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gone up the hill
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Ha ha you only said that about being happily married as the wife reads this thread
Anything can happen, Exports might be difficult now but in 2/3 weeks the French etc will be running out of sheep meat if they don't restart imports before very long.
Unlikely we will see the trade of say 2 weeks ago again for a while but very possible that the lamb/hogg trade could jump £10/15 head in 2/3 weeks time.
Will certainly be less ewe hogs sent for the line for starters and grass has literally disappeared overnight with these very cold/ harsh north east winds and with so much uncertainity and current low spring lamb price there is no incentive for the feeders to go out and these lambs to be pushed so supply could be a bit tighter than expected in a few weeks time.
Excellent business although perhaps you are not one of the 2500 shareholders of Farmers Fresh as you say you would lose a fortune with an abbatoir ??. Thats not reflected in the six fold increase in share value and their important export business via 2 farmer led plants which underpins indirectly the whole lamb industry in Uk. What you do can also be replicated across the UK and should be held up as a model for our ever changing marketing needs
Woolless
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I'm with @cattleman123. If I had a girlfriend living elsewhere, petty government regs wouldn't be putting a spoke in the wheel. As a mate of mine memorably said, it's the only thing worth driving two hours for after you've had your tea!does you wife mind you having a girlfriend
Mine diddoes you wife mind you having a girlfriend
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I keep threatening to get a girlfriend. The wife keeps laughing and telling me that the only female other than her willing to put up with me is the collie. ??does you wife mind you having a girlfriend
Well any mule will do
This is in no way a criticism but do the 2500 shareholders receive a premium over mart prices for their sheep? If they don't then what benefit is it to the farmers.
Share prices in meat plants can tumble at anytime all it takes is one or two bad debts. So Frank does has a valid point, it is an extremely risky business.
Farmer1001
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Then he should stick to reporting prices. ?
gone up the hill
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Just because you don't agree with someone it doesn't give you the right to tell them what to do and when.
I told my wife I'd give her a day off and go round the girlfriends, she said "if she cooks and cleans invite her round then I can have a day off!"
Every lamb producer even if not shareholder benefits as Farmers Fresh are the product of Farmers Ferry identified as a means to get the meat out of the country via export. Smack bang between the eyes no export this week lamb down 25 pound a head == its a no brainer and about time the lamb producers realised they need to invest further up the line. Shares are one thing taking the product out of the hands of the few is more important thats why what happened this week will/should? see changes when this all settles
then again progency of cheaply bought big tups on fairly cheaply bought big ewe lambs that turn into big ewes, can be killed last year over 100 quid average with no hoppers involved, and no hard feed to those big ewes, which then sold to average 135 as 6 tooths after being bought at 92 quid as lambs. Which were lambed obviously. Big strong stuff that doesnt lose its wool isnt all bad
agree, but there are systems where if you dont overstock the ewes are fed no hay/age, no cake, lambed mid late feb with no cake pre or post lambing, yes energy licks pre lambing to average 2.90 a ewe and lambs sold at 12 weeks to average 104.40. To be fair we reseed regularly which is a big cost, but no fert now, limited labour ,well none, so no lambs over winter is bliss. Allows no extra feeding of ewes to maximise profits, keep ewes for 1/2 years less to avoid twin lamb issue with no feeding, yet sell to a premium as in many peoples eyes they are young ewes. Couldnt be bothered personally to keep a lamb 9 months longer to either make 20 quid more or 20 quid less. Appreciate every system different in farming but a lamb around 110 at towards 11 months old is too hard a work, when adding expense on keeping ewe, possibly feeding ewes for breeding, feeding hoggs themselves....
No income and no money? Last year i think 72 million trips taken or there abouts by uk citizens for foreign travel/ holidays, i think over 15 million, so a quarter of uk population, subscribed to nettflix sky tv etc, around 90% of 20 to 30 year olds, 85% 31 to 50 year olds had smart phone. People may have no money but they chose how to spend it. I didnt panic buy, im not a millionaire tycoon but ive a few tins of oxtail soup in pantry, i was taught to not spend what you cant afford. Theres a silly stat like 40 %, im guessing, spend 9 months repaying the christmas borrowings. Is it the governments fault folks have no money? I could buy a new car, fancy holiday, new tv phone and kitchen that i cant afford,, do i deserve sympathy that i have no money for a few months? If one good thing comes of this awful situation, is a hope of realism, better balance and good nature. Nice ex nhs and police manned up straight away to help, great some good nature seen in neighbours and communities helping elderly that are restricted, and hopefully nurses, doctors, teachers, farmers, see a better reflection of income in balance to bankers, traders, IT specialists, crap times should make people realise what is essential
Probably true, the governments didnt do this during the spanish flu around 100 years ago. Good on them they allowed people to visit family and people they were dating, going to bank and allowed a 10 minutes walk, shame the world lost around , was it 30/50 million, i apologise i dont know, and obviously the worlds population was a fraction of today.
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At least the collie will be loyal
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gone up the hill
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They are now saying it will get even stricter.
And will carry on until at least June.
There wont be any businesses or jobs left by then, supplies to key sectors will run out if it carry's on that long.
And if it carry's on for that long the beef and sheep prices will be 50% lower than what they are today.
Boydvalley
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I take it coronavirus has not touched your part of the world. I have had it and I assure you that even being a fit late 50s it was not a pleasant experience and I can see how somebody with underlying problems would be in serious trouble.
There are going to be stricter rules because people are not doing what they’re supposed to.
You complaining that you cannot carry on your life as normal does not help The cause.
Harvest break downs could be interesting this year