Grassman
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He is past worryingBut now you don’t have to use your teeth on string.....seen what a good dentist charges these days?
He is past worryingBut now you don’t have to use your teeth on string.....seen what a good dentist charges these days?
tenants will be cracking the champagne if that happens.least you wont have to worry when land price tanks....
Interesting,but do you properly cost how much a weaned calf costs from your suckler herd into your store/finishing unit?No reason to be put off sensible investment,
If the system is profitable, why not expand it?
For me with sucklers through to finish any expansion has to reduce work per head, feeding another pen of cattle takes no extra time so should leave equal profit to existing pens?
Next shed I put up will be a slatted tank but will be laid out so cubicles could be put in just incase a dairy change comes!
Yes I cost suckled calves but you can make the figures fit how you want, also at what age you "sell" them across I bought some stores early November that were at least £150 cheaper than December/January when bps had come!Interesting,but do you properly cost how much a weaned calf costs from your suckler herd into your store/finishing unit?
If there is little profit from the weaned calves then you have to ask why keep the cows,why not buy suckler type stores and twice as many?
If beef prices weakened further due to imports then sucklers will be the first to take the hit....and already have.
With regard to genetics beef has hit a wall really but sheep improvement keeps marching on.
Does anyone ever thank you for bringing another 10 beast into the supply chain,I guess not.
Expansion all depends on how efficient logistics on farm are so suits some more than others however using a calculator rather than a concrete mixer is the first step.
Well today I am mostly thinking of the Scottish Divergence cash ( for underpayments in 6 of the years I was farming , for which I will get zilch ). Or I could think about farming all my life on LFA ground , but also getting zilch ( for the most part , because we dared to stick with dairy cows). Not forgetting the near million litres of milk quota I had to buy, and First Milk nearly destroying us in 2016 followed by the climate disaster of 2017. Seriously - glad I escaped alive !And for those that can't see the light, their consultant tells them to buy a bigger bulb
You’re right,we also bought half a dozen weaned suckler calves in November,average quality and they were very reasonable.Yes I cost suckled calves but you can make the figures fit how you want, also at what age you "sell" them across I bought some stores early November that were at least £150 cheaper than December/January when bps had come!
By doing both I feel I'm taking the volatility out a little, I don't graze a second summer, cattle are finished 12-15 months old cereal based ration
I make sure both sides of the business (and arable aswell) hold their own
I got rid off HSBC for a few reasons, we e don't use cards much but had a rainy day so bobbed here and there got a call, said from bank but I didn't believe the chap so told him where to go I wouldn't tell him my details and they locked my account! Also due to some change they wanted a form filling out that had a million nosy questions. Yorkshire Bank now, no bother at all.You’re right,we also bought half a dozen weaned suckler calves in November,average quality and they were very reasonable.
Its the little things which add up,we bank with HSBC and they have put .25% on their overdraft arrangement fee.It may not be a huge amount but just think how by pressing a button they will take millions more from their customers,a lot being farmers.
I got rid off HSBC for a few reasons, we e don't use cards much but had a rainy day so bobbed here and there got a call, said from bank but I didn't believe the chap so told him where to go I wouldn't tell him my details and they locked my account! Also due to some change they wanted a form filling out that had a million nosy questions. Yorkshire Bank now, no bother at all.
Oh I thought it was good, but they should ask if name address is correct or give me something, he wanted me to tell everything, all questions aswell, we laugh about it nowYour card hadn’t been used much, then suddenly there was a lot of activity on it. The bank picked up on that as ‘unusual behaviour’ and contacted you to check it was legit, which obviously needed a few security questions answered.
I would consider that good, in that they might have stopped some scroat emptying your account after pinching/cloning your card.
Your card hadn’t been used much, then suddenly there was a lot of activity on it. The bank picked up on that as ‘unusual behaviour’ and contacted you to check it was legit, which obviously needed a few security questions answered.
I would consider that good, in that they might have stopped some scroat emptying your account after pinching/cloning your card.
I have said many times that there should be security both ways. They ask us questions and we can ask them similar questions.Oh I thought it was good, but they should ask if name address is correct or give me something, he wanted me to tell everything, all questions aswell, we laugh about it now
and I do, usually stunned silence, when I do, but we should, every one warns us about scams, why shouldn't we be careful, usually ask for letter xnumber in my address.I have said many times that there should be security both ways. They ask us questions and we can ask them similar questions.
thought all the landowners were being incentivised to put their land into envir schemes? surely demand will be much much less?tenants will be cracking the champagne if that happens.
demand for tenants will exceed supply.
what breed are your cattle? you will be feeding your own grain to the cattle?Yes I cost suckled calves but you can make the figures fit how you want, also at what age you "sell" them across I bought some stores early November that were at least £150 cheaper than December/January when bps had come!
By doing both I feel I'm taking the volatility out a little, I don't graze a second summer, cattle are finished 12-15 months old cereal based ration
I make sure both sides of the business (and arable aswell) hold their own
Yes own grain,what breed are your cattle? you will be feeding your own grain to the cattle?
i thought overdrafts for farmers were nearer 3%? mine used to beYou’re right,we also bought half a dozen weaned suckler calves in November,average quality and they were very reasonable.
Its the little things which add up,we bank with HSBC and they have put .25% on their overdraft arrangement fee.It may not be a huge amount but just think how by pressing a button they will take millions more from their customers,a lot being farmers.
will be quite shapey calves then? what do you do for protein?Yes own grain,
Mixture of cows
2 blues and a lim bull
thought all the landowners were being incentivised to put their land into envir schemes? surely demand will be much much less?
Yes aim for that and aim butcher/farm shop market.will be quite shapey calves then? what do you do for protein?
all the banks are upping o/d interest rate, to around the 40% mark, in response to gov legislation re bank charges.i thought overdrafts for farmers were nearer 3%? mine used to be