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share farming

  • 02-10-2012 10:56AM
    #1
    farmboy84
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭


    do any of ye think that share farming or share milking can work in ireland ?:rolleyes:


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  • #2
    kevthegaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,084 ✭✭✭kevthegaff


    farmboy84 wrote: »
    do any of ye think that share farming or share milking can work in ireland ?:rolleyes:
    do you mean sharing tractors and jobs rather than a parthship?, if its sharing machinery, the farmers have to respect the machinery be quite similar in how they use them(not bleggard them). i duno about shared milking. one herd is enough for me:)


  • #3
    maidhc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,816 ✭✭✭maidhc


    http://www.teagasc.ie/advisory/share_farming/

    I think it has scope in tillage, particularly to moderate the boom-or-bust nature of conacre and to spread the risk & reward to the landowner and "farmer".


  • #4
    rs8
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    in a dairy id reckon you would need to be milking 170 cows at least


  • #5
    Tipp Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    maidhc wrote: »
    http://www.teagasc.ie/advisory/share_farming/

    I think it has scope in tillage, particularly to moderate the boom-or-bust nature of conacre and to spread the risk & reward to the landowner and "farmer".

    I agree - I think it has potential in tillage

    Not sure about cows unless you are talking a large herd - and then a large herd divided in 2 is little if any better off than a smaller herd not divided


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