Your advice please.

juice1304

Whats the best way to get into farming? I'm 20 and an early school leaver . When I was younger I would spend the summers on my godfathers farm and since then I've always wanted to work on a farm but i don't know where to start. i live in north county Dublin. any info and advice you may have would be a great help.
Cheers
Sam

blue5000

inherit one or better still get one as a gift

Belongamick

Keep an eye in the local papers or put an add in the paper yourself - I can't say what the rewards will be like but if your at a loose end and the weather is fairly good.. what the heck. It could be a window to a job doing something else or at a minimum you would lean some new stuff. Worked on a farm for three months (as well as having our own) learned a bit about building, block laying, sheep handling, fencing (proper way), tractor driving etc.

whelan1

ask lost covey he knows everything

pajero12

whelan1 wrote: »

ask lost covey he knows everything

Yay..Someone else on my side:D

charityboy

whelan1 wrote: »

ask lost covey he knows everything

that not great info for the question that was asked

charityboy

if there is a local frs in your area would be worth contacting good way to get to know farmers in the area gives you a view of the different types of farmer ,the first few farms are usually places where none of the expierenced frs men/women will not go back to,worth doing for a while real eyeopener its gets better with time

juice1304

Thanks lads
Cheers
Sam

John_F

make money and travel countries such as new zealand, australia and america where there isnt as much of a tie to land and people can start off farming much easier