Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
I’m not that old but I can very well remember family members in 90’s going through tough times. Farms sold up to pay debts around millennium - that’s not cool
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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- Location
- Durham, UK
Kicked 4 bulls out at the mart, raced home to get drilling.......its fecking sleeting now. What a utter fecking cunit of a year. Im going to put kettle on.
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It really is grim, sheep don’t like it. Everything needs some sun and warmth
Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
Same here and a cold wind.
Lost a bit of ground to a landlord for sfi, trying to get some more barley drilled as well so thought why they’re a good trade we would cash in. Who knows what autumn will bring
livestock 1
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I can cope with the weather what I can’t cope with is the negativity around agricultural production it seems to be the thing that grinds me down a bit.
- Location
- North Antrim
Farming sucks!
- Location
- Northumberland
Weaners ring was back up yesterday at Carlisle as much as it was down last week,£100/head or so. (i just sound like Guth)
.Many more folk around the ring. Some very expensive cattle in there i thought. Thin shelly dairy bred Angus over £1000. (Not quite as bad as the famous drawing .)Big ring seemed a good trade although i didnt see much. Thumper of a big Blue bullock at £2160 that Declan Foley bought.
They fairly motor on. Didnt take long to put 500 through. Theve put circular forcing pens in coming off the docks. Seem to work well.
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
This farmers are evil shite really gets my goat tbh
- Location
- Devon
I know I'm king of the miserable gits but looking towards the autumn;
If the price of killing ewes and lambs stay high, the cost of replacements will be eye-watering. With the prospect of another bad winter/ schmallenberg/ Blue tongue/ market downturn, it will be a massive risk buying many.
If the price of killing ewes/ lambs drops, breeding stock will be cheaper but there will be less confidence and enthusiasm to work all winter.
I don't see the UK flock expanding.
livestock 1
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Those round pens are slow compared to the old race’s they have put them in for h and sWeaners ring was back up yesterday at Carlisle as much as it was down last week,£100/head or so. (i just sound like Guth)
Big ring seemed a good trade although i didnt see much. Thumper of a big Blue bullock at £2160 that Declan Foley bought.
They fairly motor on. Didnt take long to put 500 through. Theve put circular forcing pens in coming off the docks. Seem to work well.
Maybe a bit dryer and a bit more hope for getting some out lifted the job a bit ?
had e nuff
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- Location
- Durham
Not that bad a day, on turning cattle out here.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
On bloody snowing now , some heavy flurrys … not lying …yet … sooner this spring feks off the better .
Stw88
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- Location
- Northumberland
Never seen ewes as dear at longtown! Them lambing disasters maby wernt so bad afterall.
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
Have they taken a nice lift?
livestock 1
Member
Cold here snowing on and off maybe not as bad of a day compared to that other Monday but that’s nowt to go by
Grass disappearing fast maybe more of a concern
Grass disappearing fast maybe more of a concern
Stw88
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- Location
- Northumberland
So they said. Lean mules 116, and i mean lean! Swales were 86, things that would be £20 in the back end. Good geld mule 165.
livestock 1
Member
That sounds good
Stw88
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- Location
- Northumberland
Averaged 112 for 19 and there was only 4 decent sheep amongst them. Proper lambing problems.
livestock 1
Member
I’m hoping to be on going through some today
Sounds like I should be cashing more than I’m keeping them ?
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From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and The Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer MP Published21 May 2024
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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...