I agree with most of that, especially loading up into a dirty trailer compared to a shiny one, but like belly clipping, health and safety doesn't seem to matter to those that make the rules when it suits them but they don't mind adding the injuries to the statistics when they want to emphasise our poor safety record.
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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Skintagain
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- Perched on the Pennines
Bushtucker trial
Can we get back on topic
Just wondering if the lamb price will get the jitters again at the end of the month when we agree to leave the EU. Totally lost as what will happen if anything re tariffs etc ?
Maybe @Frank-the-Wool will know
Just wondering if the lamb price will get the jitters again at the end of the month when we agree to leave the EU. Totally lost as what will happen if anything re tariffs etc ?
Maybe @Frank-the-Wool will know
muleman
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If its anything like the last few times we were supposed to 'leave', lambs will be dearer in feb, cant see a need to rush them away, they will be getting scarce.
Woolless
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- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
My guess is that the lamb trade will be affected later in the year, when BoJo threatens them with a hard Brexit. Hopefully events in China will help us.
- Location
- East Sussex
We aren't leaving at the end of the month and we have always been going to leave (possibly) at the end of 2020. However the end of 2020 is now a lot more definite and concerning than all the previous ideas as it will happen this time, deal or no deal.
The sheep sector will be very good until I guess about September when reality begins to sink in that there may be no deal and those naughty WTO tariffs come back to haunt us.
Why would you buy store lambs in the Autumn if they were going to have a 40% plus tariff on them from the 1st January 2021.
We are leaving the EU on the 31st January. All this scaremongering, sheep meat is in short supply especially in the North of England, even if some Tarrif is applied after the implementation period ends sheepmeat will still be wanted
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
No one has a fudging clue what’s going to happen...carry on as you do every day and forget about it
Fully agree in principle with big landowners destocking , though is relative even if a smaller % could have follow on effects with slaughterhouses as you say. One thing however that could change your statement is the building on land and difference in the north south divide. It’s shocking around here, I rarely go more than 5 miles from home unless I have to, even a trip to London is 5 miles to train station and don’t see too many local villages or towns. But when you see outskirts of towns 10 miles away you havnt seen for a year, you can easily get lost as another 2500 houses there and extra roundabouts etc. Even in the sticks where I am I’ve been approached in last week by a portaloo company, wanting to buy a strip of land I’d guess worth 100000 an acre, sadly wouldn’t want an acre, so offer 8/9 square foot to rent a shed, if I do one then rest probably follow, have two other sets of buildings but admit I’d reduce numbers if I could get stupid money from one set of buildings, spend on updating other two sets of buildings but reduce workload and hassle and put acres down to wildflowers or whatever. Against morals but only here once and money for nothing when you can’t find staff , or certainly to improve profits then it makes sense. I think that would be a common case in many parts of the south
Why buy them this past autumn glad I did and didn't listen to the doomsayers they did not help the sellers did they.If we keep being negative we will repeat the low trade again
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- Hereford
Same here. Hanging on to mine for a while yet .
You sound like an auctioneer. Farmers were faced with the government talking about paying to cull sheep, so selling some early seemed sensible rather than risking being hard up. Most markets/auctioneers sold less stock last year but borrowed more so be careful who you take advice from.
make your own judgement
george 600
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what price are Dunbia on for cows and clean.
Just asked 2.65 on a r grade, 2.50 on a 0-. Booked 5 for next Monday. He said clean hadn't changed so think that is still 3.25
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They need to be more for clean(and I think you would get more if you push them) Meadow Quality are saying 3.33 is average for this week.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
£3.25 is crap
Got no clean to go at the moment. How close can clean and culls get?