Getting work on farms.

crhoidu

I posted here a few days ago, inquiring about how an 18 year old with no family farm, what's the best way to go about getting into it.

One huge problem I have found is that its literally impossible to get actual, genuine work on farms. I have experience on nearly all farm enterprises.

At this point, I have been down to dozens of farm yards, made loads of phone calls and send loads of emails. Phone calls and emails never usually work, so I tried going down to farm yards to catch someone to talk to.

They always take my phone number and name and never call me back!

What on earth am I doing wrong? Is there just no work anymore?

Jb1989

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058406282/getting-work-on-farms

How do u get a farmers email. It's a pointless way of contact for a farmer

crhoidu

Big farms with marketing? Potato farms, tillage farms usually. Sometimes contractors but they arent technically "farmers". What a silly rebutal

148multi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058406282/getting-work-on-farms

WWhat part of the country are you in, what type of experience exactly do you have and most importantly what type of farming do you want to do

Mo Ghile Mear

What about the farm relief services? As far as I can see they’re often short of people. Especially this time of year with silage, holiday season, etc coming up. .

Deeec

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058406282/getting-work-on-farms

Do you want just a summer job?

sandman30

Do you live in a rural area? Do you play any sport/member of any clubs? Letting people you know, such as teammates, know you're looking for work, might open a few doors.

Also you need to bear in mind that hiring someone with no experience often uses more time than it saves for the first few weeks, so you need to make the experience as easy as possible for the farmer.

Instead of calling to a farmer looking for work, ask if he needs any sheds powerwashed or weeds spot sprayed, or if he'll need some ragwort pulled. If you get on well with that, it will open other doors.

dowlerswozere

Any dairy farmer I know is crying out for a good young lad who’s hungry for work plenty of experience on any dairy farm. Look up done deal farmers journal local paper