All things Dairy

[pappuller]

This grant scheme is grotesque

Depends if your looking at investing in any items that are grant qualifying to benefit your business.

 

[frederick]

Have the details been released yet ?

Yes details are released but scheme hasn't yet opened.
Oh you can also get automatic feeding.

 

[early riser]

Your mixing in the wrong circles there’s plenty out there with ambition and drive.
it’s all about choosing the right grants take mid teir most think it’s too good to be true so don’t do it. Where as I look at everything with eyes open and cheery pick the best bits so I’ve got 1500m2 of roofing 1000m of concrete sleeper tracks and 10000m if fencing nearly paid for with out changing any farm policy.
My idea of ambition is be able to retire as early as possible live by the sea and live Comfortably with out any inheritance. How I get there is not quite clear but m having a good crack.

as I’ve said before, brilliant if you’re in a priority area to access the Water Capital Grants, but it must be remembered that most of us aren’t.

In this area all the funding has basically gone to a handful of farms who have pretty much built complete new yards out of the scheme, whereas the other 99% of farms in the locality get nothing. Not particularly equitable and done bugger all to improve diffuse pollution from farms

 

[vantage]

Well every on in the rest of the UK do get more grants than Wales, as a good chunk of our EU money was allocated to Farming Connect advisory service. I have used it, very happy, but there’s a limit to how much you need. Currently the only grant available is £12k from a spend of £30k on yard coverage. Doesn’t go far at current prices.
On the subject of grants for heat detection, I saw that Boumatic raised their tag prices by £30 a tag when grant was available!

 

[lazy farmer]

Well every on in the rest of the UK do get more grants than Wales, as a good chunk of our EU money was allocated to Farming Connect advisory service. I have used it, very happy, but there’s a limit to how much you need. Currently the only grant available is £12k from a spend of £30k on yard coverage. Doesn’t go far at current prices.
On the subject of grants for heat detection, I saw that Boumatic raised their tag prices by £30 a tag when grant was available!

Exactly

 

[pappuller]

Yes details are released but scheme hasn't yet opened.
Oh you can also get automatic feeding.

Do you have a link ? Only productivity large grant scheme is the previous one I can find

 

[vantage]

Exactly

And as my late father observed, they tax you on the grant!

 

[Milkcow365]

New sheds and even complete farm steadings built with 40 - 60% grants depending on circumstances in Scotland. No sympathy from someone just 3 miles south of the border!
Maybe should have spent some on processing capacity.

Never had a grant here.

 

[frederick]

Do you have a link ? Only productivity large grant scheme is the previous one I can find

Improving Farm Productivity grant round 1: guidance for applicants

The Farming Transformation Fund provides grants for eligible beneficiaries to invest in their businesses to improve productivity, profitability, and enhance environmental sustainability.

www.gov.uk

 

[Farmer Keith]

And as my late father observed, they tax you on the grant!

It makes it a cheap way for government to pump capital into the system though, set the rate at 40% and your well established businesses pay that money back in tax.

The businesses that really benefit are your new start ups and smaller units which I’m all for.

Of course the first losers in a world without subs will not be the farmers, it’ll be all those businesses selling stuff to farmers that feel it hardest initially. It’s like a drug our entire rural economy, not just the farmers, is addicted to.

 

[happycows]

Yay Father Christmas been

 

[pappuller]

Yay Father Christmas been View attachment 1006085

You scraping in the robot shed with that?

 

[happycows]

You scraping in the robot shed with that?

Yes always have. Old one was 2009 and was like triggers broom. It had all got very sloppy and beyond repair.

 

[Homesy]

Yay Father Christmas been View attachment 1006085

How do you get into the cab with that on the front ?

 

[Beef farmer]

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What is its lift capacity? Will it drive around your yard with a full ibc?

 

[Wesley]

How do you get into the cab with that on the front ?

Forward somersault looks to be the only option

 

[happycows]

What is its lift capacity? Will it drive around your yard with a full ibc?

It will unload a ton pallet off a lorry and carry a Ibc of water. I do move around ibc of molasses but it’s right on balance and full tank of diesel needed! Will do 2 x 600kg bags of Fert fine as it’s close to headstock.

Its only rated to 885kgs officially.

Just priced up a New Holland L328. That ones rated to 1270kgs.

 

[happycows]

How do you get into the cab with that on the front ?

I wouldn’t normally jump out with it hitched on.

I know lots of people don’t like front access but I call it my Jane Fonda routine every morning.
Once in with heater on it’s not a bad place to be.

I still enjoy driving it even after having one since 2009.

 

[Stuart1]

It will unload a ton pallet off a lorry and carry a Ibc of water. I do move around ibc of molasses but it’s right on balance and full tank of diesel needed! Will do 2 x 600kg bags of Fert fine as it’s close to headstock.

Its only rated to 885kgs officially.

Just priced up a New Holland L328. That ones rated to 1270kgs.

Always wanted a skid loader, got a rough price for a new Holland with high lift booms on it. Absolutely eye watering, was in genuine shock.

 

[happycows]

Always wanted a skid loader, got a rough price for a new Holland with high lift booms on it. Absolutely eye watering, was in genuine shock.

This one’s 5 years old and was £22k ex demo.
Done 2400 hrs and with a new set of boots I don’t think depreciation will be so bad but looking at about £20k to swap to new next size up. For something I use twice a day 365 to feed and scrape 100 cows I think I’ll just have to suck it up.