tweedale terrier
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- The Hills
Been quite hush hush round here too. Unnamed farm but fair to say they are one of the biggest egg producers in Europe. Seems to be under control thankfull.
Large scale egg producers loosing money hand over fist
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glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
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tweedale terrier
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- Location
- The Hills
Theres not loads of huge egg producers in Scotland google it. Sir
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Bird flue.
tweedale terrier
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- Location
- The Hills
glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
I thought you meant losing a load of cash
tweedale terrier
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- Location
- The Hills
Potentially but I think it has been swiftly contained.
Ninjago
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- Location
- south shropshire
Producers have to realise that the days of when egg prices averaged between 95 pence to £1/doz, when any fool could make have gone. Now you have to be a top producer to make any money. It's similar to the beef, sheep and cereals farms when subsidies go.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Subsidy’s for beef sheep cereals went years ago.
Netherfield
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- Location
- West Yorkshire
Some people wondered why I decided to retire when I did, some of them are now deep in the excremento with the bank.
- Location
- Near Colchester
I think that there may be a single farm payment or some such for the land involved in those enterprises though unlike the concrete and buildings based chicken and pig operations.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Their is a subsidy for land but nothing to do with production , a lot don’t seem to understand .
- Location
- Devon
As @Henarar would say, there's a sub on the land that is used to grow their food, same as there is for chickens. Up to each farmer whether they grow their own food or buy it in. Plenty of cattle finishers with just concrete and sheds who buy in all their feed. Even some store lamb finishers the same.
Bossfarmer
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- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
how do they make that pay??
- Location
- Devon
Scale?
Some would have access to cheap(er) waste materials - veg, bread, etc.
But on the wider point, what's the difference between a cattle finisher renting land to grow food for his cattle and a chicken producer renting land to grow wheat for his chickens? Both would be able to claim the sub.
- Location
- Mid Norfolk
Fast finishing times and high grading.
- Location
- Devon
Oh, and favourable contracts.
midlandslad
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- Location
- Midlands
Where have free range egg prices moved to? I understand there was an uplift as everyone took up baking during lockdown. Are they putting pressure back on prices again?
henman
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- Location
- pembrockshire
the price is rising but not enough to put us in profit ,I lost £200 000 k or more in the last 2 years