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spin cycle

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north norfolk
peter crichton is an auctioneer /valuer in suffolk with a particular interest in the pig job....on his website he does a regular 'pig commentary' which is an interesting read :) .....i'd post the page but it won't let me:banghead:...one little snippet from it ...red tractor weaners are worthless:oops:...presumably 'better' schemes out competing it:scratchhead:
 

MDL POWERUP

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x 2000 pigs and it's not a bad income. Sheds approx £250k though I heard, on a greenfield site.

Safer money than in eggs I suspect, with less capital tied up?
Cattle sheds or old silage pits are fast converted for no where near that cost. Straw cost takes the shine off though 2000 pigs will go through more than you think. You've also got to like mucking out a lot and stinking like nothing else.
 

cattleman123

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Location
devon
They would just about go deadweight but certainly not liveweight!

Only 995 store lambs penned, if they were about this trade would certainly draw them out.

Even more good news for the hard pressed beef/sheep sectors as i have just been told straw is dropping in price, delivered is back £20 ton already this week to £130/40 for barley delivered into Devon this week.
Have they suddenly found a stack@?
 
I don't know anyone that actually produces pigs in any number (other than B&B). No idea whether @Suffolk Serf would be at liberty to divulge how incredibly wealthy he's becoming?

All I know is that a few years ago I had designs on being the next BQP and had a few farmers rearing and finishing for me on contract. It was all very exciting having pigs all over Norfolk and Suffolk but not profitable enough to sustain the high borrowings and I got out of it before it finished me and I reverted to selling weaners to people more clever than me.
 
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neilo

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Montgomeryshire
Cattle sheds or old silage pits are fast converted for no where near that cost. Straw cost takes the shine off though 2000 pigs will go through more than you think. You've also got to like mucking out a lot and stinking like nothing else.

Companies doing it locally apparently want new buildings, to their spec, rather than conversions, hence the cost. Maybe they're paying more/pig for the privilege though?

Copious quantities of pig muck produced is some sort of fert supply imported too, if you can make use of it all of course.
 

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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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