Good evening everyone,
I'm after some advise.
I currently farm wild boar for meat in woodland i own and business is moving along well and we slaughter around 40+ per year. I'm running 10 wild boar sows and a boar. I've now rented some more land adjacent to my woodland which has basically doubled the size of my holding. My intention is to start a herd of rare breed pigs of around 15 sows and 2 boars selling weaners and growing some on for pork/bacon etc.
If business goes the way we are hoping then long term we will be looking to build the business further and our aim is to run a small business where everything but the slaughter of the rare breed pigs is contained within the holding.
However, after talking to friend of mine today who works in the agricultural sector, he is under the impression that i would no longer fall into the same category as a smallholding and therefor fall under different regulations because i would have to much head of livestock. Is this the case? if so where can i find these regulations as i cannot seem to find them anywhere.
I would be grateful if anyone could shed some light on the above or whether i'm being miss informed.
Many thanks
Jim