It did for the GP just like fert and farmersIt didn’t go too dear…
It did for the GP just like fert and farmersIt didn’t go too dear…
It’s a quality product….it can’t hang around at £100 a head in this day and age…it’s 2022 not 1922It did for the GP just like fert and farmers
Cant force people to buy it though , costs are driven by ourselves a fair bit. If we produced less product on grass instead of shovelling bought in grub to everything we would have a premium priced product, but we fall over ourselves to mass produce and suck up input price increases rather than downtools.It’s a quality product….it can’t hang around at £100 a head in this day and age…it’s 2022 not 1922
Corned beef and a W#nk more likeSteak and bj day
The way it’s going there won’t be mass production going on for much longerCant force people to buy it though , costs are driven by ourselves a fair bit. If we produced less product on grass instead of shovelling bought in grub to everything we would have a premium priced product, but we fall over ourselves to mass produce and suck up input price increases rather than downtools.
Just had to renew ours.think it'll be somewhere around £5k a yearHell of a shame inputs rose just as prices started to reflect the work involved. Electricity price rises are going to hammer some of the big intensive farms too. I think it will all go bang at some point. Have a drought summer on top of everything else and we will be in s.hit street
No, but a little rise at a time. Too much too soon is not good, everyone in the chain needs time to adjustAnd you think that’s too dear…
We’ve been waiting 20 years for things to riseNo, but a little rise at a time. Too much too soon is not good, everyone in the chain needs time to adjust
A man in this area (sadly no longer with us) who was a master at winning carcase competitions always said the shoulder was the most important part when assessing live lambs. A lamb with a good shoulder always had a good carcase overall. He used to come look at our tups before the premier sale and always put his hand on the shoulder before anything else.Funny that, I had lambs grade moderately there too and I wasn't the only one. Farm stock Scotland sent a delegation down to have a look. I was told that the regular grader seemed to overemphasise the importance of the shoulder, so anything with a moderate fore was an O grade, never mind what was behind it. Never mind it's meant to be an assessment of three areas and the shoulder is only 10% of the carcass value (I believe).
Speaking to a sheep farmer the other day who said he was going to sow a lot less fertiliser but feed his ewes for an extra month in the spring if required. He has done his calculations and reckons this to be the most economic way.Was talking to a lad yesterday, his fert cost £16000 last year, it is going to be £55,000 this year when ge gets round to it, i dont think many of us have crossed that bridge yet!
If we use same amount of sheepfeed this winter it will come to £4000 more.
These costs are getting serious!
Read my post again.Not our problem if the supply chain after the farm gate has very high costs, they should do what EVERY other industry does ( with the exception of farming ) and that is pass these costs UP the chain and not down the chain back to farmers!
A man in this area (sadly no longer with us) who was a master at winning carcase competitions always said the shoulder was the most important part when assessing live lambs. A lamb with a good shoulder always had a good carcase overall. He used to come look at our tups before the premier sale and always put his hand on the shoulder before anything else.
Fair point but we weren't talking Swaledales in this case!A man in this area (sadly no longer with us) who was a master at winning carcase competitions always said the shoulder was the most important part when assessing live lambs. A lamb with a good shoulder always had a good carcase overall. He used to come look at our tups before the premier sale and always put his hand on the shoulder before anything else.
Heck your misses is patient .....mine would have found someone else by nowWe’ve been waiting 20 years for things to rise
It’s more of a problem getting it to stay down than upHeck your misses is patient .....mine would have found someone else by now
What have we had a fortnight of slight price resistance and everyone talking trade down. 2018 spring was a good trade and costs were less then.I find it quite strange to read that some on here think lamb is too dear
There’s pages and pages of moaning about costs and low prices then suddenly it’s too high
Especially this year when our costs have rocketed. Farm inflation is 20% but that’s only permitted for inputs?? What the hell???
We are good enough to buy feed at £300 plus that was £250 a year ago Fertiliser for £6/700 that was £280 a year ago chemicals sand fuel and everything else the same
Absolutely unbelievable
Not bothered about folk talking the trade down, it’s the ones saying it’s too dear I can’t fathom outWhat have we had a fortnight of slight price resistance and everyone talking trade down. 2018 spring was a good trade and costs were less then.
Sorry that was kind of my angle. They could pay for it in 2018 so why shouldn’t it go even higher.Not bothered about folk talking the trade down, it’s the ones saying it’s too dear I can’t fathom out