| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| dpack |
i need to know where good land is not daft pricestitle says it all8k /acre for land that would take 5 years to make properly productive is not for me i will always be outbid by a fool who wishes to be parted from money im horrified more than shocked sensible suggestions for land for grazing please ,i am not uk exclusive and open to wide thought long term help please |
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| Treacodactyl |
Land I've looked at seems to be cheaper per acre the more you buy so is there any possibility of joining with others to buy a larger area? Sort of a moo-co-op, moocoop?
If you have the finances and can gamble a little, buying more than you need and selling a couple of acres off at an inflated price might help finance things? |
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| alice |
Have you looked up here? And your end product would be 'Orkney beef' which commands a premium. | ||
| dpack |
umm
i like harsh environments but is there enough salad growth to give moos enough for calving and beefing up ? dexters and highlands are tough but with the 30 month rule will orkney grazing support such critters ? tother thing is i dont ever want to "export" so is there a local market for good beef that justifies the effort ? |
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| alice |
I'm not a farmer I'm afraid but google is your friend  I believe the beef here is grass fed in summer. The silage and cereals which they are fed in the winter is grown here which is why Orkney avoided the whole BSE debacle. I've never been as happy to eat beef as I am now - the cows, older calves and new calves are all kept together, it's a pleasure to see them, especially when they first go out in the spring. They race up and down like wild horses and the calves are issued with pogo-sticks
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| dpack |
fresh salad yum |
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| Rob R |
hmmm how much will the ferry be? 
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| thos |
God made the Earth, the skies and the plains Apart from the Islands, and they're MacBain's. |
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| Sarah D |
MacBrayne's...............
Good rhyme, though
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| wellington womble |
Scotland or Wales? I was looking at woodlands, which were much more reasonably priced and some of them had meadows in - you'd get more acreage, but probably as much grazing as you'd need. Then you could either sell off the woodlands, or cultivate a use for timber or coppice (sounds right up your street!) or perhaps a few piggies? | ||
| thos |
Thanks, I stand corrected. Do you know who wrote it? |
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| Slim |
If you are planning to buy a farm or farmland, the sale of development rights to the Vermont Land Trust (VLT) may assist your efforts by making your purchase more affordable. VLT has played a critical role in the transfer of agricultural land to farmers throughout the state. | ||
| Barefoot Andrew |
No idea if this is any good.
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| wellington womble |
That looks a little bit dodgy, to me. One of their sites is a couple of miles away, and all divided nicely into to little plots just like you could pitch up and build on them, but there's no way you would get planning as an individual (tooks us nearly three years here, and there was already a house here) and they can't already have it at those prices - it's a con, I reckon. 10K for 0.2 acres? Anything that has a sniff of planning would be at least 100K, probably more like 200. | ||
| Green Rosie |
France? Lots of people selling up over here so some bargains to be had. | ||
| Barefoot Andrew |
The one slight problem with that is that Rob and dpack would have to rent a 2 CV and put all the cows on the roof-rack
A. |
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| Green Rosie |
And what is wrong with that (says she who bought 2 ewes home in the back of the ranger today )?
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| cassy |
We bought our land via an advert on here.
We also kept and eye on these sites - Farms, Cumbria and South Scotland Agricultural land, Cumbria and South Scotland Farms and residential, Scotland wide South West Scotland South Ayrshire and Galloway Scotland wide Hope you find what you are looking for  .
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| wizz |
Be interesting to see how much this: http://www.screetonsagriculture.co.uk/product_pdf/8.06%20Acres%20at%20East%20Cottingwith%20Sale%20Particulars.pdf
goes for - not too far from rob? I hate to guess for how much of the year it is not under water...? |
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| Penny |
Some great stuff there Cassy
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| Rob R |
Depends, for the last few years the Ings has seen diasterous summer flooding, English Nature even changed the rules this year to try & ensure people could get it cut before the rains came. It really messes with the ecology. 
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