July
Milk Price Tracker
- Thread starter rc mx110
- Start date
Yes it's a problem in this part of the world. I really need one full time, plus I have a couple of self employed who can come as and when I need. My full time is leaving and I've been lucky to find a part time to cover some work, no full time I can find yet though.
- Location
- somerset
we have just cut back to what we can manage ourselves, son, and me, who isn't very fit. The chances of finding decent or half decent, is zero, without a house.
no point banging your head against a wall looking, or taking on to much, which means things don't get done.
Extra acres will be filled with beef stores.
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Shoul always aim to expand at the bottom of the market ,no point in doing it when things are at the top
TheRanger
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- Location
- SW Scotland
It's not great, but the easiest way to compare prices is to convert them all into a standard liquid litre price. Anyone with good constituents will be getting much more than the headline price across most of those buyers.
- Location
- M6 Hard shoulder
Cake at 250 vs 420 adds 3.2ppl to me and fert at 250 vs 750 adds 1.2ppl we drew 27ppl for last mays milk, we will see 40.42 for this mays, everything has increased from a cost pov but atm im happy here.
dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
Yeah I would agree if it was just those costs that have gone up but it’s everything from fuel to the cost of wellies. As well as the cost of living having an impact aswell.
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Milk prices are up more than ag inflation.
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
You really do live in another world.
Barmyfarmer
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Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Fuel price doubled, cake price will be nearly double by winter, barley double, wheat double, calf powder up 25-50%, electric double, fertiliser triple/quadruple, interest double, cow price up, staff cost 50% more, concrete/wood/steel etc up 50% plus, machinery up 50% on most items, contractors obviously costing more, plastic up etc
Milk price up what 50% for arla suppliers 40% for those of us on better solids contracts, 30% for some of the liquid suppliers
Then theres omsco qnd not to mention those recovering from covid (eg freshways at 13ppl)
Milk price up what 50% for arla suppliers 40% for those of us on better solids contracts, 30% for some of the liquid suppliers
Then theres omsco qnd not to mention those recovering from covid (eg freshways at 13ppl)
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
I'll also add milk price is up 50% for arla suppliers NOW not the best part of 12 months ago when fertiliser doubled over night
Bramble
Member
How much is ag inflation? I guess it’s different for every business but as a guess mine might be
Fert +300%
Fuel +100%
Feed +50%
Parts +30%
Labour +15%
Contractors costs ?? (don’t have many)
Interest +25%
Rent unchanged as yet
Feed, labour, and rent have always been my 3 biggest costs (although parts/fuel will probably be higher than rent this year)
On the other side
Milk price up 80%
Wheat price up 60%
Cull price ???
BPS down 10%
Net result - probably not much better/worse off than 12 months ago, just a lot more risk (cashflow wise) now. My biggest worry is that at some point the high output prices will crash, and I might be sat on a load of expensively bought inputs when that happens. 80% of fert for next year ordered, 40% of winter feed purchased as well
Wish I had your calculator
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
He's a freshways supplier, so may well be up 80% compared to last year during the pandemic
cattow
Member
- Location
- Leicestershire J11 M42
Edited for you
- Location
- Wormingford, Essex
Milk buyers don't care about farm input costs. The increase in farmgate price is down to the lack of supply.
- Location
- somerset
sons mate has sucklers, and works for a contractor, discussions on the price of square silage bales, for this season. Contractor worked out his costs £15 bale, so looking for more than that, allowing for 'risk' factor, and profit, £20/sq bale, was his figure. Contractors a shrewd, clever bugger, and is not owed money from last year, either. So what will round baling cost, and perhaps why 2 local contractors, have dropped silage/wrap, from their services. Then, we have the cost of getting rid of the plastic.
We have an old small inside pit, we haven't used for years, for silage, our main clamp is full, had a job to get it all in sensibly, we were going to bale/wrap 2nd cut, a £1000 worth of concrete will bring that pit, 'usable', very tight for todays big machines, but a lot cheaper than several 100 silage bales. And if the weather is kind, as much as we can, into hay.
We have an old small inside pit, we haven't used for years, for silage, our main clamp is full, had a job to get it all in sensibly, we were going to bale/wrap 2nd cut, a £1000 worth of concrete will bring that pit, 'usable', very tight for todays big machines, but a lot cheaper than several 100 silage bales. And if the weather is kind, as much as we can, into hay.
buffalo_soldier
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- Location
- cumbria
dinderleat
Member
- Location
- Wells
So you are seeing a better return on the money invested each year even with higher costs? So if I make as much as I did last year but with higher costs surely I would be worse off because my roi is less?