Heard this said plenty of times, but really if you have a small farm turning over a relatively small amount say £1-200k you are only ever going to be able to make so much money no matter how efficient you are or how well you sell your produce. The only way to increase profits is to increase...
Hoping for a bit of help and guidance.
We had a Nov- Dec malting barley contract that got partly collected in Feb. The December loads that we loaded had no issues. Some Feb loads failed for germination. Same barn, same land grown on. Rejected loads tested 99% germination at the feed house they...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
Cutting-edge UK agri-tech tools are coming together with research and development expertise to help farmers discover more about the role roots play in maintaining healthy soils.
Soil degradation currently costs England and Wales £1.2Bn every year, but...
Written by Claire Sammon from Agriland
This week, one of Asia’s largest food and drink exhibitions is providing a platform for exporters to showcase high quality meat (beef, lamb and pork) from the UK.
Eight businesses have joined the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) at...
Written by Richard Halleron from Agriland
Ongoing Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) research is looking at ways of reducing the threat of mycotoxins within cereal crops.
Animal feed compounding businesses around the world are confirming the significant extent of mycotoxin...
Written by janineadamson from CPM Magazine
Variable rate nitrogen applications could be a valuable tool for managing uneven crops this spring, urge experts.
Omnia’s Aidan Monaghan says while some crops sown before the weather broke last October have established well and show potential, others...
Morning All
Just wondered if anyone has had any expiences with a Dutzi rotavator with legs? Any good as a single pass? Would we be able to put wheat in after maize with one or would it just turn it to S#*t the same as a conventional rotavator as the bledes look different.
Also reliabaility and...
Whats everyone elses position. The wheats looking really hungry now and its so wet wondering whether just go and make a mess or be patient?! Must be loosing yield surely.
A biggish fat lamb (50kg?) is worth £160. (the same as a ton of barley)
A small fat beast (500kg) is worth £1600. (the same as 10 tons of barley).
Has the value of finished stock compared to the price of grain ever been a high during the last 10,000 years?
Mulling things over … now I love farming ( mostly) and as some of you know, I’ve said it’s all I ever wanted to do .
But times are changing and with the weather on top of poor ground plus my age and aches and pains, I’ve been wondering if it’s time to say enough
Part of me feels guilty as if I...
Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland
The National Pig Association (NPA) has said pig prices are continuing to move in the right direction as the standard pig price (SPP) increased again.
The association said rising EU prices and tight domestic supplies continue to support the...
Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland
John Deere has just launched its new S7 Combine in Houston, Texas, a machine which the company claims is designed to deliver increased efficiency with the latest John Deere engines and higher productivity through advanced harvesting automation.
The S7...
I’m a new farmer, been farming in my own right for 10 years now. Successfully grown a good business through contracting and growing our sheep flock. The time has come that I have paid my current tractor off. I have never like the idea of buying a new tractor as they depreciate so much! I have...
Just a thought
Straw shortages for the livestock industry
Less cereals for feed
Less acreages for the spraying contractors
Less agronomy and chemicals
Les’s fertiliser sales
And so on
Hearing big acreages of SFI
Chatting with my agronomist this morning and he was telling me how some FBT agreements, down in more arable areas, had clauses in them requiring the land to be soil tested at the beginning and end of the term with a full spectrum analysis, with a charge to put right any degradation.
I've heard...
https://www.dairyherd.com/news/business/65-nations-dairy-herd-lives-1000-plus-cow-operations?fbclid=IwAR2BeQ9O-4evyOrPF1ODzbd6UfqS1SbNJMztlClWpQ12BaEClrycY6bohlw
Consolidation continuing at breakneck speed across the pond. 39% reduction in dairy farmers from 2017-2022.
@delilah
Written by Claire Sammon from Agriland
The chair of the British Carrot Growers Association (BCGA) has said that due to profits being squeezed to extremely tight margins, many farmers have decided to stop growing them.
BCGA is gearing up to launch a new initiative to safeguard the future of...
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