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Are Contractors rates having to go up.
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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7861623" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>we are not contractors, we are farmers, that use contractors, there is a difference.</p><p>Why should we expect contractors to do work, for us, with a low profit margin. They do, because there are to many, chasing business, they tender, we choose, job done. </p><p> Where you seem to have a mental blockage, it is accepted, throughout the western world, food is to cheap, which causes ever shrinking margins for farmers who are at the bottom of the food chain and price takers not setters which l suspect is common to the majority of farmers contractors are the next step up from us so if our profits are slim the money is simply not there to afford contractors contractors seek out business and quote accordingly but they also need money my opinion is they should do no work that doesn't make a margin but if they quote a price that is their prerogative</p><p> Not all farmers are wealthy and many only just about get by with ever increasing input costs they are bound to struggle so leaving contractors working in a diminishing pool of work</p><p>l have no idea of your business you give an impression of arrogance you may have a massive set up but you do not seem to understand the point farmers take prices not set them the very simple point which seemed to go over your head not sure why because it is very very simple is the price we receive is not a reflection on what it should be if it were higher we would be able to pay a higher rate such is life</p><p>so your post was pretty stupid and insulting to many smaller hard working farmers who definitely do not deserve to go bust and l certainly do not intend too l run a profitable forward thinking business it would seem you only run in the present thankfully that's your business not mine so don't quote what you don't know it just makes you look stupid</p><p> The answer, like comma's, is quite simple, we need more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7861623, member: 86168"] we are not contractors, we are farmers, that use contractors, there is a difference. Why should we expect contractors to do work, for us, with a low profit margin. They do, because there are to many, chasing business, they tender, we choose, job done. Where you seem to have a mental blockage, it is accepted, throughout the western world, food is to cheap, which causes ever shrinking margins for farmers who are at the bottom of the food chain and price takers not setters which l suspect is common to the majority of farmers contractors are the next step up from us so if our profits are slim the money is simply not there to afford contractors contractors seek out business and quote accordingly but they also need money my opinion is they should do no work that doesn't make a margin but if they quote a price that is their prerogative Not all farmers are wealthy and many only just about get by with ever increasing input costs they are bound to struggle so leaving contractors working in a diminishing pool of work l have no idea of your business you give an impression of arrogance you may have a massive set up but you do not seem to understand the point farmers take prices not set them the very simple point which seemed to go over your head not sure why because it is very very simple is the price we receive is not a reflection on what it should be if it were higher we would be able to pay a higher rate such is life so your post was pretty stupid and insulting to many smaller hard working farmers who definitely do not deserve to go bust and l certainly do not intend too l run a profitable forward thinking business it would seem you only run in the present thankfully that's your business not mine so don't quote what you don't know it just makes you look stupid The answer, like comma's, is quite simple, we need more. [/QUOTE]
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