Jul 28, 2026 · 35 min · 11 segments
Rob talks us through his journey from 40 acres to over 1,000. The key lessons, learnings and mistakes made along the way. We are often asked about how to get started in farming with cattle. This…
Rob HavardHost
Okay, I get a lot of requests to talk about how to build a farm from scratch, or even if you're starting out as a smallholder or a few cows, how to build that up into a business that can support you over the long term, either full-time or part-time.
And so I thought just to save a bit of time, I'd go through some notes here, and just talk through the process that I went through, what I learned, because it's something people ask me to either come and speak about or people who visit or want to come and see what we do.
And I thought if I could just provide some information that might be helpful on people building up from scratch to a farm that's fully functioning and providing them with a living.
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Okay, I get a lot of requests to talk about how to build a farm from scratch, or even if you're starting out as a smallholder or a few cows, how to build that up into a business that can support you over the long term, either full-time or part-time.
And so I thought just to save a bit of time, I'd go through some notes here, and just talk through the process that I went through, what I learned, because it's something people ask me to either come and speak about or people who visit or want to come and see what we do.
And I thought if I could just provide some information that might be helpful on people building up from scratch to a farm that's fully functioning and providing them with a living.