Great Land Opportunities
Although not originally from a farming background, Rikki Bayer has always had a passion for animals and farming. This was the career path she chose to pursue. Rikki completed an honours degree in Agriculture and then worked on multiple farms around the world. While working in Ireland, she responded to a Land Mobility Service opportunity in the Irish Farmers Journal, a farm for long-term lease to a young farmer with experience in robotic milking. Having provided the farmer with a business proposal, Rikki was successful with her application and ready to take on the challenge.
The farm, based in Ballythomas, Co Cork, was very well set up and did not require any major changes to the infrastructure. Rikki changed the production pattern from a spring calving herd to split Spring / Autumn calving in order to make the best use of cows, infrastructure and her labour. Transitional arrangements that worked for both her and the landowner operated in the first year, the hand over process between the owner and Rikki is now nearly complete.
Rikki found the help of the Land Mobility hugely beneficial. The Land Mobility team were there at every stage of the process and provided advise on financial, labour, and Dept of Agriculture queries. They greatly assisted with getting set up and taking over the farm.
