Looking for the following:
Type of opportunity:
Sale (Standard), Sale (Owner Financed), Lease (1 to 5 Years), Lease (5+ Years), Lease with Option to Buy, Business Partnership.
More info: We are a new farm looking to purchase or lease land to expand our current operation.
Equipment & infrastructure:
Well / Pond / Other water source.
More info: The only required equipment we need is a water source to water animals with. We will be using electric netting and solar fence chargers when electricity is not available.
Current production on farm:
Hay or pasture, Sheep/Goat (Dairy/Meat).
More info: We currently raise 20 sheep and are looking to expand our operation. We raise Katahdin Dorper cross sheep for meat.
Current farming practices:
Biodynamic, Conventional.
More info: We currently use rotational grazing to utilize the available forage in the most efficient way. We also try to avoid using herbicides whenever possible but there are instances where using them is necessary.
Qualifications and goals:
Previous farming experience:
Volunteer, Employee, Manager
Number of years experience:
9
Other qualifications:
Farm business training, Academic degree in agriculture or related field.
More info: I (John Campbell) and my wife (Annabel) graduated from NC state for Ag Business and Animal science respectively. We then went to work at the Biltmore Estate, I worked on their cow and sheep farm where we raised 350 Cows and 200 sheep. Annabel worked at their farmyard where she worked in agrotourism, raising goats and poultry. We then moved back to Wake Forest and started Campbell Lamb.
Production goals:
Hay or pasture, Sheep/Goat (Dairy/Meat).
More info: We want to raise high quality lamb to provide to customers and restaurants around the Triangle. In addition we hope to be able to offer breeding stock to other local farmers.
Personal experience and production goals summary:
I (John) grew up on a small livestock farm in Granville county. We raised 1000 Chickens and 5 hogs each year. While in high school I started a cow herd and offered grassfed beef at local farmers markets. I graduated from NC State with degrees in Ag Business Management and Ag Science. My wife (Annabel) also graduated from NC State with a degree in Animal Science. We sold the cows and moved to western NC where we worked at the Biltmore Estate. I worked on the west side where we had 350+ cows and 200 Sheep. Annabel worked on the east side with their agrotourism farm.
We have since moved back to Granville county and restarted the farm on family land (10 acres). From our experience at the Biltmore Estate we decided small ruminants fit our capabilities/ goals better than beef cattle. We currently have 20 Ewes and their babies and are looking to expand our operation. The land we have currently is not big enough for us to expand without sacrificing animal or pasture health.
Our goal is to provide quality lamb to the triangle.
We are looking to lease land near southern granville county or purchase land in the surrounding counties.
