Thread: Maintaining Relationships

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Bit of a difference between a farm hand a sharemilker. The sharemilker is running HIS business on the property so people coming and going have a direct affect on him. Most sharemilking/managers contracts will have a section about rights of access as at the end of the day its them that are most likely to take the rap for anything that happens on the property. In this case I would assume that the farm owner had run it past the sharemilker before granting access. I'm a bit miffed to be honest about the part where the op says that he had been out looking for a deer and then shooting hares etc and the sharemilker wasn't even notified that he was there.

He knew I was there @Ryan_Songhurst the misunderstanding was where I was going to be. Yep the owner had told him to expect my call and My first contact is always the sharemilker not the owner

Originally Posted by charliehorse

He knew I was there @Ryan_Songhurst the misunderstanding was where I was going to be. Yep the owner had told him to expect my call and My first contact is always the sharemilker not the owner

Misunderstandings happen, and right now anyone in farming business is under a hell of a lot of stress- as are many others too. My suggestion would be, and maybe you have done it all ready? Drop the sharmilker off some of those salamis, or some beers/wine each time you head up and just keep telling him you appreciate being there. The other one that does wonders, is ask him if you can help with some weed control or something like that. I have guys do that, they will ring me and say they want to go for an evening hunt and can they help me on the farm in the morning. Its greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted by whanahuia

Misunderstandings happen, and right now anyone in farming business is under a hell of a lot of stress- as are many others too. My suggestion would be, and maybe you have done it all ready? Drop the sharmilker off some of those salamis, or some beers/wine each time you head up and just keep telling him you appreciate being there. The other one that does wonders, is ask him if you can help with some weed control or something like that. I have guys do that, they will ring me and say they want to go for an evening hunt and can they help me on the farm in the morning. Its greatly appreciated.

My parents live down your way, next time I'm down I'll keep that in mind, I only work office hours though