£ v Euro

[will l]

Mark Booth will have his caravan parked outside Limoges airport again

Yeah but this time ill have my gun!

 

[JP1]

Folks tell me it will go to 1,5 which is pants when trying to compete with a main Italian rival

 

[will l]

Folks tell me it will go to 1,5 which is pants when trying to compete with a main Italian rival

But your raw materials, aluminium and steel will be cheaper, wont they?

 

[Sparky270]

Yeah but this time ill have my gun!

Poor mark ! He better dress like this

 

[hillman]

You all can come and holiday over here excellent food and scenery and with the x rate all very reasonable !

For the equine lovers among you a little goes along way now , time to upgrade!

 

[Against_the_grain]

But your raw materials, aluminium and steel will be cheaper, wont they?

There will be an excuse for that...

 

[JCfarmer]

Think I'm going

A labour SNP coalition will sort the pound out overnight

Most farmers tend to lean towards conservatives when voting but we need labour to get in to feck the economy up every so often and weaken the pound!

 

[Kidds]

You all can come and holiday over here excellent food and scenery and with the x rate all very reasonable !

For the equine lovers among you a little goes along way now , time to upgrade!

Now that's a good idea!

 

[gone up the hill]

But your raw materials, aluminium and steel will be cheaper, wont they?

That is the problem.. exports from the UK are getting too expensive to compete with other markets in the EU but the costs of imports from within the EU for things like fert/ new machinery/ parts etc etc are not dropping anywhere near like they should be doing given the strong £ v the Euro!

 

[Ballygreenan]

What would a Labour or UKIP success in the election do to the strength of sterling?

 

[gone up the hill]

What would a Labour or UKIP success in the election do to the strength of sterling?

If Labour get in then the Beef/ Dairy industry across large parts of the UK will be fhinshed!

 

[will l]

That is the problem.. exports from the UK are getting too expensive to compete with other markets in the EU but the costs of imports from within the EU for things like fert/ new machinery/ parts etc etc are not dropping anywhere near like they should be doing given the strong £ v the Euro!

That is cos we have to pay more tax than you and cant drop prices

 

[Sparky270]

That is the problem.. exports from the UK are getting too expensive to compete with other markets in the EU but the costs of imports from within the EU for things like fert/ new machinery/ parts etc etc are not dropping anywhere near like they should be doing given the strong £ v the Euro!

But sure your pound can buy more euros which means more buying power in the euro zone , why should prices drop here ?

 

[Brisel]

They won't. Imports into the UK should be cheaper for UK buyers but won't be.

 

[DrDunc]

They won't. Imports into the UK should be cheaper for UK buyers but won't be.

Aye, for example all that European manufactured fertiliser should be 8% cheaper.......

 

[ridger]

This reminds me of the weather forecasters, when we get a dry day it's to be dry for a month, as soon as it rains, it's to rain til Christmas same with euro, when it's rising it will go equal with pound, when it turns it will never stop

 

[glasshouse]

If Labour get in then the Beef/ Dairy industry across large parts of the UK will be fhinshed!

Its finished under the tories anyway. A weak pound would revive it.

 

[Brisel]

The only good thing Labour have done for farming was screw up the economy, thereby weakening the £. The rest of their policies cost us dearly

Agreed about the Tories - good for the economy, bad for the £ for us. Haven't done anything to make our lives easier in any other aspect.

So which party is the farmer's friend? I haven't found one yet.

 

[paddler]

I take it there is very little bovine tb near you then glasshouse?There is only a little near me yet I could easily name 20 farmers who are quitting with cattle either because of the threat on cattle values in their herd if they have a case of tb or they are fed up of constantly testing because their neighbours keep having the odd case.Roll out the badger cull PLEASE.

 

[will l]

The only good thing Labour have done for farming was screw up the economy, thereby weakening the £. The rest of their policies cost us dearly

Agreed about the Tories - good for the economy, bad for the £ for us. Haven't done anything to make our lives easier in any other aspect.

So which party is the farmer's friend? I haven't found one yet.

Politicians are self serving they arent there to help you just themselves same throughout europe, But i aint got a better system other than me as dictator!