Renting a Small holding

Hunter456

thinking of renting a small holding to rear a few cattle for resale or meat product and maybe later progress into rearing more cattle, now here goes i have a little bit of agriculture knowledge i know its not enough but farming is in my blood threw my grandfathers and other relatives, i know if i gave it a try i would do well in it and most likely succeed to some degree and working for my families future and maybe when my kids get older it will secure a job for them that thought drives me more and more towards agriculture. i'm not currently working atm but don't take me up the wrong way i'm not looking for a easy cash flow or way out,i understand in no way is farming easy. i'm wondering if i went to my local enterprise/financial institution looking for some kind of grant would they except agriculture business as a valid reason for awarding me a grant for getting me on my feet. what ye recommend i do for a young lad starting out, how would i go about renting a holding.

AP2014

Hunter456 wrote: »

thinking of renting a small holding to rear a few cattle for resale or meat product and maybe later progress into rearing more cattle, now here goes i have a little bit of agriculture knowledge i know its not enough but farming is in my blood threw my grandfathers and other relatives, i know if i gave it a try i would do well in it and most likely succeed to some degree and working for my families future and maybe when my kids get older it will secure a job for them that thought drives me more and more towards agriculture. i'm not currently working atm but don't take me up the wrong way i'm not looking for a easy cash flow or way out,i understand in no way is farming easy. i'm wondering if i went to my local enterprise/financial institution looking for some kind of grant would they except agriculture business as a valid reason for awarding me a grant for getting me on my feet. what ye recommend i do for a young lad starting out, how would i go about renting a holding.

No offence but this just a dream/fantasy. If you have around a 100k to start out maybe just maybe it could be something you could do with a full time job.
Since you are unemployed at the moment I presume you don't have this money. The economy is picking up, hopefully you secure a job and can revisit this idea in a few years. Best of luck with it.

Jimlh86

Unfortunately AP is right, I'm lucky we have a bit of land enough for a hobby nothing more! You could do what I do, drool over the farms in the country section of the IFJ every week!

But maybe we just don't have the balls to take a risk!! Don't give up on the dream!!

simonhm

Yeah you'd need a few pound for a start

Hunter456

hopefully one day my dream will come true i'm still young though the economy is starting to pick up so I've being knocking on doors and sending out C.Vs

ABlur

I see an article on today's Country Living section of the Farmers Journal on this subject. The family seem to have taken on an allotment as a first step. I note the man still has full time employment as a paramedic.

simonhm

Is that the fitzgeralds