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willy

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Rutland
To be honest lambs are doing v badly, if you take the value of sterling into account? Surely we should be seeing some real improvements.

I don't think it bodes well going forward:(
 

sherg

Member
Location
shropshire
This is what happens when everyone tups an extra 50-100 ewes to get more lambs because the price is crap, then it ends up a vicious circle
Hasn't the national flock grown by 2% ? apparently there was 5000 lambs in welshpool today I really thought the numbers forward would be slowing up by now, looking at the beef price compared to the lambs people would be better off bulling some heifers instead of lambing ewes
 
Location
Cleveland
Hasn't the national flock grown by 2% ? apparently there was 5000 lambs in welshpool today I really thought the numbers forward would be slowing up by now, looking at the beef price compared to the lambs people would be better off bulling some heifers instead of lambing ewes
Not sure what it's grown by but it wouldn't surprise me! Everyone on here seems to keeping upping numbers....I left my ewes the same as normal but think I'll increase cow numbers this spring
 

exmoor dave

Member
Location
exmoor, uk
Hasn't the national flock grown by 2% ? apparently there was 5000 lambs in welshpool today I really thought the numbers forward would be slowing up by now, looking at the beef price compared to the lambs people would be better off bulling some heifers instead of lambing ewes

Here in the SW (& I imagine that Wales is similar) there is a fairly big reason for the increase in sheep numbers...... TB!
Folk are reducing cattle numbers and increasing sheep.
 

sherg

Member
Location
shropshire
Here in the SW (& I imagine that Wales is similar) there is a fairly big reason for the increase in sheep numbers...... TB!
Folk are reducing cattle numbers and increasing sheep.
Probably a hell of a lot of suckler cow herds around here have either gone or reduced probably a few ex dairy boys keeping sheep now as well
 
Location
Devon
Can i ask why guth?

For starters they can be extremely nasty.

Another reason that you will struggle to get them to decent weights/grade at the age required.

Worth looking into the B scheme but a lot less cows have been put to the B/W bull in the last 12 months and supply going forward could be a problem.
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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