All things Dairy

Headless chicken

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Location

West Wales

• May 7, 2024

• #65,981

lazy farmer said:

Yeap. The budget done for the bank is a fantastic work of pure fiction now. I thought it was conservative at the time

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everyone I speak to saying the same. Even business’ that I would regard as well established and very steady having to have conversations with the bank.

 

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bigw

Member

Location

Scotland

• May 7, 2024

• #65,982

Its just a regular crap spring here, it will change and if nothing else it will have prevented a big flush of milk that nobody wants.

 

dinderleat

Member

Location

Wells

• May 7, 2024

• #65,983

Milk to feed price ratio best it’s been for a long time just feed more cake

 

dinderleat

Member

Location

Wells

• May 7, 2024

• #65,984

Headless chicken said:

everyone I speak to saying the same. Even business’ that I would regard as well established and very steady having to have conversations with the bank.

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They aren’t that secure a businesses then.

 

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lazy farmer

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Location

som/dor border

• May 7, 2024

• #65,985

dinderleat said:

They aren’t that secure a businesses then.

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Somebodies had there wheatabix

 

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som farmer

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

somerset

• May 7, 2024

• #65,986

lazy farmer said:

Yeap. The budget done for the bank is a fantastic work of pure fiction now. I thought it was conservative at the time

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its just farming, nothing but a big gamble, or fight against the weather.

its just a pity we now have interfering environmental zealots, and a clueless load of politicians, to work around, as well as the bloody weather.

on the plus side, no spring flush, will put pressure on pricing, upwards. Perhaps a shite summer, weather wise, might push prices well up, it would be great to have processors fighting each other, to secure the quantities they need.

l think l would take a 'nice' summer, rather than a wet one, seen enough rain already this year.

 

dinderleat

Member

Location

Wells

• May 7, 2024

• #65,987

lazy farmer said:

Somebodies had there wheatabix

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Porridge

 

Blue.

Member

Livestock Farmer

• May 7, 2024

• #65,988

bigw said:

Its just a regular crap spring here, it will change and if nothing else it will have prevented a big flush of milk that nobody wants.

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Yeah every year it’s like this in the north,you cut your cloth to suit.

 

buffalo_soldier

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Location

cumbria

• May 7, 2024

• #65,989

Finally dried up enough to do fences in my I/c hfr ground

 

buffalo_soldier

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Location

cumbria

• May 7, 2024

• #65,990

I remember a time when posts doing this were a rarity

 

Rossymons

Member

Location

Cornwall

• May 7, 2024

• #65,991

I've had my own troubles this week - nothing like some on here but we face our own battles. Girlfriend dragged me off the farm for an hour and an ice cream.

Not always easy to disappear for a bit. So to those I recommend hop scotch.

Its bloody hard out there. You're doing the best you can with what you have - nobody can ask for any more.

 

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Conrod96

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

Co. Antrim

• May 7, 2024

• #65,992

Finally getting into the 1st cut here heavy crop for us over here this time of year 7.5tonne to the acre weighed last night

 

dinderleat

Member

Location

Wells

• May 7, 2024

• #65,993

Thought we better had make a start.

 

Headless chicken

Member

Location

West Wales

• May 7, 2024

• #65,994

dinderleat said:

They aren’t that secure a businesses then.

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I’m just an Outsider looking in. Maybe they have a ponshonse for hookers and cocaine and who am I to judge. Maybe ladies of the night have been hit hard by inflation?

 

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O'Reilly

Member

• May 7, 2024

• #65,995

Is a conversation with the bank such a terrible thing? Isn't it a good idea to keep in communication with them? Sorry, I forgot, everyone on here is a genius who NEVER needs to borrow money.

 

Blue.

Member

Livestock Farmer

• May 7, 2024

• #65,996

O'Reilly said:

Is a conversation with the bank such a terrible thing? Isn't it a good idea to keep in communication with them? Sorry, I forgot, everyone on here is a genius who NEVER needs to borrow money.

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I owe a fortune but the bank leaves me alone,I just want to get my head down a pay it off as quickly as possible,if I’d have had my mortgage with the AMC I wouldn’t have ever met a bank manager.

 

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O'Reilly

Member

• May 7, 2024

• #65,997

Me too, well mostly. You're not normal though, that's a compliment btw. However writing someone off as unstable because they've got a cashflow problem, the magnitude of which we know nothing,is absurd.

 

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Jdunn55

Member

Location

Helston, cornwall

• May 7, 2024

• #65,998

Speaking of banks, just discovered my main start up loan is under 100k for the first time

 

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Blue.

Member

Livestock Farmer

• May 7, 2024

• #65,999

O'Reilly said:

Me too, well mostly. You're not normal though, that's a compliment btw. However writing someone off as unstable because they've got a cashflow problem, the magnitude of which we know nothing,is absurd.

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Hc’s post said “Well established” doesn’t mean they’re well run though,lots of well established farms are unstable.

 

Cookie

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Location

Cheshire

• May 8, 2024

• #66,000

Jdunn55 said:

Speaking of banks, just discovered my main start up loan is under 100k for the first time
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Why on earth would you put all that information out on the Internet for everyone to see..?