Venture
Do you want to venture into running your own farm or forestry business someday? Do you want to scale down or take a step back from the industry? Why not consider a joint venture?
Venture is designed to match farmers and landowners who are looking to step back from the industry with new entrants looking for a way into farming. It guides people on both sides through the key steps required to find a potential business partner. The package of support offers a matching service, mentoring, business planning and legal advice to provide guidance at every stage of establishing a joint venture.
Click on the opportunities listed below to find out more about the landowner, the farm, and the requirements of the role and/or potential for a joint venture.
Click here to be included on the Venture mailing list and to be informed when new opportunities are listed.
Current Opportunities:
North Monmouthshire
75 Ha / 185 acres
28 Beef Sucklers & followers
No accommodation
Share Farming Agreement
North Pembrokeshire
111 Ha / 274 acres
500 sheep
Accommodation available
Share Farming Agreement
Market Garden
Llanbister Road Powys
2Ha / 4.94 acres
Accommodation available
Tenancy agreement
Aberdare / Merthyr Tydfil
120 Ha / 296 acres
45 Pedigree Breeding Welsh Black cows
Open to discussion what type of agreement
Mid Ceredigion
83.9 Ha / 200 acres
90 Holstein Dairy cows with followers
Possible accommodation
Would start with an employment contract and then open to discussion
Market Garden
Gower
Acreage to be agreed
No accommodation
Open to discussion what type of agreement
North Pembrokeshire/ South Ceredigion
42 hectares available all year, 25 hectares available for summer grazing
10 Suckler cows, 24 store cattle & 150 Sheep
No accommodation at present
5 year Share Farming agreement
Are you a landowner looking for a business partner?
Click here to complete a Provider Profile or contact your local Venture Officer to discuss your options for advertising your opportunity.
If you already have a business partner in mind and don’t need to use the matching service you can skip this step to access business and legal advice straight away. For joint ventures, the advice is 100% funded up to a maximum of €1500 (euros) per party.
To discuss your requirements, contact your local Venture Officer:
Gwydion Owen, North Wales Officer - 07498055416 / gwydion.owen@menterabusnes.co.uk
Delyth Jones, South Wales Officer - 07985155670 / delyth.jones@menterabusnes.co.uk
MORE RESOURCES:
Venture Handbook
A must read for anyone interested in setting up a joint venture or considering your options for scaling back or getting on the farming ladder. Click here to read.
Ear to the Ground Podcast
Episode 26 - Stronger together- Neighbouring farms move from the conventional to set up a dairy joint venture
In this episode we meet two progressive farmers, Emyr Owen and Gwydion Jones who have decided to join forces and set up a spring calving herd on the hills above Llanrwst.
