Bale wrap tax

[roscoe erf]

Listened to that in bed. Has set me up all wrong for the day and worst of all we have full herd TB test reading today

good luck with the read

 

[roscoe erf]

Government urged to scrap proposed plastic tax on silage wrap - Farmers Weekly

The government is facing calls to scrap a proposed plastic tax on silage bale wrap that would cost farmers £200/t. In December last year, HMRC published

www.fwi.co.uk

are the nfu fighting this ?

 

[Matthew Britton]

We have the eco tax here, it is 4.50€ per roll. I did put a post up the other day with our price for this year. If we want it we just have to get on with it. Having said that I find farming more profitable here so perhaps another 20 cents a bale is more affordable or less painful. Having said that this years prices are going to make us make more hay.

 

[Yale]

So is it 20% or 20p a roll or bale?

 

[axehandle]

We have the eco tax here, it is 4.50€ per roll. I did put a post up the other day with our price for this year. If we want it we just have to get on with it. Having said that I find farming more profitable here so perhaps another 20 cents a bale is more affordable or less painful. Having said that this years prices are going to make us make more hay.

We pay 1.80gbp on plastic and 2.10gbp on net , do you have tax on net in France

 

[Chuckie]

A quick google says it is £200/tonne.

 

[Matthew Britton]

We pay 1.80gbp on plastic and 2.10gbp on net , do you have tax on net in France

I think so but I couldn’t tell you what it is, we buy through the co op and I just pay the bill when it comes. I only have an idea on the wrap because I was researching the price on line last week and they put it on their quotes as an extra.

 

[devonbeef]

its not packaging , its a component of the manufacturing process

bale string however , looks like we'll be building hay ricks again

hay and corn

 

[Ffermer Bach]

its not packaging , its a component of the manufacturing process

bale string however , looks like we'll be building hay ricks again

there must be some way of recycling big square bale string? Is there and I just don't know about it?

 

[Ffermer Bach]

are the nfu fighting this ?

going by previous NFU campaigns, they will agree with the idea of a tax, just say British farmers use less wrap than other countries!

 

[Nearly]

going by previous NFU campaigns, they will agree with the idea of a tax, just say British farmers use less wrap than other countries!

and our bonfires make less smoke?

 

[devonbeef]

there must be some way of recycling big square bale string? Is there and I just don't know about it?

Never enough of that, is your farm not like mine, held together with that.

 

[7610 super q]

How did we manage pre 1985 ? We made pish poor hay. But at least those that did make good hay found it was actually worth something.
Paying to dispose of plastic as well as buying it put an end to covering early potatoes. No bad thing IMO.

 

[Sid]

What evidence?

Been posted before . You'll have to search

 

[Yale]

Rolls seem to be about 28kg.

Just over 35 rolls to the tonne.

About £5.60 per roll.

So getting on for 20p a bale at 4x layers.

 

[Ball acre]

Been posted before . You'll have to search

Go on. Give us a clue. What thread title?

 

[jondear]

Rolls seem to be about 28kg.

Just over 35 rolls to the tonne.

About £5.60 per roll.

So getting on for 20p a bale at 4x layers.

Lots use 6

 

[Sid]

Go on. Give us a clue. What thread title?

This thread.

ive read an AHDB study into the losses and its near impossible to get losses with a pit system under 10% with higher field losses and wasteage around the edge, losses with bales are more like 2%, when you consider the cost of making silage with the current fert price why are these losses always overlooked in the bales v pit arguments? it costs us £2/bale o plastic currently, not as big a cost as many make out

 

[Wellytrack]

Tax has been on wrap in ROI for some years now. Think it’s about €6/roll.

 

[jondear]

Tax has been on wrap in ROI for some years now. Think it’s about €6/roll.

Do you pay to dispose of ?