spin cycle
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How much are lamb finisher pellets?
no different probably once you've compensated for protein shortage in beet
How much are lamb finisher pellets?
I never could understand how late small cuts of wet grass pay the harvesting bill- especially now , buy some feed with the PK in it and have somewhere to put the sheep or dry stock cheaply surelyA local dairy farmer was telling me a friend of his had worked out what round bales had cost him this year. He does 4 cuts a year on some ground rented on as grass keep (seeds at £180/ac!), with the fourth cut giving him 1 round bale/ac. With the cost of fuel, etc, he had worked out that the fourth cut had cost him £75/bale.
Almost makes fodder beet look cheap.
I never could understand how late small cuts of wet grass pay the harvesting bill- especially now , buy some feed with the PK in it and have somewhere to put the sheep or dry stock cheaply surely
or is dairy farming a different concept ?
Whilst it's some feed as opposed to no feed -the quality will be almost zero, and it's only really gut fill imho, and the cost for what it amounts to will be eye watering.There’s lots of lawn clippings been harvested locally in recent weeks, as well as cows getting housed as it’s getting messy on top.
no idea, my supplier for last 4 years
Can ask, i got so much forage with less sheep so wont need any
Afraid that seems to be farming nowadays, do wonder where it will end.But my previous post still stands.
It's too dear for what we're getting for our end product.
Cop this year roughly 19 quid a ton for a good crop of sugar beet, add a bit for for harvesting and storage, id love to sell Mine at fodder beet prices as they'd pay well, no tares, no adjustments for sugarI normally buy a ouupla lorry loads a year but not this...perhaps a trailer load at lambing cos handy for pens
I've over yeared hay and bought some in whilst cheap...also extra straw cos it was bargain...planning to house earlier and make muck
then my beet growing neighbour offered me some arable break grass he'd sown instead of sugar beet ironically...so we'll see
as a former sugar beet grower I sympathise but £40+t is just as unviable to feed as grow
dairy farmers are rule unto themselves but I guess with such mind boggling daily need fo mj you buy first ask questions later
just one 'tincy' problem with my plan though....keeping my lot behind a leccy fence
Lifting is in region of £130 / ac if thats what you mean by 'abit'.Cop this year roughly 19 quid a ton for a good crop of sugar beet, add a bit for for harvesting and storage, id love to sell Mine at fodder beet prices as they'd pay well, no tares, no adjustments for sugar
Perhaps @spin cycle you old sheep boys have had cheap grub for too long!!!
Dairy and arable boys have seen an increase in end prices (not saying they're any better off), but not the beef and sheep.Afraid that seems to be farming nowadays, do wonder where it will end.
Dairy and arable boys have seen an increase in end prices (not saying they're any better off), but not the beef and sheep.
Personally, intend matching numbers to what can be grown on farm, continue to improve grazing management, and cut out as many inputs as possible.
Cop this year roughly 19 quid a ton for a good crop of sugar beet, add a bit for for harvesting and storage, id love to sell Mine at fodder beet prices as they'd pay well, no tares, no adjustments for sugar
Perhaps @spin cycle you old sheep boys have had cheap grub for too long!!!
that's what ive been saying for year's i wouldn't go back to dealing with BSC for all the tea in china, but i guess our location helps.Cop this year roughly 19 quid a ton for a good crop of sugar beet, add a bit for for harvesting and storage, id love to sell Mine at fodder beet prices as they'd pay well, no tares, no adjustments for sugar
Perhaps @spin cycle you old sheep boys have had cheap grub for too long!!!
90-100 quid here for a contractor or a bloody lot less if you lift your own.Lifting is in region of £130 / ac if thats what you mean by 'abit'.
Agreed.That's what I try to do, but you still need to buy in when we get an extreme year like this one, or reduce stock even further then be understocked next year, when we will have a 'normal' summer.... maybe.
Your tractor / trailer / man lugging it runs on fresh air then?90-100 quid here for a contractor or a bloody lot less if you lift your own.
100 quid is to the heap and no my tractors/trailers/man. Doesn't run on fresh air but doing it yourself doesn't cost anywhere near what a contractor would charge.Your tractor / trailer / man lugging it runs on fresh air then?
1 in 3 is as tight as it can be, beware of close rotation and brassicas in the rotation as nematodes can be a big problem.How often can fodder bear be grown on the same field? Can it be grown immediately after hybrid forage rape?