Aspiring Peasants
Member
- Location
- North Pennines
Any pictures?
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
- Start date
- Location
- North Yorkshire
I can only assume he has spontaneously combusted, maybe someone stuck something down his spout..
muleman
Member
Your half joking but i think that statement is correct!Yes but anyone who says current prices are good is sending out the completely wrong message with input prices where they are…………….
- Location
- North Yorkshire
My God, what a horrible way to go, I wouldn't like that to happen to me. Nothing we can do about it though, we must all be strong and quite simply..., MOVE ON!!
- Location
- Cheshire
Either today or tomorrow ill get a few
I hope Guthrie takes these comments in the light hearted way they are intended. He must have a pretty thick skin because he keeps coming back. Today with his sedgemoore report hopefully.
I for one appreciate his messages even if I don't agree with him because it encourages debate and it makes me think I know I'm not always right and he might be. It would be boring if we all agreed and the place wouldn't be the same without him
- Location
- Cheshire
Don't know, i found them the same amount of work and ate plenty of feed. Singles don’t pay as far as im concerned really. Fixed costs make keeping the ewes too dear for them too rear singles. Too much competition for ground around here too let ewes be lazy
Won’t lack of intensive systems just pile more price pressure on the grass finished price though. Always said you need all systems or you will just get an overload.
- Location
- Cheshire
We have too produce a constant supply or the buggers will import even more and kick us harder! Definitely need all systems, if we all did the same it would be crap!!
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
Agree , problem is to many hoggs about easter time for suck lambs to be in much demand , and im not blaming store finishers , more supermarket buyers that seem to want to kill any profitability by selling to much imported at very low cost (often at a loss £6/kg or less ), to get people through the door to buy easter eggs/ chocolate and high profit other stuff right through the new year.!
be honest the ethnic buyers are saving our ass at the moment with these heavy hoggs / culls
supermarket lamb is quite lacklustre considering work/ costs involved , and its only the weights getting a lot out of trouble
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Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Well said, he tells it how it is but takes some flack but hes usually 100% correct .I hope Guthrie takes these comments in the light hearted way they are intended. He must have a pretty thick skin because he keeps coming back. Today with his sedgemoore report hopefully.
I for one appreciate his messages even if I don't agree with him because it encourages debate and it makes me think I know I'm not always right and he might be. It would be boring if we all agreed and the place wouldn't be the same without him
mghley
Member
- Location
- Derbyshire
A forum would not be a forum without differing opinions and long may that continue.I hope Guthrie takes these comments in the light hearted way they are intended. He must have a pretty thick skin because he keeps coming back. Today with his sedgemoore report hopefully.
I for one appreciate his messages even if I don't agree with him because it encourages debate and it makes me think I know I'm not always right and he might be. It would be boring if we all agreed and the place wouldn't be the same without him
livestock 1
Member
@gone up the hill is correct in what he says about the inputs vs returns
What I said was just really setting folks away more than anything else
@Woolless put the chart on showing Canadian agriculture returning something like 3% and that’s including other income, I realise our figures will be different but I was quoted British ag returns were 4% by Midland bank in 1997 when getting a price to borrow money. So similar theme really. What I’m getting at is there’s no where near enough return for investment, work and risk involved but being a glass half full person I will be pleased with what I get and look happy.
What I said was just really setting folks away more than anything else
@Woolless put the chart on showing Canadian agriculture returning something like 3% and that’s including other income, I realise our figures will be different but I was quoted British ag returns were 4% by Midland bank in 1997 when getting a price to borrow money. So similar theme really. What I’m getting at is there’s no where near enough return for investment, work and risk involved but being a glass half full person I will be pleased with what I get and look happy.
- Location
- Cheshire
I’d hate too see when you look miserable then...
I think he is usually pretty positive tbf
Certainly better than doom and gloom even if the doom mongers have a good point. If you were always negative you'd never have gotten into the job in the first place
livestock 1
Member
Haha GUTH’S right in what he’s saying but have we got paid a realistic amount compared to other jobs which pay min wage and 40 hour week etc?
- Location
- Northumberland
Youve got to be an optimist and glass full person grazing and keeping livestock at 2000 foot.
On the plus side,you wont get so much bother with maggots.
- Location
- Cheshire
Have we ever actually pin pointed where he farms? For all we know he could just be a terrible moaner but farm a river level farm.... those snow pictures could be off googke images?Youve got to be an optimist and glass full person grazing and keeping livestock at 2000 foot.
livestock 1
Member
Haha I wish it was google images!!
