Hell your keen with the vat
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
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bobajob
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
Bloody lightweights on here!! - I work that hard I get up before I go to bed,.... just so I can get all the jobs done 
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- Location
- Staffordshire Moorlands
I'll start - mine was big enough to fill a pram.
- Location
- Staffordshire Moorlands
And just to keep vaguely on topic. Gisburn Saturday.
My younger days i worked busy periods for a contractor doing 16-17hrs day in day out and would complain when i got home that i was knackered, only to be asked why when i had been sat down all dayBloody lightweights on here!! - I work that hard I get up before I go to bed,.... just so I can get all the jobs done
When you look at the bones of it all GUTH is right though. We are all running round like headless chickens trying to do paid work and look after a lot of stock, add family time into the mix as well it’s not a great situation. Everything’s fine when it’s running sweet but sheep get out or something and you soon lose hours.
And they wonder why farming has high rates of fatigue & depression.
We should be talking about who can make a profit from the least number of cows & enjoys their time off, perhaps there's more of that in the crops section
- Location
- West Wales
I’m saying he’s wrong, maybe some of us are stretched to thin but they may also prefer it
I’m happy where I am at the moment or I wouldn’t be doing it, also spending a lot of time with the family
Unless someone knows exactly what goes on you can’t judge in my opinion….The Jolly Farmer
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When I read many hundreds of cattle and thousands of sheep members on here claim its possible to look after and have a full time job, I wonder if the same applies to those we deal with. Is the manager of my local Tesco out doing a paper round before he goes to work, is he doing paper work at 2.30 so he can spend more time stacking shelfs or maybe his wife does all his paper work as well as her own full time job. How I wish my accountant would get a full time job so he could do my tax return for less.
Exactly it’s not a dig at anyone, I just know from my own life it’s not ideal although I do enjoy most of what I do.And they wonder why farming has high rates of fatigue & depression.
We should be talking about who can make a profit from the least number of cows & enjoys their time off, perhaps there's more of that in the crops section
Woolless
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- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
'English Pastoral' by James Rebanks is very good on how farming got into this state. Well worth a read.
Woolless
Member
- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
He must be due a big payback from HMRC
Woolless
Member
- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
But the tesco manager isn't trying to buy the store tho is he. Plenty of other jobs where people are trying to get on and not just be happy with there lot have to work stupid hours, 2 members of my family work through the night as well as do the day work, so they can expand.
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- Location
- West Wales
What would store lambs around the 30-32kg mark be worth? Also cull ewes, welsh in good condition and strong welsh mules?
To right £12,250! Been a dear quarter!He must be due a big payback from HMRC
- Location
- North of Perth
Steady now don't diss the accountants
My dad use to say hard work won't kill you .
At 38 my doctor told me that if I didn't stop working so hard I wouldn't make 40.....I've learnt to slow down.
Both work full time
Greythundercloudys
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Nice countryside around fort william, for tourists, we went up in October, the market looks modern, on the same road as the ski resort, they'll not be many lambs ready for sale in June up there, abit early.