“Our business is based on a partnership between landowners who want their land farmed to high standard, and young people with skills and drive but lack the resources to own a farm themselves. So by joining the two together in a farming partnership we create high performing, highly profitable and highly sustainable grass based farming businesses”
Farming Partners bring landowners and career farmers together to give both the Freedom to Farm to a high level through partnerships. We focus on our People, Our Cows and Our Grass.
Our People are the key to Farming Partners success. We have an excellent track record of career progression for young people with or without farming backgrounds. Most of our Farm Partners joined our team at entry level and have worked hard to run their own farms and now reap the reward to now owning part of the Farming Partners Business.
We love our Cows. Believe it or not many do have names. Our cows get to graze freshly grown grass for as many days of the year as possible with housing available for the winter months. Our cow’s calf in the Springtime which means they stop milking before Christmas to have a well deserved break from milking for a period before they calf. We have the best Vets helping us keep Our Cows healthy and follow strict protocols for animal welfare. We bring in professional to train us on breeding, calving techniques, foot trimming and cow signals to help us be the best at looking after Our Cows.
We specialise in grass-based farming, growing as much green grass as possible and turning this grass into high quality milk from our cows. Our calendar follows the grass growth curve, we calf our cows in the spring as grass starts to grow and dry our cows off around Christmas time. We feed silage through the winter as the grass stops growing.
Farming Partners was created by a group of professional farmers who came together to farm on several dairy and heifer rearing farms in Scotland, Ireland & New Zealand. A shared passion for grass-based farming and its benefits has proven to be a foundation for success. Check our Farming Partners under ‘Our People’.
We have grown significantly from our first dairy in 2012 due to the wealth of excellent people pushing to grow themselves. Check out the farms we take care of under ‘Our Farms’.
Farming Partners has given our Landowners Freedom while having their farm operated to the highest standard.
“We have people who have the skills to run a grass-based system with a track record of delivering consistent profits.
We believe in the future of farming and invest in farming when we have the opportunity and resources to do so.”
“We love the way we farm and while this approach sounds simple, working with mother nature and the various seasons takes a lot of determination and skill. We have invested heavily in our farms to allow us to do this efficiently, we’ve also invested heavily in ourselves to have the skills to do a really high-quality job on our farms.”
