tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614181022647296825.post9193778947934271068..comments2022-04-28T14:34:20.969+01:00Comments on The Farming Ladder - Can we build it? Yes we can!: Wiltshires without the Horn ....Michael Blanche .... blesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13199716771316641493noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614181022647296825.post-44898762337019887892010-07-25T19:38:23.518+01:002010-07-25T19:38:23.518+01:00Well Michael, I don't know what your conclusio...Well Michael, I don't know what your conclusions will be after your holiday---sorry -thats study tour-But ive been thinking about this new entrant stuff and from my own experience i reckon the following;<br />1) You have to really want to get to your goal<br />2) You have to be adaptable,f'r instance if you want to be a sheep farmer and the only viable way is to go into share milking first then you have to do it <br />3) Don't listen to the 'experts'--they only know from their experience NOT yours and by what they have read (and you can read everything they can)<br />4) It's never too late to start on this 'ladder' but the sooner you start then the easier it will be to reach those goals<br /><br />Classic mistakes i have made----i broke all the rules above and spent the first 15 years after institutionalised 'education' (ha,ha) being an itinerant traveler, when if it had been more important (it wasn't) i could have made huge inroads towards the dream of being a farmer <br /><br />So i guess the number one rule for me would be don't whinge about the odds being against you just get out there and get on with it <br /><br />I am sure that's of no help at all to anyone starting out with a farming dream as it most probably seems such a daunting prospect but if you want to farm and you keep at it with a clear rational head then one day you will wake up and be suprised to find yourself there<br />Being a landowner in the Uk may be a different matter and my advice on that count is bloody revolution but thats another story comrade----julesandtimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870861233271477511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614181022647296825.post-58963550478864955112010-07-23T09:44:02.709+01:002010-07-23T09:44:02.709+01:00Holy moly---3 followers, don't let it go to yo...Holy moly---3 followers, don't let it go to your head!julesandtimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870861233271477511noreply@blogger.com