If you won €5,000 on the lotto...

Siamsa Sessions

...what would you spend it on?

Not a huge amount of money but something for a little investment

* Stock
* Machinery
* Something in the shed
* Etc.

farawaygrass

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

...what would you spend it on?

Not a huge amount of money but something for a little investment

* Stock
* Machinery
* Something in the shed
* Etc.

5000e Euro worth of lotto tickets for the next draw 😂 ah no, I’d put it towards the yard or bit of a shed. It would be easy spend

Limestone Cowboy

Calving shed.

valtra2

Holiday. And something for the family

GrasstoMilk

Holiday. Let the farm look after itself. Itll swallow every penny you put into it

Still waters

I'd farm away until it's gone

Timmaay

GrasstoMilk wrote: »

Holiday. Let the farm look after itself. Itll swallow every penny you put into it

Ski trip every Yr for next 5yrs, sorted.

Bazzer007

Put it towards buying that skid steer I always wanted or buy a few Fleckvieh in calf heifers to see what the breed is like.

It definitely wouldn’t be spend on anything for the farm.

Save a good chunk into the house deposit account and spend the rest on myself and family.

whelan2

Simon Billions Apparel wrote: »

It definitely wouldn’t be spend on anything for the farm.

Save a good chunk into the house deposit account and spend the rest on myself and family.

Same here, definitely wouldn't be spent on the farm. Need a new shower in the house. Would give 1k to my parents and rest would go on a good holiday

Gillespy

Treat my tractor to four new tyres. No idea what change is left from that if any.

Or 5k worth of calf group hutches to ease some pressure on housing.

Bass Reeves

If I had enough land buy 100-200 good Friesian Calves. Problem is you would need about another 250-300/ head to get them to yearlings. You would manage to rear 20-30 of them to yearlings with 5k in capital

_Brian

Jeez there’s so many silly little things you’d drop €5k on.

I think I’d have to put it to family use, we have a hard and fast rule that no money goes into the farm account, it either stands on its own or **** it, I can’t be spending family money propping it up.

Might put it into a van, still hoping to pick up a van in the autumn to do a camper conversion over the winter. Maybe a pipe dream but a lad has to have one.

Gillespy

I would lie and say it was a €5k voucher for Milwaukee tools.

Bass Reeves

_Brian wrote: »

Jeez there’s so many silly little things you’d drop €5k on.

I think I’d have to put it to family use, we have a hard and fast rule that no money goes into the farm account, it either stands on its own or **** it, I can’t be spending family money propping it up.

Might put it into a van, still hoping to pick up a van in the autumn to do a camper conversion over the winter. Maybe a pipe dream but a lad has to have one.

I think a lot depends on where you are as a farmer in the farm development. If you are at the start up/development stage then you will need to invest to develop the farm.

If you are at a low stock level then extra stock would be the first choice. Looking at the moment calves are a good option if you wanted to expand stock numbers. However a lot depends on what you want to do with them. If you intend finishing them Fr calves are as good an option as any other but will burn money for first 6 weeks, you should be able to find yourself after that.ind you there is a few Bob to be turned on Fr if selling as yearlings at present.

However if the market turns these FR yearlings will drop in price first and hardest. If that happens and again you intend to finish opting to purchase these and sell at 28-30 months is an option.

After stock fencing is a must for any part time farmer and good fences will throw time free and give peace of mind if going away for a few days.

5k has limited spending in a farm setting but it could help set the farm up. As well remember if working farm losses can be written off again income for a few years and this again throw's spare cash for investment

nthclare

Convert my downstairs bathroom into a wet room tiled floor walls and ceiling, a run off drain and a power shower, place to hang wetsuits etc

Snowfire

[/S]Hookers and coke

[[/S]Charity donations

chooseusername

"Part Went for Liquor, Part for Women, Rest Spent Foolishly"
George Raft , I think.

stanflt

It would buy me 1/4 of a new fertiliser spreader

kerryjack

Herself would spend it inside the house and I would spend it on an nice area outside the house maybe a closed in area for a barbecue and enjoy the summer evenings I would say the kids would like a week in Spain. I can garantee one thing not one penny of it would be spent on the farm.

Base price

I'd buy more calves and the cmr to rear them

mahoney_j

Wouldn’t put a cent into farm ,family trip to Orlando

Base price

mahoney_j wrote: »

Wouldn’t put a cent into farm ,family trip to Orlando

Ahh, don't stop believin'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k8craCGpgs

charolais0153

chooseusername wrote: »

"Part Went for Liquor, Part for Women, Rest Spent Foolishly"
George Raft , I think.

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered- George best

kerryjack

charolais0153 wrote: »

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered- George best

Legendary

TheBully

Timmaay wrote: »

Ski trip every Yr for next 5yrs, sorted.

You must be skiing on the Galtees

Grueller

mahoney_j wrote: »

Wouldn’t put a cent into farm ,family trip to Orlando

Only back from it a couple of weeks. Family of 2 + 2 you can forget €5k. Cost us about€12k.

CloughCasey1

Mortgage. By the time you would have the 5k saved actually paid off it would be over 5k. Simples.

mahoney_j

Grueller wrote: »

Only back from it a couple of weeks. Family of 2 + 2 you can forget €5k. Cost us about€12k.

Loads of options for lot less ,air b&b ,watching out for flight sales and offers from parks ,car hire etc .was there for honeymoon over 10 years ago great place

Timmaay

mahoney_j wrote: »

Wouldn’t put a cent into farm ,family trip to Orlando

I've promised the godchild that I'll do the full works in Orlando when he's a teenager, NASA and all that also, it's as much for the big child in me!

Timmaay

TheBully wrote: »

You must be skiing on the Galtees

Absolutely not. French alps for a week, either DIY or with a good tour operator I know. Never spent more than 1200e all in.

kollegeknight

It would just about pay for the flights for a family trip to oz to see the grandparents (OHs parents).

Grueller

mahoney_j wrote: »

Loads of options for lot less ,air b&b ,watching out for flight sales and offers from parks ,car hire etc .was there for honeymoon over 10 years ago great place

Ya we were there over the Xmas holiday period. Most expensive time to go. Hotels were actually cheaper than air b and b believe it or not. The expense only starts after flights and accommodation. We got flights and hotels for 2 + 2 for a 13 nights for under €4k. Tickets were all bought by a florida resident relative so were heavily discounted.
Once in a lifetime trip for kids so we did it all.