Hello and some advive pls!

Bigbuffalo

hi im a new member and a farmer of the South East, iv read plenty of threads on here before tough!:)
Now 4 da advice needed!
iv got 40 acres of very dry good quality ground along with a couple of hundred acres of hill, about 10mins away i av a 60 acre farm was leased out (v gud quality. previously used for sheep and dry stock), no housing on either farm , now i want to get farming that aswell.
at present i have bout 200 breeding mountain ewes on first farm. i was wondering wat ways u would recommend me to run my farms eg. suckler, all sheep, having heard bout this new dairy equipment aid would it be a good idea... i myself am pretty new to the farming scene so all advice welcome??
Thank you

hedgecutting eddie

Bigbuffalo wrote: »

hi im a new member and a farmer of the South East, iv read plenty of threads on here before tough!:)
Now 4 da advice needed!
iv got 40 acres of very dry good quality ground along with a couple of hundred acres of hill, about 10mins away i av a 60 acre farm was leased out (v gud quality. previously used for sheep and dry stock), no housing on either farm , now i want to get farming that aswell.
at present i have bout 200 breeding mountain ewes on first farm. i was wondering wat ways u would recommend me to run my farms eg. suckler, all sheep, having heard bout this new dairy equipment aid would it be a good idea... i myself am pretty new to the farming scene so all advice welcome??
Thank you

i dont think id go down the dairy route theres talks of been a quota this year and prob will b one next year after everyone expanding .your use to sheep and good money at the moment,as u said the other farm is set up for sheep and u cud buy some store cattle graze with the sheep during the summer and sell on in the autum, cud also make few acres of hay and sell on, dont go speeding heaps of money keep it simple !!!!mayb sow some oats or barely keep de grain for sheep and straw ,sow fodder turnips or fodder rape for wintering the sheep reseedin followin spring get a gud grass farm up and runnin ,old grass 10years plus is just a waste spreadin fert on it , keep costs low and try make some money ,best of luck with it

blue5000

If you want to start into cattle, buy reared heifer calves, hereford, angus or limo cross from a dairy herd, you will have the option of selling them on as yearlings or putting them in calf to start sucklers, or beef them at 18-24 months.

The good land that you have: I'd consider setting out for tillage to give you an income while you build up stock etc. Make it part of the deal that whoever rents it sows grass in it as you need it in the years ahead. Usually round here the owner pays for the grasseed and the tillage farmer does the work.

Bodacious

blue5000 wrote: »

If you want to start into cattle, buy reared heifer calves, hereford, angus or limo cross from a dairy herd, you will have the option of selling them on as yearlings or putting them in calf to start sucklers, or beef them at 18-24 months.

The good land that you have: I'd consider setting out for tillage to give you an income while you build up stock etc. Make it part of the deal that whoever rents it sows grass in it as you need it in the years ahead. Usually round here the owner pays for the grasseed and the tillage farmer does the work.

good solid advice

Bigbuffalo

Thanks so much for yer replys, it gives me knowledge to think about.

hedgecutting eddie wrote: »

i dont think id go down the dairy route theres talks of been a quota this year and prob will b one next year after everyone expanding .your use to sheep and good money at the moment,as u said the other farm is set up for sheep and u cud buy some store cattle graze with the sheep during the summer and sell on in the autum, cud also make few acres of hay and sell on, dont go speeding heaps of money keep it simple !!!!mayb sow some oats or barely keep de grain for sheep and straw ,sow fodder turnips or fodder rape for wintering the sheep reseedin followin spring get a gud grass farm up and runnin ,old grass 10years plus is just a waste spreadin fert on it , keep costs low and try make some money ,best of luck with it

if i was to go down the sheep and store cattle route, what sort of a stocking rate do u think i could have?

funny man

Bigbuffalo wrote: »

hi im a new member and a farmer of the South East, iv read plenty of threads on here before tough!:)
Now 4 da advice needed!
having heard bout this new dairy equipment aid would it be a good idea... i myself am pretty new to the farming scene so all advice welcome??
Thank you

Getting into dairying because there is a grant going is in't a good idea, i think you need to look at all the options, part-time v full-time, what amount of time you can commit to the farm and what type of farming interests you the most. If after all that go with your gut feeling.