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I inherited a farm as well as a listed manor attached to it. I'm in the process of selling the manor and much of the fields after 10+ years of looking for a buy
by anonymoose55555 4y ago
I inherited a farm as well as a listed manor attached to it. I'm in the process of selling the manor and much of the fields after 10+ years of looking for a buyer. Here's my .02:
1. You should not feel obliged to continue your father's work. You're a different person and I'm sure your father would prefer you to be happy above the farm staying in the family. If you think selling the land is a better option, do it. If you built your own career, don't sacrifice it for the farm.
2. Consider leasing it. I'm in the EU so I get subsidies (even if there's nothing there but grass), plus a lease from people who want to actually grow something there.
- tsingy 4y ago1. Well, agriculture always had my interest. As an example, people in my country eat the most rice per inhabitants in the world, yet we still import rice. We have land and everything to plant rice, just not enough tools or knowledge to scale it. So I want to try, this is an opportunity I can't miss to start with. 2. I might if I find people who would pay for it with the promise of keeping thing environmentally friendly.
- anonymoose55555 4y agoPerhaps you could require an organic farmic certificate or something, rather than a promise. At a vary least such certificate should in theory prohibit from using anything harmful to the environment. I got one, but mainly for higher subsidies.