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muleman · May 11, 2022

thorpe said:
straw for nowt! not here , anything for ploughing or spring croping will get chopped , usualls who have it in the swath will get asked whats it worth to you? if its not the right answer the chopper goes down.last year whenstraw was short we were everybodies friend this year loads left and we robbed nobody. reap as you sow!

Show a bit of charity, you may as well give it away as plough it in!

Jimmywick · May 11, 2022

gone up the hill said:
Work out the costings between short term more intensive cattle v very long term extensive cattle and you will find it properly costed the very long term low input cattle will cost as much to rear as short term cattle intensive farmed and of course with the latter you will be turning them around a lot quicker so will be getting a better return on your money invested in actual cattle purchase costs.

Ie you make £1700 of a 18 month old prime steer or keep it to 30 months and make £1600, will have been on the farm an extra 12 months and ends up making less or no more than the steer that went down the road 12 months ago! one has been on farm 9 months and one has been on farm for 21 months....

This this and this imo

Chae1 · May 11, 2022

lloyd said:
I doubt they grow the tons of straw per acre in the drier East
compared to the wetter West and North.
You know by your own combine the choppers are pretty impressive
on crops with mediocre straw.

Never chopped straw in my life. Can't see it ever happening.

thorpe · May 11, 2022

muleman said:
Show a bit of charity, you may as well give it away as plough it in!

we only give to deservin cases

Bill the Bass · May 11, 2022

Hilly said:
I still have a herd of plastic herefords from 1978 .

My youngster got some Britain’s ones last year, now if ever there is a breed gone down in quality it’s the Britain’s Hereford. I had a canny herd of them in the early 80’s, far superior cattle to those of today. They don’t even ring the bulls nowadays..

Hilly · May 11, 2022

thorpe said:
we only give to deservin cases

Please sir , can i have some straw please ?

more !! More straw !!!!!

thorpe · May 11, 2022

Hilly said:
Please sir , can i have some straw please ? more !! More straw !!!!!

no!

Hilly · May 11, 2022

Bill the Bass said:
My youngster got some Britain’s ones last year, now if ever there is a breed gone down in quality it’s the Britain’s Hereford. I had a canny herd of them in the early 80’s, far superior cattle to those of today. They don’t even ring the bulls nowadays..

They will be from chy na hiy ! Chy na the root of all break downs and chicken mary lands. .

Northeastfarmer · May 11, 2022

thorpe said:
we only give to deservin cases

You’ll be getting knighted before long

adda · May 11, 2022

Hfd Cattle said:
These 280 to 350 kilo cattle are well worth buying in my book. Oodles of grass about round here and once you get to August all they need is sun ,shade and water to take them through to the Autumn sales .......and a bit of luck ! ........

its the bit of luck is the hard bit

muleman · May 11, 2022

thorpe said:
no!

Ive had a bad year, can i have some please!

thorpe · May 11, 2022

muleman said:
Ive had a bad year, can i have some please!

no!

balerman · May 11, 2022

Werzle said:
I wouldnt worry tbh, beef price will rise and folks will carry on doing/buying what they usually do. Stock not making decent money atm arent the best of stock

Not necessarily so,the finished price is not going to rise for 6 weeks or so.Too many short killing weeks and a 3 day week to come,may even drop a penny or two.Finishing cattle cannot really add up at the moment,talk of cereals going even higher,so £5/kilo aint going to work either.It will all find a level eventually but i really fear it will be too late for most suckler herds.

muleman · May 11, 2022

Bill the Bass said:
My youngster got some Britain’s ones last year, now if ever there is a breed gone down in quality it’s the Britain’s Hereford. I had a canny herd of them in the early 80’s, far superior cattle to those of today. They don’t even ring the bulls nowadays..

They were never that realistic and life like were they,I used to de horn them with pen knife.... ..if there are some britains angus maybe we could carve some backend onto them!

Hfd Cattle · May 11, 2022

adda said:
its the bit of luck is the hard bit

I get loads of luck ....... but its mostly bad

adda · May 11, 2022

Hfd Cattle said:
I get loads of luck ....... but its mostly bad

not what we have seen

Hilly · May 11, 2022

thorpe said:
Yes

Thankyou kindly dear chap now be a good farmer and deliver it their a good boy !

Hfd Cattle · May 11, 2022

adda said:
not what we have seen

But Guth said in post 98462 that heifers in Sedge that were heavier than the ones I bought yesterday were £450 ......mine were £600 .......surely that's bad luck

Welshram · May 11, 2022

If I had the grazing I’d be buying a hell of a lot of these cheep store cattle you know what farming’s like if nobody else is doing it that’s what makes the money next year

Frank-the-Wool · May 11, 2022

Hfd Cattle said:
But Guth said in post 98462 that heifers in Sedge that were heavier than the ones I bought yesterday were £450 ......mine were £600 .......surely that's bad luck

I doubt the £450, but if so they were a bargain. I bought AA heifers (reg sire) this week for just over £600 10 to 12 months and I thought they were sensible as grazed well for the summer they will be 450 kg by the Autumn and should be over £900 if things stay as they are.

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