
50 hours would be nice
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
38hrs and 28 days paid holiday would be better!!!!!
Oh sorry thats only for lazy people
Is that what you're achieving now or is that an aim?
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
I don't know what hours I'm doing, more than 50 for sure, maybe manage 50 when cow's go out
multi power
Member
- Location
- pembrokeshire
Too boring38hrs and 28 days paid holiday would be better!!!!!
Oh sorry thats only for lazy people
I'll come back to this later when I'm able to
What is being counted as working hours here? All householders are required to carry out maintenance of their property and land and vehicles whether that's a tiny box with a forecourt and an old banger or a private mansion with a few acres of garden and a few cars. That is generally carried out outside of their salaried 39 hour week. Same applies to the paperwork. As it does with any self employed person. Farming (unless as an employee), is a lifestyle choice and having the benefit of acres of land at your disposal comes at a high maintenance and time cost.
Counting every hour of property maintenance and paperwork as working hours would mean most people outside of farming also work excessive hours.
One issue with farming seems to be the split shift aspect. Having free time between tasks tends to be used for the maintenance and so gets counted as the working day.
Counting every hour of property maintenance and paperwork as working hours would mean most people outside of farming also work excessive hours.
One issue with farming seems to be the split shift aspect. Having free time between tasks tends to be used for the maintenance and so gets counted as the working day.
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Oh on the contrary, now on my hols. New York New York.
Baling Hay
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Also don't forget about commuting! I used to spend 3 hours per day commuting to work and about 10 hours at work, left the house just before 6am and didn't get back till after 7pm most nights. I would much rather be working than stuck in traffic!
Baling Hay
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Do you think sodawheat would be a good supplement for grazing cows?
holywell farmer
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- Location
- holywell, north wales
Must be hell if get a lot of cows calving night time specially 1am bet that mess sleep pattern up
Kingofgrass
Member
No not to bad it's only a rare when that happens,unfortunately now in this game you just Gota do the extreme to make a decent profit! I love it had other jobs and this is the most rewarding!
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
do you have a significant other and how do you have time to spend your decent profit?
Kingofgrass
Member
Yeah quiet simple give her job on the farm too She worked for that big co op that you either love or hate She couldn't stand the bad management and them wasting farmers money
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
not sure if I could do the same. I wouldn't be able to live up to my forum name !
Kingofgrass
Member
Lol fair play depends what u want in life do u just wanna just tick over?build the business for the next generation? Or sell the lot and go wild [emoji23] or try and keep family tradition of passing the farm over as using it as a tool to make a living etc
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
well to be fair I don't think I am ticking over its just that I d rather my stock did the majority of the work my contractor does the next biggest chunk and we wander around doing the rest. simples.
holywell farmer
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- Location
- holywell, north wales
My uncle farm come winter work done 6pm sometimes later though