Tinder what?You’re networking on a Tinder?
Tinder what?You’re networking on a Tinder?
What did you change to @Chae1 didnt you have a titan before?Bought a roller mill, we are bruising around 500t a year anyway. So shouldn't take too long to pay for itself.
Changed cattle crush too.
That's the all time sheep conundrum, they do better on the dry.
Frank the wool is in Romney country though ? That's wet ground surely , even if rainfall is lower...than ' out west.' ....
Have you talked to many dairy folk lately ? I'm out now , but those I speak to seem uncertain of prospects , and the flow out of the sector continues.So this is the question.
Up until a few years ago a few grand on a shed or a sheep pen or even some shiny new equipment to make the jobs easier would be tempting to improve efficiency or at least a bit of expansion to help turnover.However I’m feeling more and more that I can’t see the reasoning in spending a chunk of money at all on anything big to maybe improve farm capacity/output.
The food industry in general only seem to want the cheapest food and will source it from anywhere even if it is a factory producing fungal slime.
In fact the only way forward I’m seeing is reducing investment and reducing costs and importantly also reducing output.
Apart from the dairy industry which seems to be doing quite well what are other people’s thoughts?
Just got 1 built to our own spec by local blacksmith.What did you change to @Chae1 didnt you have a titan before?
You wouldn’t think that around here,the large dairy farms are expanding at a pace,hoovering up land and spending big money.Have you talked to many dairy folk lately ? I'm out now , but those I speak to seem uncertain of prospects , and the flow out of the sector continues.
Yes,this is along my line of thinking,grassland and genetics to get more from less without cost and massive investment.I’m not looking to invest in capital projects here (rented farm), but I am still steadily increasing ewe numbers to fit with ground/sward improvements, but without increasing costs. All machinery that I’m likely to want to bring most things in house is now mostly here, so not much more likely to be going out on anything but repairs (& the rest of the finance on some of them) to go out now. Aged pickup was planned to stop here for another 5+ yrs, until it went bang in a big way, so an unexpected replacement needed there, as tends to happen.
I’ve pulled all but the essential fencing projects from Glastir now, as the payments don’t cover costs now stakes have shot up in price. One new 180m fence to go up to split a grazing field, but pretty well everything else down to just ‘fix when necessary’ now, unless new enviro schemes are more generous (as promised).
Probably dropping my early lambing group, to knock everything back to make better use of Spring grass and further reduce the relatively small concentrate bill I still have. AI would stop at the same time, apart from to bring in any genetics via semen. Future of my Beltex experiment is very much under review.
I will be continuing to invest in genetics and in maintaining soils & grassland of course, which I see as the main drivers in my/any livestock business.
Uk will not have enough milk after brexit so milk outlook looks goodYou wouldn’t think that around here,the large dairy farms are expanding at a pace,hoovering up land and spending big money.
You only have to look at the figures,the poorest years in milk seem to be better than other sectors.
Are imports going to be restricted....I’d say not.Uk will not have enough milk after brexit so milk outlook looks good
Make sure it's detailed in the accounts so you get the depreciation on itI bought a pen knife.
I have just invested in 3 new sheds. Reshaping yards and a new access road into the farm. Will take me 15 years to pay off. I was told by my brother in law (in 2017)who is an ag consultant to wait until after brexit is done with to see if it’s wise but being young and stupid I ploughed on regardless with the investment starting back in 2018. Things are tight right now, there will be no new machinery this year, We have been doing a fair bit of fencing and I hope to continue that to some extent and put a decent bit of drain in a particularly wet field. With regards the buildings side of things, I justified it to myself as if I tried to save for 15 years to pay for it all Or do it bit at a time I’d only be starting to get the benefit off it in my 50s. Happy to have them up and the place on it’s way to being tidy. I’m just keeping my fingers crossed that I get a good year or 3 to help pay off some of the dept or update some kit that’s going to be creeping older than I’d like. It would also help massively if subsidy is maintained at current levels.
Possibly, but if you don’t invest when you can what chance do you have when you really have your back to the wall , better off doing something all the time rather than waiting for better days, in my experience delaying a project can become expensive as well, how much more is a shed today than it would have been 10 years ago ?with an uncertain future for farming, is it not time to decrease our outgoings ? Get sorted out before the big changes come, then you are ready to go forwards if oppurtunities occur, and 1/2 way down the survival root if they don't.
On with a few shed extensions etc to make more space.Possibly, but if you don’t invest when you can what chance do you have when you really have your back to the wall , better off doing something all the time rather than waiting for better days, in my experience delaying a project can become expensive as well, how much more is a shed today than it would have been 10 years ago ?
Make sure it's detailed in the accounts so you get the depreciation on it
After doing a cashflow projection, I have decided to invest in a new seat for my 15 year old quad bike. @unlacedgecko's suggestion of using a dead ewe has been a successful temporary measure but it's time to invest for the future.
possibly, but what we are looking at, is a probable reversion of what we have known, for 40 years, in this case, get your house in order, and you could be well placed to go forwards, or, the opposite.Possibly, but if you don’t invest when you can what chance do you have when you really have your back to the wall , better off doing something all the time rather than waiting for better days, in my experience delaying a project can become expensive as well, how much more is a shed today than it would have been 10 years ago ?