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Post by equinim on May 27, 2007 15:02:46 GMT
after comments on castration link. i thought yes mention HORSE/PONY and the price doubles. ask a farmer how much grazing is SOMERSET for cattle sheep (£1 per week) mowing grass for silage £30 acre ish big bale silage £8 NOW MENTION HORSE/PONY OR HAY horse/pony grazing £15 per week minimum mowing grass for hay £45 acre ish hayledge big bale £40 horses are classed as luxuries WHY you may be rich before having equines but you soon use it up when you own them. WHAT DO OTHERS THINK
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Post by Admin on May 27, 2007 15:30:59 GMT
So true
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Post by ponystudwoman on May 27, 2007 15:39:33 GMT
The general figure most agents work on in this area (Somerset) for grass keep for ponies/horses seems to be 5 times what you'd expect for cattle or sheep. Land here is going for astronomical prices at the moment, that's when it does come up for sale.
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Post by janekiln on May 27, 2007 16:38:20 GMT
I pay £660 6 months field rent. And i shall be renting a second so thats £1320 for 2 for 6 months or £2640 for a year for both. I'll need to work out if for the week/month. My farrier is very good and charges £40 for all four too be trimmed/rasped/ect and charges £12 for a set of pony shoes. Though it seems to be less sometimes,lol. I pay £1.50 for a bale of hay, and last year we bought 350 but he knocked some off it caus he's nice lol.
Forgot to add: The farmer i rent from charges a similar amount for a cattle to graze in his fields, although its only us and the ponies mnext door who rent a field, the others are at a farm let out to someone and the ponies owners livery at that farm, if that makes sense?. He lets his own sheep graze on his land,ect.
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droppy
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Post by droppy on May 27, 2007 16:39:46 GMT
The same is down here you can rent a field for a month for grass keep for approx£10.00, say the MAGIC word and it is £10-£15 PER WEEK How? Yes you can get some great bargins in picking up ponies but like you say it breaks the bank....worming,Vacs,Farriers and vets lets be honest VERY VERY expensive to keep at the best of times. Then we do the SHOWING well at least we all know what each other goes through and at least we can go and have a laugh and enjoy ourselves even if we are POOR!!!!!!
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Post by suneagle on May 27, 2007 19:00:40 GMT
the person who i rent from isnt a farmer but at the mo for stable and feild its 12.50 a week... and his wife is trying to talk him round to upping it...
but we only have a portacabin as a tack room which for 3 of us only hold 10 bales of hay! and out feed freezer and JUST hold our horsey junk!
but i think farmers are just out to get money as the farmer who took our muck heep away charged £80 a trailer full normally 1 +1/2 to 2 trailers and he only took it to a fruit farm whos our next door neighbour!.
i think farmers will do anything for abit of EXTRA cash in hand!
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Post by lizwivtilly on May 28, 2007 11:29:37 GMT
we pay, £60 a month for the field we rent from the local farmer, he was telling me about how much more money he can get from renting to horses, than renting to another farmer.
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Post by suemoore on May 30, 2007 7:46:07 GMT
It's not only Rent that goes up when you mention that word (horse), try and buy a piece of land, if it is for grazing sheep/cows etc will be around £3000-£6000. if they are selling for pony paddocks it jumps to £12.000 ++++++++++ an acre, have a farmer friend who at the moment is buying land on the pretense it is for his cow's and will wait a few month's and is selling it off for pony paddocks and is making a fortune, and it isn't always a good piece of land
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Post by karen on May 30, 2007 23:10:05 GMT
crikey i paid £5,000 an acre 5 rs ago
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