Johnnyboxer
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Surely there can be very little reduction in b and b price. Most large players have x number of weaners going from their breeding units weekly. They then go to nursery units, some will fatten to some not, few variations. But would be very short sighted veiw of pig owner to drop price by even 50 pence a week. That soon adds up. And people will move to competitors. Can think of 5 large pig breeders near ish to here that would all move into take another ones b and b places. Point been they are long term that have some resistance built into their systems. One large breeder supplying straw to some at present to make sure pigs clean enough meet rt standards to some b and b places with poor harvests or little bought in straw. How long they can sustain these prices different matter. Be interesting to see.
That’s the point, in your last sentence
If it’s a short term blip for a month or two, yep it’s not a problem
If it goes on for 6 months due to Brexit hold ups, there has to be some realignment
A Yorkshire Pig farmer on bbc Look North on Thursday said once the fattening pigs get too large then nobody wants them and the kill price goes from £140 per animal, to £70 per animal
With higher feed prices too, they cannot stand the hold up and reduced prices forever and something will have to give