Always thought you were a bit of a rare 'un!I must be rare then
Always thought you were a bit of a rare 'un!I must be rare then
Always thought you were a bit of a rare 'un!
Lot of the dairy farmers do that now aparently, tho likely just on what has been done rather than running ahead of time, suits them with the monthly milk cheque.we had a good system with our contractor, sat down and worked out probable bill for the year, divided it by 12, and standing order, if 'out' adjustment easily made. Worked a treat, and in return we had a very good service, things happen, and son took on the business, he didn't like owing me money, and couldn't quite get to grips with the arrangement, the end result, one of his best payers, ended up at the bottom of the list, while he chased either bad payers, doing them first, in the hope of a cheque, or new 'bad payers', looking to expand the business. He was suprised, when we left.
Who ?
He was another past president of the idiot brigade NAAC who preech one thing then travel the country carving up the rates. Good riddance.Yeah well. 1970's produce prices, and 1990's contractors rates don't pay for 21st century gear.
The penny will drop eventually.
Don't think anyone looks at buying price of tackle anymore just how much a month possibly?In a pub conversation it was mentioned that a new forager with the typical toys and add ons is now 450K? Is this correct?
Two farms locally to me are now reliant upon Contractors ~ one I suspect sensibly, and the other most emphatically NOT.
Captain Sensible owns his land and he's struck up a deal with a contracting group. He takes a share of the crop and that is the end of his financial input.
The other guy ~ who is a tenant is prevented from entering in to the same arrangement as the other by his inherited and supposedly secure, tenancy agreement. Quite by chance, both are using the same group of contractors who are themselves, farmers. This chap pays an agreed rate every time that a wheel turns on his land, he is responsible for buying in all seed and spray and fertiliser ~ AND the group take 40% of his crop. Quite how he expected to survive, is a mystery and the reality is that the land-owners have talked/bullied him in to handing back his tenancy, a fact which has not pleased his son ……..
I worked for a contractor for a while, and he lived a constant battle fending off those who were irate because it seemed that he was being neglectful of his agreement ~ ~ well he would be FFS ~ he was attempting to serve 5 masters, whilst also managing his own crops.
Hear converted to proofI hear Charlie Baker has called in the auctioneers.