mercantile

South West farmers are being called to an emergency meeting amid warnings their industry is sliding towards a full-scale economic crisis. The event is being organised by North Somerset dairy farmer Derek Mead, who says unless urgent action is taken to reverse agriculture's decline huge numbers...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/dairy/69962286/holy-cow-milk-supplies-overwhelm-us-dairies Holy cow! Milk supplies overwhelm US dairies LYDIA MULVANY Last updated 08:33, July 4 2015 STEPHANE MAHE/Reuters The bear market has been no barrier to more supply. One farmer is still...

I know it's been done to death before but it's that time of year and I'm looking for quotes !. Been with NFU since I started 9 years ago and currently paying what I think is an excessive amount. I only bale straw and that's about all my stuff does all year, I need to insure this lot JD 3050 e...

To both experienced and new farmers I have a question- where and how do you look when you are trying to find insurance for your farm, or more specifically crop insurance? I have read from previous threads that generally farmers try to avoid comparison or 'aggregator' sites. Is there a reason for...

What insurance brokers are people using in Scotland ? Large mixed farm looking to quote against NFU Cheers

I've got renewals coming up in May and June, and currently the businesses are split between two insurance companies. After just phoning county insurance who insure the farm, they've refused to come out and speak to me about bringing both companies under the same insurance I've gone off the...

Must be 50% ish none members on here, some lame excuses for pulling membership as well, "his SFP was bigger than mine" just one example, surely your better off arguing your case from within,

I have two quotes on the table, both comparing very favourably with the incumbent NFU Mutual I've read the comments on the Farmers and Mercantile thread but could folks comment on Alan Boswell? Feel free to add more about F&M here too; motor / farm / home buildings and contents insurance...

Ive just had my renewal through the post. Im not getting much change out of 4grand which is taking the pee. Both are data tagged and have immobilisers. One is a 6930 and a smaller 6110r. Where else can I try other than the nfu?

Having just got back from looking round a central store I am looking at options for extra grain storage for next harvest. I have the possibility of putting up our own store. Only needs to be a simple flat concrete floor to hold about 500T, though could be more if cost effective, and split in to...

Our 17 year old son has just started to learn to drive and bought a vauxhall corsa 1.2 l car 15 hundred quid Rang nfu whom we insure with for a quote for him to insure the car came back saying that I will get a 30 percent discount which sounded promising but it would still cost £2566 for fully...

Any suggestions for competitive insurance companies.. other than NFU.. for new tractor please?

We are looking to getting quotes for the farm and machinery who are the best as the NFU is not that good around here in Bucks not looking for the cheapest

Looking at the figures for the Chicago Mercantile exchange, each year they trade the total world wheat crop 46 times over and if all the other OTC markets are taken into account it is in excess of 200 times. So one hell of a lot of money is being made by these financial parasites at our expense.

The land court has announced its ruling on the Roxburgh Mains rent dispute. With inflation running at a record low, cereal prices falling, and the beef sector in complete rock bottom crisis, the court ruled in favour of the laird to an eye watering tune of 78% rent increase :eek...

I moved from NFU to Rural about 3 years ago (NFU wouldn't cover parts of my business). Only made a couple of minor claims but Rurual have been good. Just wondering who we all insure with, was going to make this a poll, but not sure I know who all the insurers are? Maybe get a list on here...

looking for some good firms to quote for 2 tractors 100% contracting fully comp insurance, with NFU at the mo but getting fed up with rising premiums and not having claimed

I seem to remember a thread a while ago about this, but as I'll shortly be going through it all again thought it worth asking the question. Who do you all use and how do you rate them? Been with the NFU for as long as I can remember, did have some with FUW but not anymore, NFU been ok to be fair...

Where do I stand ? I bought a claas 10 ft trailed mower out of season last Nov/Dec for £7250 off a local dealer with a full seasons warranty, the machine is year 2000 but exceptionally clean and had oversize wheels fitted and new skirt ,fully checked over . I mowed 40 odd acres and then bang i...

About time I had quote from other than the NFU I think who should I be speaking to ?