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hendrebc

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Livestock Farmer
Ruthin store and breeding sale today sounds like it went well
 

Al R

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Livestock Farmer
Location
West Wales
Anyone sent lambs dead this week? Had some groups shift slightly in KO% and ram lambs must have started chasing and they lost weight compared to when they were marked 2 weeks ago ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ every ewe lamb has kept putting weight on ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป
 

aangus

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Location
cumbria
Anyone sent lambs dead this week? Had some groups shift slightly in KO% and ram lambs must have started chasing and they lost weight compared to when they were marked 2 weeks ago ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ every ewe lamb has kept putting weight on ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป
I did hear that dunbia had lifted their price and were looking for lambs, but thatโ€™s from farmers not an agent. I sold a few live yesterday and thought they werenโ€™t as dear as earlier in the week
 

Al R

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Livestock Farmer
Location
West Wales
I did hear that dunbia had lifted their price and were looking for lambs, but thatโ€™s from farmers not an agent. I sold a few live yesterday and thought they werenโ€™t as dear as earlier in the week
Lambs up 30-40p/dead this week to mid wales, hell of a lot of people weaning as drought sets in good and proper
 

aangus

Member
Location
cumbria
Lambs up 30-40p/dead this week to mid wales, hell of a lot of people weaning as drought sets in good and proper
If thereโ€™s a fresh bite it will be better to wean them, it will be the earliest for me to start. Going to wean one lot tomorrow or should I wait until this heat passes ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ
 

Six Dogs

Member
Location
Wiltshire
No end of breeding sheep went home unsold today!

Trade was half decent for the first 70% of the sale then dropped away suddenly by ยฃ20 or so head in an instant!

You could pick up leaner shearlings come the end for ยฃ127+ head and nothing wrong with them either! would have made more in the fat ring 12 months ago!
What would a half decent Suff x Mule shearling have made?
 

Estate fencing.

Member
Livestock Farmer
No end of breeding sheep went home unsold today!

Trade was half decent for the first 70% of the sale then dropped away suddenly by ยฃ20 or so head in an instant!

You could pick up leaner shearlings come the end for ยฃ127+ head and nothing wrong with them either! would have made more in the fat ring 12 months ago!
Sheep dealers wet dream, everyone in the south on hay, a lot in early and getting a bit dry. They will make some on them in 6 weeks when the real sales start.
 

Estate fencing.

Member
Livestock Farmer
...... I must admit I'm not really understanding the situation down in the southern region ......
One says no grass and dry ......and then you hear of hay being made everywhere ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

You cant make hay if you got no grass .......can you ??
Iv got some good crops that havenโ€™t been grazed since early April or on wet fields (I was marking the ground yesterday when turning. But anything that was shut up late on brash is just toppings and might get one round to the acre.
 

Hfd Cattle

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Hereford
Iv got some good crops that havenโ€™t been grazed since early April or on wet fields (I was marking the ground yesterday when turning. But anything that was shut up late on brash is just toppings and might get one round to the acre.
That's not good !!
Comment was slightly 'tongue in cheek' really . We are very lucky round here plenty of grass and decent crops but the grass will soon go now . ....is this hay gonna be worth anything ?
Baling some today I would happily sell off the field to save hauling it back ......but not much trade ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ
 

Estate fencing.

Member
Livestock Farmer
That's not good !!
Comment was slightly 'tongue in cheek' really . We are very lucky round here plenty of grass and decent crops but the grass will soon go now . ....is this hay gonna be worth anything ?
Baling some today I would happily sell off the field to save hauling it back ......but not much trade ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ
It doesnโ€™t really matter to me about the thin crops, got to be topped anyway so that the same price as mowing, just ted once row up and bale. Still only ยฃ20/bale. Proper farmer maths there. ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿ˜‚
 

Estate fencing.

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Livestock Farmer
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Expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive offer for farmers published

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Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer from July will give the sector a clear path forward and boost farm business resilience.

From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and The Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer MP Published21 May 2024

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Full details of the expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer available to farmers from July have been published by the...
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