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Any thoughts on what 4string hay is worth? c.250kg. Horse quality. Thank you

40% of sheepmeat is exported too. c.25% of sheep meat will be sold through supermarkets.

And look what happened to countrywide!

A friend of mine in the village works with MPs and prospective candidates from all parties every day as part of his job. He reckons the calibre of people willing to do the role now is extremely low, and getting worse.

Yes, mostly. Also in this area there seem to be more arable farmers willing to grow cover crops including forage rape and turnips with the decline in the OSR area. More farms are becoming specialist arable units that don’t want to run a few sheep/cattle on the awkward bits. If you are willing...

Honestly, much the same as it is now. From a livestock point of view there is currently so much opportunity.

I thought all the cull ewes were very dear, very lean ewes were making £80 easily. Anything with decent meat £160 plus. I was mostly focusing on the couples though 😎

Cull ewes seemed very strong money at Sedgemoor. Highest price I saw was £300!!

One way to make a bit of extra cash!

750 ewes inside. Myself, full timer plus a student. One night lamber for the first cycle only.

Turn ewes and lambs out after lambing inside. Max flock 100 ewes with twins. 5 days after the last ones are turned out starting caking at 0.5kg/hd. The time lag is really important to prevent mis mothering. Keep going until the grass really takes off. I don’t cake ewes with singles. You get...

Met an all arable farmer the other day starting a suckler herd from scratch- he’s got wind of where the real money is 🤣!

https://metro.co.uk/2021/12/05/speaker-asks-police-to-investigate-rife-cocaine-use-in-westminster-15720021/amp/ Just checking- is it this bunch of hypocrites who have just banned smoking? Illiberal cockwombles.

Do that quite regularly here. So long as the diversion is sensible. I haven’t had a complaint (yet!) We’re not in a very busy footpath area though. Mostly just locals walking the dog or going to the pub.

Filthy hailstorm at 9.30am. Looking Bonny now 😍

6am-6pm here March to October. Longer when silaging, straw cart etc 7am-5pm in winter. Half hour for lunch. Every other weekend off outside of lambing. Time off always given for children’s plays/sports days/wife’s birthday etc. My only full time guy has his own stock so occasionally has to...

The Lambing shed love sofa. Fly tipped in a nearby hedge and salvaged.

I have also gained grazing, as well as losing the block I mentioned above. I suppose the answer is to be flexible about it if possible. I spoke to a farmer today who is starting a large suckler herd from scratch to utilise herbal leys and build fertility.

In the process of losing a block of ground but the option it has gone into is one of those recently capped at 25% of the land area. Sadly my (very apologetic) landlord entered into it before the capping. In his words ‘I can’t understand why they want to pay me so much for literally doing...