Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[lloyd]

Was thinking one round bale per lamb

Good job you fitted those new blades then.

 

[Gedd]

Looks like a busy day at Kirkby

https://issuu.com/ninaoxley/docs/april_store_cattle?ff...

Anyone been

 

[Northeastfarmer]

It won’t take a lot of chopping the way it’s looking.

Won’t be a lot of gimmer lambs the way it’s looking!

 

[gone up the hill]

Wait for the straw sales to kick off.

Winter Wheat has certainly altered the last two weeks around here, no end of crops between 1 and 2 foot high whilst 3 weeks ago they were below cutting height!

SB drilled 7 days ago is coming up and in rows!

But i would not be at all surprised to see decent winter wheat crops pushing £250 acre at the standing straw sales in a few weeks time!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Winter Wheat has certainly altered the last two weeks around here, no end of crops between 1 and 2 foot high whilst 3 weeks ago they were below cutting height!

SB drilled 7 days ago is coming up and in rows!

But i would not be at all surprised to see decent winter wheat crops pushing £250 acre at the standing straw sales in a few weeks time!

Someone told me straw in Ireland was £300/T
If that’s true I can’t see how the fudge keeping cattle pays….id sell the lot

 

[gone up the hill]

Australia or NZ , supermarkets dont give a flying * about uk farmers they only want us to get assurance and use the flag (or parts of it ) on every thing else , very short sighted , if it wasnt for the ethnic trade we would all be sunk .

That is very true about supermarkets!

But being on some NZ/AUS farming FB pages the sheep industry in many parts of each country is in dire straights, NZ doing welfare culls of both ewes and lambs and Aus farmers just digging large pits and shooting all the sheep they have due to the droughts/lack of forage etc and that is before you take into account all the productive NZ beef and sheep farms being snapped up by groups to plant the lot into trees to get the large payments for this net zero hoax!

So i cannot see either country having much lamb to export in 5 years time the way things are going for the poor farmers in each country !

 

[livestock 1]

Someone told me straw in Ireland was £300/T
If that’s true I can’t see how the fudge keeping cattle pays….id sell the lot

I bought some cubicles last year no idea why at the time
Must have been a premonition

 

[livestock 1]

I have a feeling it's going to be a very depressing summer for the poor farmer, the weather is clean wrong

Are you happy after today?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Are you happy after today?

He’s never happy

 

[gone up the hill]

Someone told me straw in Ireland was £300/T
If that’s true I can’t see how the fudge keeping cattle pays….id sell the lot

It was £220/50 a ton over there back in Feb/March so would not be at all surprised if its now £300/T

And the shortage over there is all down to this net zero bollox where the Gov is paying every farmer to chop straw...

And then to have enough straw for themselves they then have to send lorry's across the channel to haul straw back across the Irish sea, all in the name of this Net Zero rubbish!

 

[livestock 1]

He’s never happy

Wonder if he’s bought a new welly?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Wonder if he’s bought a new welly?

I’ve had to, the dog ate half of mine and the watter kept lapping ower

 

[gone up the hill]

I bought some cubicles last year no idea why at the time
Must have been a premonition

Well i hope you have a very large concrete slurry pit that has a roof over it and very large collection tanks/ drains...

Or else when the EA turn up those cubicles could soon be for sale again!

 

[idgni]

Someone told me straw in Ireland was £300/T
If that’s true I can’t see how the fudge keeping cattle pays….id sell the lot

90% + of big cattle would be on slats

 

[Northeastfarmer]

90% + of big cattle would be on slats

I’d of thought that

 

[Skintagain]

Well i hope you have a very large concrete slurry pit that has a roof over it and very large collection tanks/ drains...

Or else when the EA turn up those cubicles could soon be for sale again!

Will a big barrel spreader and some new tyres on spreader tractor not do?

 

[gone up the hill]

Will a big barrel spreader and some new tyres on spreader tractor not do?

Nope as the EA have banned that as well in the winter months !

No end of farms have got a stop notice for spreading slurry with a barrel spreader in the winter months around here 2when inspected the last 12 months !

 

[Skintagain]

Nope as the EA have banned that as well in the winter months !

Another job for night time

 

[som farmer]

There won't be any to sell

beef stores look nice in their yard, bedded down on some pretty decent hay, feels like sacrilege bedding them on that.

we have straw, but will need it for bucket calves through the summer

it is drying up, and warming up, start putting stock out tomorrow, cows have been out by day for 10 days, last 2 by night, that is late.

even left 4 acres of half a crop of w/wheat, straw is looking as important as grain !

 

[livestock 1]

I can’t see much future in putting cows on top of something that’s £150+ a tonne for 6 months +