I have been farming full-time on my own account for eight years, after seven and a half years in Advisory Services Division with the Ministry of Agriculture in Gore. While I was employed by the MAF, I was leasing 60 hectares and working it part-time. My first five years of full-time farming were sharefarming the property I am currently leasing. At the conclusion of the sharefarming agreement a company wasformedinwhichmy wifeandIboughtat25% share. We lease the farm from the company.
