Signs you are dealing with a 'Rooter'

If they are not interested, you can't make them take an interest.

Plenty land in the north east going for mad money. I know its maybe different as it is some of the best land in the country. Can't comment on what I happening elsewhere.

Land is certainly being concentrated in the hands of fewer and fewer farmers (more like businessmen as mentioned before) through purchases and long term leases. Always has been that way and always will be, the small men are either selling up or benefitting from tax free income and full time work. Also know of a few scenarios on 200 acre farms where all the tillage work is done by contractors and bit of beef or suckling done on tbe rest of the land, bit rented out every year all whild having farmed it all themselves before. Probably results in more spare time and faster bank balance!

I know of multiple young lads (25-35) who are in line to take over large farms in next 10-15 years all have expanded and invested in land, machinery, technology and all are building or have recently built big houses on the land. Plenty opportunities for them and plenty money being made too.

Not sure its necessarily a good thing having less farmers across more acres an further concentration. Isn't that why the land league was set up!

I was bought up a rooter also . My dad had the farm maxed out stocking wise , cattle stuffed in everywhere, equipment struggling, machinery dying. Did us no harm when I look back . Gave us a good grounding.

With farms that size there would have been paid labour doing most of the work over the years and not child labour. It's mostly lads that worked on farms from a young age that have the most interest in farming

I got the farm very young here....stayed at it till i was 24...rented it out for years. Bought property in Dublin..did well. On renting the farm was good for a few years then different tenants ...bad experience. Rented property in Dublin..all bad experience. I retured to farm a few years back. I have a good job after it all but nothing rented again. Renting stuff is not simple either.

I often wonder is poor time management the reason for an apparent lack of time in many case's?

Some of the worst culprits I know for citing a "lack of time" are all late riser's, & most rooter's I know are also late riser's in the morning

Personally I prefer to take a wee bit of time, fix a thing once & fix it right. Most of my repairs are summer evenings and Saturday afternoon, but I do have the kids with me at time and I do actually enjoy showing them how to fix things. At the stage they know the layout of the local hardware better than some of the staff and they are only 4 & 8.....

Bit early to call that already

You'll get years out of that

Hold my beer.................

Seriously though how many of you do not or have not had a fence like that? I've worked on some of the biggest/nicest dairies in the country and they all have a fence like that somewhere.