Thanks again all.
I've not got the hang of the quote thing so I'll just reply to y'all and try to remember the questions
The 40 acre isn't as high as where we currently farm and we lamb half the flock (around 300) outdoors - good old hardy Welsh! So not concerned about that too much.
The council farm is the larger but yes I suspect it's been not brilliantly managed. The smaller one hasn't had stock on it two years it's just been silaged and that's it.
Neither one is going to pay if we *just* raise sheep. My question is whether some well raised produce be that lamb, pig, beef or even goat marketed well could pay? A quality over quantity PoV? I'm looking at other thing as well, possibly a smoke or curing house, a kitchen for homemade balms and tinctures (I'm a forager and herbalist), even a biodynamic farm... Not sure yet but just thinking if *neither* will pay imo we're better off going for what will offer the most potential and that seems to come from diversification...
To quote just press quote at the top right of someones post and hey presto, hope that helps.
We looked at County in Powys some years ago we struggled to find a commercial slaughterhouse for pigs, the County farm may well give you a sense of security (tenancy), see this posting lark really helps, so a forager hey ! and diversification, there you go nail, hammer, head see you knew the answer all along.
For everyone else, in my mind simples ! "Here on our lovely farm in Mid Wales, we offer foraging courses, you can either stay in one of our newly built Yurts a camping pod or simply bring your own tent"
Just to say by us the foraging courses are always sold out and they cost £350 pp for a weekend