BUYING A FARM ON THE ISLE OF ORKNEY

In this video I catch up with Sean Cursiter from Laga Livestock and hear how he's been getting on in his new farm over the last 6 months.

I hope you enjoy!

Cammy

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ABOUT ME

I’m 32 years old and I’m a sheep farmer from Ayrshire in South West Scotland, which is why I have such a strong accent! I was born and raised on a sheep farm watching my dad who was the shepherd.

At 18 I went away from farming to work in the city (something I still do) and at 23 (2013) I decided I wanted to do something for some extra money so I went on a sheep shearing course. The hardest thing I’ll ever do was learning to shear sheep. [shudders thinking about it]

I shore whilst on my holidays from work for 2 years and then in 2015 my dad died so I decided to get my own sheep so I could continue working with sheep as it was something I loved doing. From there it escalated quickly from my first 4 sheep in my mum’s garden to now running around 850 breeding ewes.

I shore over 19,000 sheep this season in the UK and have my own shearing run which lets you see many different farms in the summer months.

A few years ago I bought myself a sheep pregnancy scanner and have been building up my run since then.

I watched a few farm vlogs on YouTube and decided I could have a go and now here we are!

Thanks for watching my videos and please subscribe if you want to see more in future.

[colinwientjens]

Is there somewhere that I can follow the improvements in the farm he has bought Cammy?

[voxmomvoxmom]

Having watches Sean on This Farming Life, I’m speechless with admiration for his work ethic and drive.If there’s any justice in the world he’ll do well and I hope, be very happy.

[pda]

Take my hat off to Sean and his family, honest nice, hard working people. I’ve just watched the episode in which he lost Tara, I feel for you mate, losing my dogs was bad enough but when you work with them every day and you have such a strong bond it must be so much worse, I admit I cried watching it, don’t be afraid to show your love for your animals, they love you back. All the best for the future, you deserve it.

[welshhomestead]

Great to see Sean Cursiter striking out! Best of luck to you chap - you're hard worker and that should pay dividends!

[andrewdalziel]

Great to see a young man with such drive and determination. There is no doubt he will make a massive success of it. Having that degree of enthusiasm, coupled with his work ethic, experience and knowledge he will do a great job of it.

[Debalam]

Great to see Sean again. Lots of love to him and his family.

[CuriousEchidna]

Loved to hear from Sean, especially to pick up some of those things that go into making land farmable. Very informative and interesting. That said, I'd listen to the two of them talking bout nearly anything I think 😊 lovely turn of phrase and accent

[jamesbryan]

Great to hear how Sean is getting on cant wait to hear more. Great show. 👍

[nanalesa]

Always nice to see young people starting out and making it. Congratulations to him. Hope Lizzy, Jock and baby are doing fine. Not long to Mr. Jock, one year Birthday, big boy.

[paulfairbrass]

It's a big choice getting a farm, and buying is just the start. As you mentioned getting a run down farm to how you want it is an ongoing project.

[beitmeryhermitage]

Wonderful to see how Sean is getting along. IT will be an added joy when you and Lizzy buy your first farm. What a relief that will be for you to have your own land all together and home and barns all near!

[jeannerogers]

Fascinating! Such a different place from anywhere I know. Terrain and land management are so different.

[garethsinnamon]

That is great. More power to that chap. He is not afraid to take a chance. 💪💪

[Whatisa_name]

Some fun, a new video. I was running out of videos to rewatch Cammy. Always a pleasure to see The Viking.

[lukewilliams]

Well done Sean 👏 we're still trying to get fences sorted after 17 years 😅. Always playing catch up!

[lindaarmstrongjackman]

👍👍 All the best to Sean and his family on their farm. Such a lot of work! Looking forward to your further visits. 😁❤️

[rmil]

Lovely to see a young lad making a go of it through hard work. Great attitude. Well done Cammie.

[joanhaughton]

Congratulations Sean (bit late but never mind) I wish you every success and progress on your own land - glad your Dad and Uncle are supporting you too. Well done everyone !

[christineroerty]

How interesting to hear this. I live in Florida, but I’ve been to Scotland a few times and went to Orkney twice, and went over to the Hebrides a couple of times. I just love that part of the world. I look forward to following Cammie’s progress and also your friend on Orkney.

[homagetogorto]

Cool! Always liked Sean. Nice to see he’s doing so well. He’ll have wisdom to share when you buy your first farm.