Recent content by Jon75

Someone mentioned bikers struggle to get permission to congregate together for events. There are reasons for that. Your local plod should be able to fill you in. Talking of complete areseholes and cameras, this makes thoroughly unpleasant viewing but I've seen similar speeds fairly regularly...

Hmmmm. Couple of random pictures photoshopped together. Does anyone really believe the bikers didn't leave a single piece of litter? Not condoning littering obviously. But I can see straight through the creator of that picture! Maybe the bikers where in a rush to get back on the road and cut...

Doubt the bikers made the same numbers. With workers there is about upto 175,000 people over the space of a week. There is also an army that clean up afterwards but the press never show that It's definitely not all Eco warrior types these days though.

I've spent many hours reading various sections on this forum. It's very apparent to an outsider looking in that there are two big glaring issues with UK farming. The first is people being stuck in their ways and the second is a lack of understanding when it comes to economics. I've had...

Hi Alice. The bulls should be gone next wednesday and all the 'tweaks' have been agreed and so yes, this will be being repeated. I've just started purchasing replacements as I type. I won't be updating the thread again though I don't think. I'm happy to discuss matters with sensible and...

What are people thoughts on the pros and cons of these three breeds?

There are no issues. The negativity is to be expected on an internet forum. Whatever subject a forum discusses the same attitudes always surface. Sadly it highlights why the UK economy isn't doing as well as it could. The negativity, lack of creative thinking and other negative aspects all...

So, scheme B. The purchase of heifers in calf for investors.... What are peoples thoughts on that? lol

That's a very interesting question. Obviously the very real risk of losses is a big factor and one that must not be undertaken lightly. Then you have the auction price factor. I spent considerable time identifying patterns in historical auction sales data (A concept alien to Bob) to look at...

Ah yes, spelling and grammar, the second to last resort of those struggling in an internet forum debate... fora plural of forum Usage notes[edit] The English plural forums is preferred to the Latin plural [1] But English lesson aside, at least we've not yet seen Godwin's Law applied to this...

Ah, I knew this was coming. Internet forums are all so predictable these days. FTSE100, FTSE250, FTSE all share..... And not one minute spent feeding one calf. Though the performance of my holdings in SXX (Previously of AIM soon to be FTSE 250) and 8EE annihilated the cattle investment and...

Well to be fair, if you don't believe me that's fine. But that just means I'm even happier. The 17.83% was based on heifer sales. The bulls will be sold soon and I'm advised they should do better so overall we'll beat the 17.83%. Costings simply involved feed (milk, calf cake, finisher cake)...

This time next years Rodders, I'll be a few grand better off. Hopefully.... :) I keep reading about divisions in society. The in laws are not wealthy, but are sat on a few quid and are forever moaning about the poor returns that banks offer these days. How many people like them exist in the UK...

I'm pleased with a yield of 17.83%. I suspect this will be raised slightly when the bulls go to market in a couple of weeks time. The plan now is to buy 60 to 80 more and repeat. The only thing I'd add is I'd like to see what price they'd fetch at auction when 12 months old as opposed to...

Well for those who were interested, the plan was to keep these for 12 months. Long story short is that the first batch were sold today. They cost £203 on average initially and went today for an average of £651 for the heifers. The bulls will sell in a few weeks. The investment return worked out...