casper74
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
From what i am hearing from people who send deadweight, £4.60 base is achievable, and more if you have plenty to send and your face fits. Top weight can be kind of forgotten about at the moment.
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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- Start date
Everything done to suit themselves
Would NZ farmers be making any money on these lambs. Surely they can’t produce them for nothing
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Not nothing bit less , more sheep per person , better grazing seasons inputs cheaper ….. all adds up and they tell us nz lamb on uk shelf has a lower carbon foot print than our own ! I simply dont believe that but many silly folk will.
These exlana men say they can produce profitable lambs at £74
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Im sure each farm will be different , im not really into sweeping statements like that , i can produce romneys less than £74 but not that many and still want as much profit as possible regardless , exlana men are welcome to race to the bottom .
I’m sure they can, but will they be able to once bps goes and they have to pay rent
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Ridiculous for people coming out and saying they can produce them for so little, supermarkets will just take advantage of that.
I have my doubts. A lot of different systems as well which may not have the fixed cost base of some businesses. All a bit of a sh1t show at moment
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
You forget the super markets bribed some into handing over their accounts and know exactly how much it costs to produce …
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
I know, I just can’t believe people signed up to that
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Me neither but on reflection id have been more surprised if no one had, no leadership no unison so ….. get shafted …I know, I just can’t believe people signed up to that
I’m sick of the exlarna bull shite where they recon one man can ruin thousands of ewes for no cost and cheap/free ground. The only person making money out of the pyramid is the one at the top and he’s only got 600 ewes, they where that great and easy surely he should have 10,000.
My thoughts exactly, breeding stock is where the money is obviously
BELOWAVERAGE
Member
Aren't they the ones who don't claim bps, and pay rent ? Well that's what they keep telling us on here.
livestock 1
Member
There’s a big difference between these other countries that send meat here and what we are up against. They are supported right the way through from currency values to the slaughter system and marketing. We can’t eve get the meat out over the border ports without a struggle AHDB doesn’t appear to sell much it’s the big private processors that sell it
You could but costs are out of control now. People where moaning when lambs where £130 in the early summer.
- Location
- central scotland
Aye not the type of sheep I’m after ......the ideal sheep is surely the type that produce enough to be sustainable with the smallest possible flock
this doing more and becoming more”efficient “ is starting to get tiresome 
Trouble is with these cheap systems is you might have to sell the lot when your temporary grazing landlord says thanks but no thanks.
Expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive offer for farmers published
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
Full details of the expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer available to farmers from July have been published by the...
From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and The Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer MP Published21 May 2024
Full details of the expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer available to farmers from July have been published by the...