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sunny
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 Posted - 14 Oct 2008 : 7:51:10 PM
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Hi I'm going to look at a field to rent tomorrow, no stables, about 5 acres. I have spoken to farmer already and he is unsure of what to charge me, he asked me and i said as least as possible , he said he would think about it and speak to me about it at the field. I'm not sure what to suggest (would be happy with about £25 pweek). What do you think? what do you pay for just grazing? What tactics should i use? (pls keep it clean)
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jasjmm
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Posted - 14 Oct 2008 : 8:07:33 PM
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| I have a friend who pays £10 per horse per week, but she has over 20 acres and hers live out all year. |
    
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nicolanapper
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Posted - 14 Oct 2008 : 8:16:48 PM
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£25 per week sounds a fair rent to me!
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rasaljadi
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Posted - 14 Oct 2008 : 8:17:59 PM
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The going rate is around £10.00 without stables, you would expect to pay a little more if there was stables or a field shelter, i wouldn't pay more than £10.00 for just the field.
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mogwai
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Posted - 14 Oct 2008 : 8:18:12 PM
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I pay £7.50 per week per horse with shelter and water. It's not huge, but it suits us for now  |
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rasaljadi
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England
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Posted - 14 Oct 2008 : 8:19:25 PM
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| Were are you based £25.00 seems an awful lot to me... |
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sarahlock
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England
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Posted - 14 Oct 2008 : 8:25:36 PM
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I guess it depends whereabouts in the country you live , im in Devon & pay £120 per month for 2 acres & a 60 ft barn which i`ve divided into stables & feed area for my 2 !
My friend pays £25 per wk for stable & grazing , that also includes ad lib hay /haylage , straw & their own mix (barley,oats maize etc) |
     
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crinks
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England
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Posted - 14 Oct 2008 : 8:26:02 PM
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| £10 a week grazing is the going rate round here......... thats without stables or field shelter, if any of those about £12.50 per horse per week |
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gossy
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England
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Posted - 14 Oct 2008 : 8:42:58 PM
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| £25 per week sounds alot to me, a friend has over 5 acres for £25 per month total. |
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Holly
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England
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Posted - 14 Oct 2008 : 9:38:14 PM
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I pay £50 per month for my 3 mares who are on 5 acres with 2 stables, electric and water. however it is my aunts farm so i getit cheap and I also look after the land in return. I fertilise the fields, to my own stble repairs/fence repairs. i also spray and strim all the docks, nettles and ferns every year.
I used to keep my mare on livery and it cost £20 per week for grazing,stable and haylage in the field. I could no longer afford it when i got my second horse.
the farmers where i am charge about £7 per horse per week for grazing.
hope that helps
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oddellie
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Posted - 14 Oct 2008 : 9:44:29 PM
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is there water on that makes a difference,depending in what part of the country you live 25 is ok with water. |
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Roseanne
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Posted - 14 Oct 2008 : 10:21:22 PM
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| If the farmer was going to plant a crop on the field otherwise he'd earn more than that in a year. Around here grazing with a stable is about £25 a week and about £15 or more without. But that's one horse. You could put a number of horses on five well-managed acres and that would cost quite a bit in this area (the Midlands). |
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pat ww
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Posted - 14 Oct 2008 : 10:38:15 PM
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| That works out about £250 per acre per year, at 25 a week for the five acres if you have exclusive use. At that its probably good for horses, the agricultural rents vary from area to area, and have been over £200 per acre for good quality seasonal lets. I know someone locally who pays (or so he says) a couple of thousand for the seasonal let of 20 acres. (£100 per acre equivalent) In all cases tenants are responsible for upkeep of fencing and own arrangements for water. |
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Jessica
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England
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Posted - 14 Oct 2008 : 10:52:17 PM
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We pay £400 a month for 3 stables and 6 acres. We have put up lighting (at our own cost) and the land owner is going to bill us quarterly for our electricity use. We have running water. We have to source our own hay and straw too. Any fencing etc that needs repairing we must do at our cost. Seems expensive after reading the above! Thats in Nottinghamshire.
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moatside
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England
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Posted - 15 Oct 2008 : 06:08:22 AM
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| I pay £100 per acre per year - for my 9 acres it is £900 per year. No running water but a fresh water well on site, I put up my own stables and cut enough hay each year to keep mine and sell enough to cover the cost. Farmer repairs fences. |
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sunny
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Posted - 15 Oct 2008 : 9:34:48 PM
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| Thanks for all your replies, just to let you know i got the paddock, it's just under 2 acres opposite my house for 500 per year thats under £10 per week. I am so pleased. Won't have them on it all year but can't wait to cross the road to my babies |
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