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Title: Farming on Orkney?
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on November 19, 2017, 04:19:22 pm
Found this. Looks interesting and beautiful, albeit would be hard to live wouldn't it? Looks pretty harsh tbh

https://www.farmingads.co.uk/an-island-farm-with-great-potential/Farm-property-and-land/667104 (https://www.farmingads.co.uk/an-island-farm-with-great-potential/Farm-property-and-land/667104)
Title: Re: Farming on Orkney?
Post by: macgro7 on November 19, 2017, 07:43:02 pm
Much cheaper than around here but... there's nothing there!!! No customers to sell to. No sunlight. Lots of wind... cold...

I believe this would be of interest to you as its uk s most northerly water buffalo farm - on Orkney
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DL698x6rKmjQ&ved=0ahUKEwiUqLqWssvXAhVFPRoKHcfZA3AQwqsBCDowBw&usg=AOvVaw3VSLG9IFiFyD9KUM-1DAYW (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DL698x6rKmjQ&ved=0ahUKEwiUqLqWssvXAhVFPRoKHcfZA3AQwqsBCDowBw&usg=AOvVaw3VSLG9IFiFyD9KUM-1DAYW)
Title: Re: Farming on Orkney?
Post by: Lesley Silvester on November 19, 2017, 11:22:55 pm
I love Orkney when I visited it years ago. We went with a view to moving there but ended up on Arran.
Title: Re: Farming on Orkney?
Post by: waterbuffalofarmer on November 20, 2017, 12:38:54 pm
Quote from: macgro7 on November 19, 2017, 07:43:02 pm
Much cheaper than around here but... there's nothing there!!! No customers to sell to. No sunlight. Lots of wind... cold...

I believe this would be of interest to you as its uk s most northerly water buffalo farm - on Orkney
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DL698x6rKmjQ&ved=0ahUKEwiUqLqWssvXAhVFPRoKHcfZA3AQwqsBCDowBw&usg=AOvVaw3VSLG9IFiFyD9KUM-1DAYW (https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DL698x6rKmjQ&ved=0ahUKEwiUqLqWssvXAhVFPRoKHcfZA3AQwqsBCDowBw&usg=AOvVaw3VSLG9IFiFyD9KUM-1DAYW)
Yeah i remember him. Him and dad were in contact for a while about it. Fascinating bloke :)
Title: Re: Farming on Orkney?
Post by: sabrina on November 20, 2017, 03:32:10 pm
Island life is harsh. Costly to feed animals. You would need to research what you plan to do and check out markets etc. Most Islanders have more than one job.
Title: Re: Farming on Orkney?
Post by: Buttermilk on November 21, 2017, 07:04:15 am
The school systems seem good though.  Every child gets to learn a musical instrument from day one up to leaving.  Makes for really good socials.
Title: Re: Farming on Orkney?
Post by: CarolineJ on December 01, 2017, 12:41:37 pm
Hay can be a big problem.  Someone posted in one of the horsey communities the other day that they were paying £70 for a round bale on Shetland this winter, because it's having to be brought up from mainland Scotland.  Delivery to Orkney is slightly cheaper, but there's very little to come over from Caithness, farmers here are having to look further south.
Title: Re: Farming on Orkney?
Post by: Lesley Silvester on December 01, 2017, 10:40:30 pm
The ground is more fertile on Orkney though so it maybe that people can grow their own.