Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I see them veg picking up here at 4am in autumn when i go for straw , it looks zero fun and live in caravans , stuff that …
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livestock 1
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Never been out in any sleet I can imagine it must be bad down there
Aspiring Peasants
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- Location
- North Pennines
Hoggs must have been a fair trade at Darlo yesterday
Prime Hoggs (2243) – Numbers again healthy for the time of year and why wouldn’t they be with trade a remarkable 100 pence per kilo better than it was at this stage last year. This week’s sale, weighed straight as always, averaged 324ppk and £148.52 per head with an SQQ average of 335ppk.
Prime Hoggs (2243) – Numbers again healthy for the time of year and why wouldn’t they be with trade a remarkable 100 pence per kilo better than it was at this stage last year. This week’s sale, weighed straight as always, averaged 324ppk and £148.52 per head with an SQQ average of 335ppk.
muleman
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Musta been bad trade last year!
livestock 1
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Store hoggs last year were coming in abundance there wasn’t many buyers for them
They were still a decent trade believe it or not bet they are £30 or even £40 dearer this time £40 for the bigger ones
I started off with 100 ewes and definitely couldn't justify one.
Outdoor lambing, take alot of keep, it would be nice to have one, but to fully utilise it you need alot of extra equipment, just can't justify it from a standing start!
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Wouldnt need one would you ?
Devil's advocate
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- Location
- Posh side of Barnsley
I've another neighbour.
Makes one cut of haylage off the farm & grows 10 acre of stubble turnips. then buys long keep lambs (some die when he buys them).
For not much work (in a ring fence) he will have done well this year.
He grazes aftermath, then the stubble turnips, then back onto the grass & sells them off grass April/May.
This year that will have pee'd over a breeding flock. I prefer what I do, but he makes it look easy.
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muleman
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Yes 100 pence a kilo up will be about £45 up.
Didn't realise they were as bad as that last year but do remember they peaked in December.
livestock 1
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They went up a fair bit in March if I remember right then got dearer as time went on they were a good trade late on I remember thinking we had got ours fat too sharp and sold them too soon I’m usually too late
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
They were a good trade April/may
Devil's advocate
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- Location
- Posh side of Barnsley
Sale Report - Tuesday 9th May 2023
Forward 987 Head of Stock comprising of 71 Cattle including 2 Calves, 47 Stores, 7 OTM, 6 Cow with 6 calves at foot & 3 In Calf Cows and 916 Sheep comprising of 23 Prime Lambs, 781 Prime Hoggs, 94 Ewes, 1 Tup, 4 Wethers, 4 Store Hoggs & 4 Ewes with 5 lambs at foot.CALVES Limousin Heifers to...
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Yes my neighbour did well last year, when a few weeks earlier it looked like he had dropped a clanger.
Not many with a breeding flock, want bought in stores grazing the best grass in April. So him just been a finisher works well, low input, reasonable output.
- Location
- central scotland
It’s not how you die that’s important….. it’s how you live that matters
livestock 1
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Yes I think you are right we sold some then but the earlier batches looked a bit short. We have just put a few hundred onto feed they aren’t the biggest
livestock 1
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Yes most folks want them away well before lambing
Its where you are going to die that you need to know,It’s not how you die that’s important….. it’s how you live that matters
then not go there
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
You just go to the living room and all will be well.Its where you are going to die that you need to know,
then not go there
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Am sure the grass was growing today , really warm for February.