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sheepfarmer part-time subsidies

  • 14-06-2012 2:09pm
    #1
    businessdit
    Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭


    Hi everyone -

    I have about 50 acres of agriland outside Dublin and am in fulltime work (which has hours that suit farm work),

    I am thinking of becoming a sheep farmer on a part time basis.

    What grants or subsidies are available to me if any - or how could I find this out? Is there a minimum number of sheep i must have etc?

    Any help is much appreciated -

    Regards,

    G


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  • #2
    Username John
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,237 ✭✭✭Username John


    businessdit wrote: »
    Hi everyone -

    I have about 50 acres of agriland outside Dublin and am in fulltime work (which has hours that suit farm work),

    I am thinking of becoming a sheep farmer on a part time basis.

    What grants or subsidies are available to me if any - or how could I find this out? Is there a minimum number of sheep i must have etc?

    Any help is much appreciated -

    Regards,

    G

    Hello BusinessDIT,

    There are no grants or subsidies anymore really. There was one scheme, which people were hoping would re-open - called AEOS, but I dont believe it will reopen now.

    Two threads which may be of interest
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=78803215
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=78803215

    Razor8 posted some very good info on costs in the first thread above, which may be of interest.

    Unless you have an interest in sheep, then I wouldn't recommend going sheep farming. You wont make your millions from it :D

    Reality is you might make as much money from letting it, and it would be a lot easier than putting sheep on it :(


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