£40000

[cull cows]

If you had £40000 pounds spare from now until may 2015 and wanted to invest in livestock what would you put your money in for the best return?

 

[Downtrodden Dad]

If you had £40000 pounds spare from now until may 2015 and wanted to invest in livestock what would you put your money in for the best return?

piggy bank

 

[shearerlad]

A 40k bull then sell the semen
Would need to do homework but may be worth a shot

 

[Poorbuthappy]

How much work do you want and what housing/grazing/feed do you have?

 

[Blue.]

Cull cows,how many do you want?

 

[Hilly]

If you had £40000 pounds spare from now until may 2015 and wanted to invest in livestock what would you put your money in for the best return?

Store lambs.

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Cull cows,how many do you want?

He can have 3 off me for 40k

 

[roscoe erf]

a new shed

 

[Blue.]

He can have 3 off me for 40k

I have loads kicking about,I'm waiting for the price to lift.

 

[neilo]

You could invest it in a nice little pedigree sheep flock. Say 30 good ewes and a ram to cover them. I'd even bring them to you in a trailer in the price.

Where are you by the way?

 

[M-J-G]

Forgot about stock, rent a shed and buy barley, at 90 odd quid its a better buy than stock!

 

[M-J-G]

You could invest it in a nice little pedigree sheep flock. Say 30 good ewes and a ram to cover them. I'd even bring them to you in a trailer in the price.

Where are you buy the way?

Ha Ha Ha, Better not be John o'groats.

 

[YorkshireAndrew]

Buy a Lambretta for @ Kasabian 1 .....

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

If you have the grazing then buy long term but well bred store lambs.
40k will get you at least 800 delivered a reasonable distance at the moment.

By next March/April you could double your original capital outlay less a few costs if you have the feed to keep them.
I doubt there is anything else that will give you a better return in farming for the next 12 months.

 

[Blue.]

If you have the grazing then buy long term but well bred store lambs.
40k will get you at least 800 delivered a reasonable distance at the moment.

By next March/April you could double your original capital outlay less a few costs if you have the feed to keep them.
I doubt there is anything else that will give you a better return in farming for the next 12 months.

By next March/April you could halve your original capital outlay.
























I don't want everyone buying stores.

 

[neilo]

Forgot about stock, rent a shed and buy barley, at 90 odd quid its a better buy than stock!

I think there is potentially more to be made in cereals over the next 12 months than any livestock. I don't know that I would be buying physical crop in though, much easier/less risky to gamble the £40k on trading 'paper corn' perhaps?

 

[CharcoalWally]

You could invest it in a nice little pedigree sheep flock. Say 30 good ewes and a ram to cover them. I'd even bring them to you in a trailer in the price.

Where are you by the way?

Was that an edit to cover up a Freudian slip @neilo ?

 

[Henarar]

Suckler cows and a BRB bull

 

[shearerlad]

Another thought is go round early sheep breeding sales picking up pens of small ewe lambs/gimmers, dress and colour them then sello on at later sales also same with cheaper tups, sell at later sales when folk have found out they have an infertile or sick ram unfit to do the job
Quick turn around and a few days away

 

[neilo]

Another thought is go round early sheep breeding sales picking up pens of small ewe lambs/gimmers, dress and colour them then sello on at later sales also same with cheaper tups, sell at later sales when folk have found out they have an infertile or sick ram unfit to do the job
Quick turn around and a few days away

I like the thinking. There could be a healthy uplift in sale price when the shortage of shearling rams becomes evident at Builth.