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impossible to farm?
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spin cycle
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- north norfolk
looking good here next wk
......fodder beet first...then barley
......fodder beet first...then barley
What do cla bigwigs know about anything?if you have 'diversifications' or 'off farm income' why risk it on potentially loss making farm enterprises?
reading the cla mag today and it's suggested that there is huge scope for uk farm productivity uplift
BUT....if subsidies are to be shifted from 'direct payments' to 'public goods' it seems to me that a considerable amount of land is going to be taken out of production or farmed less intensively........the remaining land will have to make up the shortfall never mind any increase
looking at 'whats on the table' at the moment,whilst i conceed may not be anything near the finished article... but you have to start somewhere, i'm inclined to double the stewardship and half my production
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spin cycle
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- north norfolk
What do cla bigwigs know about anything?
scratching my head why i'm a member.....swear i'm going to cancel....get close to oct renewal and not bother
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- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
We are under no obligation to produce MORE. We all need to learn to produce at a higher profit margin whether that be different enterprises, reduced unit costs or acheiving higher prices.if you have 'diversifications' or 'off farm income' why risk it on potentially loss making farm enterprises?
reading the cla mag today and it's suggested that there is huge scope for uk farm productivity uplift
BUT....if subsidies are to be shifted from 'direct payments' to 'public goods' it seems to me that a considerable amount of land is going to be taken out of production or farmed less intensively
looking at 'whats on the table' at the moment,whilst i conceed may not be anything near the finished article... but you have to start somewhere, i'm inclined to double the stewardship and half my production
back to the cla
4course
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- north yorks
managing risk is fine ,but the biggest risk to my profit is the weather always has been and always likely to be but it doesnt neccessarily mean good weather produces the highest profit
Ramrod
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- Skendleby Psalter, Lincolnshire
It’s the Spanish Inquisition all over again!!!
4course
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- north yorks
lets hope its just a few days
Just been drilling in your neck of the woods today, couldn’t believe how dry it was. Depressing heading back to my swamp on the way home
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spin cycle
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- north norfolk
or a boat load of imports specifically bought in to create a glut and lower prices
diversify....claim the 'public goods' cash and stuff the risks of production i say
If you rent land join the Tfa. They ‘get it’ (peasant farming)scratching my head why i'm a member.....swear i'm going to cancel....get close to oct renewal and not bother
4course
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- north yorks
One way to look at making uk farming possible/profitable is to produce less( will need a complete reversal in mindset here but whatever it takes) to ensure a future for uk agriculture and its participants. Lets face it those selling straw are doing well why ?a shortage.Grain up north is at a premium why ?a shortage.Lambs are in demand weve never seen such prices why? a shortage, hay and haylage for those selling it is well above the normal price why ? a shortage. So maybe just maybe this greening malarky turning the countryside into a park( and that stretch of water) will provide the marginal producer a lifeline and reduce output of goods and others a future . Before anyone suggests diversifying I reckon most are well on the way cos I would be hard pressed to think of a farmer round here who just farms his own patch and does nothing else other than basic commodity production in fact our accountant is pointing out the problems that some folks are facing due to the farm becoming less of a % of income.
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was like that for a long time, but left last yearscratching my head why i'm a member.....swear i'm going to cancel....get close to oct renewal and not bother
Nice drop of rain again today.
michael N123
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It’s wet here
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- mid wales
We been sat in thick fog for the last 3 or 4 days, can't see much more than 50 yards at timed, that's depressing for you.
Cab-over Pete
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- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
On the subject of wet weather and managing risk, I did chuckle when I read some expert in the farming press advising farmers to carry an extra ton of silage per cow as contingency for poor weather. Easy to recommend now, bet he wasn't saying that last year, I wouldn't be surprised if he was advising farmers to push stock numbers last year.
It’s all very well telling Farmers to carry more fodder as long as the weather is right when they are trying to harvest it!
Bossfarmer
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- between Perth and Inverness
are you locking your grain in at this years price for 3 years or taking the risk prices could climb @Clive ?
Bossfarmer
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- between Perth and Inverness
looks like scotland will be using a 3 tier approach with food production rewarded in one categoryif you have 'diversifications' or 'off farm income' why risk it on potentially loss making farm enterprises?
reading the cla mag today and it's suggested that there is huge scope for uk farm productivity uplift
BUT....if subsidies are to be shifted from 'direct payments' to 'public goods' it seems to me that a considerable amount of land is going to be taken out of production or farmed less intensively
looking at 'whats on the table' at the moment,whilst i conceed may not be anything near the finished article... but you have to start somewhere, i'm inclined to double the stewardship and half my production
back to the cla
- Location
- Cumbria
Too true. It's also not that long ago that a certain beef consultant was suggesting we all turn heifers out onto silage ground in early spring because we were only making silage to keep them in to make more silage to keep them in. Theoretically very wise, but the practice....