costs for renting grazing out for sheep?

[galacasinoking]

does anyone know how much to charge per week for someone to graze their sheep?

 

[martlin]

around my way it is roughly £100 per acre per grazing season, if the grazing is decent.

 

[Honey08]

I think we used to get about £1000 a year seven years ago for 20 acres - some of which had rushes..

I bet that sounds great to horsey people, but I must add that the sheep improved the land, whereas horses most certainly do not!

 

[martlin]

I bet that sounds great to horsey people, but I must add that the sheep improved the land, whereas horses most certainly do not!

Amen to that! I get quite a bit of free sheep grazing around here, horsey people come and ask if they can ''borrow'' some of my sheep to tidy up their paddocks

 

[Honey08]

I've asked to borrow sheep a few times, but a lot of people couldn't be bothered moving them! We have way too much grass. Ended up making haylage when we didn't even really want it!

 

[Choccie]

We pay £300 for 12 acres, and we have to 'sheep proof' it.

 

[Maesfen]

We (the area) get a lot of sheep down from Wales it only being a stone's throw away. Last I heard it was something like 50p per sheep per week and they have to sheep proof the fencing themselves plus check them daily.

OP, do make sure they have public liability insurance, sheep getting out are a nightmare and can cause a lot of damage which you don't want to be responsible for.

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

We're in East Devon and our tenant sheep farmer pays us £500 annually for 10 acres all year round whether or not sheep are actually grazing at the time.