Recent content by Tom.6420

Just over 100g/bird/day surely this is cage birds not free range?

No that's good in comparison to noble feed. We booked in early July peak lay £261 all the way through to July 2019

Noble price before drops. V Large 92p Large 92p Medium 86p These are prices before scheme bonus 3p and any other top ups ie new shed bonus.

No feed link unchanged I believe . But the feed link was reduced not si long ago a lot of producers either didn't re sign on to it or took a big hit at the time. Crazy that noble still paying new shed bonus and taking on new producers. Almost feels like they are quite happy with over supplied...

Noble just dropped price for mediums by 7p. Seems unbelievable people even considering getting in to the egg job right now.

Yes. Just get your figures nailed down. Feed @270 pullets @4.10 whatever egg price they offer. If it looks ok good luck to you. We are packing in but some can make it work at these prices. Be wary of the predicted egg numbers they tell you is possible. Just too much risk from my side of the...

Don't want to be too flippant about something so serious but kids in the house all day to my mind isn't the best thing. Too many fat kids nowadays sat around playing computer games ending up with all sorts of health problems. Very few kids get hurt in modern tractors. Still each to their own.

NFU, maybe this is where you could stand up for farmers for once......I won't hold my breath!

That is nearly as hard to follow as Joe Soapys latest posts!

Yes he can, but he's probably not a huge feed wheat buyer anyway. Point is even at unaffordable levels demand might not fall off as fast as you think it might.

True, but for the guys who have just spent £35/bird on a brand new shed of 32 000, and quarterly mortgage payments of £35000 there's no choice but to keep buying feed wheat at any cost. This probably applies to a lot of livestock sectors at the moment.

Brisel, surely management is only sitting around d the office for a couple of hours a week chewing the cud over "what variety shall we grow next year" while sipping coffee. Can't cost that much!!

£150/ac/yr sounds on the low side to be being capped at. What do local fbt s fetch? This should be a base as to where farmer earning. Maybe the land just not good enough for two of you to be making a draw on it ?

Bowlers are now part of Noble foods.