Milk Price Tracker
- Thread starter rc mx110
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I think cost is fair bit to do with it.
Where have you got that from? Got a ref?
- Location
- East Lancashire
To be fair to our moronic government, they say a lot and do very little
Good point , well made
That is an article which is on the higher end of the land use conpared to production for 2Ha farms, the figures vary a bit from article to article as it depends what you describe as a farm I expect. The most suprising thing no matter what you read is how efficent these farms are at producing food as a global entity.
Some people like to spend their money on shiny tractors & machinery, others spend it on cows.
Years ago my grandfather always reckoned you should be able to load up two barreners, go to market & bring home a good cow. Thats still in line with his theory.
- Location
- somerset
was told it would start with a 2, not followed by a 3 though. Makes our 12 at £1500, couple of weeks ago, look good value !
£5500gns was top over 30 I think it was over £3000 report on Facebook.
Holsteinfriesian90
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- Location
- Cornwall
Apparently someone took a 100 of the cows today so I heard .
I’m just trying to say cows aren’t really any dearer than they used to be relative to other thingsYou would soon end up with half a herd tho.
Unfortunately the price of things go up over time
- Location
- South Molton
If you can afford the cash flow hit.
Work out at £1300 for each replacement how much cash you have tied up
- Location
- South Molton
Slight drop but cheese is pushing on up!
celtis man
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- Location
- South Molton
It is, but can that money be better used elsewhere for a greater return.That's the job though, you need replacements end of..... It's about time the likes of the dairies and the supermarkets realized we are top loaded with costs.
The time of cheap milk is over.
Perhaps that's why there is so much youngstock for sale.
Advisors seeing y/s being a cost, v the cost of being a flying herd and milking more cows.
- Location
- somerset
£1800 is the quoted av cost of rearing a replacement.
if that is the average, some farmers must be shite at rearing calves/hfrs.
Anyone in that bracket, would be cheaper to buy in. But, how successful are they at selling their beef calves ?
we have put everything to beef this time, first time ever, the next generation has worked out that it is better to buy i/c young cows, and sell our beef calves as strong stirks, the 80 we have sold this spring have averaged £509, head, + barrener, not far off. And they are 'correct', not all hfrs are.
OM reckoned years ago, a good BB calf, and a good barrener, would buy a cow.
- Location
- South Molton
Correct, but not every replacement stands you in that value does it?
That £1800 would be a old AHDB figure, before the inflation of the last 2 years. So I'd question that.
Even at £1800 , why does the compensation for incalf heifers stand at a far lower one for tb reactors.
A government set up and overseen body with fully costed figures and they choose to ignore them. That's a con!
Good luck with buying replacements in 18 months time. Finishers have been buying bulllers out of herd reduction sales as they are cheaper than beef stores.