What is farming like as a business. From the outside it appears very difficult, time consuming and confusing. You have to deal with a lot of regulations, funding and make critical decisions. It is something I imagine that is in the blood and you get a lot of help from outside experts. Are you working all the time and doing the associated book keeping in the evenings. How do you plan for unexpected shortages, poor wether crops and related increase in costs.
You just need to be organised. There is a LOT of paperwork and regulations involved in keeping livestock, some of it pointless and some not. Then there are all the other bills associated with the business and vat to sort out etc.
Lots of insurances and licences to renew.
Inspections from trading standards and DEFRA.
Wages for workers to consider.
Maintenance of machines and buildings, health and safety.
Planning the actual ‘farming’ - which ewes are going to which rams, when the ram needs to go in for lambing to happen at the right time, which fields need to be fertilised, how much silage we’re doing, soil analysis, buying cattle, buying sheep, best time to sell, which lambs are ready to go.
There’s a lot to do and think of, but that’s the same in any business. If you plan properly, stay organised and work hard then it’s fine.
Farmers who moan and complain about early starts and hard work really piss me off. It’s a fantastic lifestyle which we’re privileged to have; if they don’t like it they should go do something else! I think it does the image of farming no good when you get all these old men in brand new Land Rovers moaning about being poor. Most of them are mortgage free and lazy as a result. If they can’t cut it in the current climate they should move aside and let some keen youngsters in (rant over 
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