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Al R

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Livestock Farmer
Location
West Wales
Some of the

Women make great laming staff , generally better than men imo
I know, the 1 full time is new this year but the other 2 are 3-4 seasons with me, 1 was head calf rearer on a 1600 cow herd after being with me 👍🏻 All sub 5’2 so sometimes grunt is needed when moving stubborn Texels
 
I was told the prospect for beef is good with the planned release of folks restrictions
in early 2019 ,market prospect report from QMS(i think) stated that the outlook for finished cattle in the second half of the year was good but sheep could be on a shoogly peg,they got that wrong big time,a lot of cattle sold since then up until recently have barely covered costs!!!,as someone who has no sheep(vindictive baaahstds),it can be quite depressing coming on here and reading page after page of the meteoric rise in sheep price,so i suppose what i want too see is the same rise in beef to make up for the shortfall 🤷‍♂️..........................................well i can dream i suppose:rolleyes:
 

Poorbuthappy

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Devon
in early 2019 ,market prospect report from QMS(i think) stated that the outlook for finished cattle in the second half of the year was good but sheep could be on a shoogly peg,they got that wrong big time,a lot of cattle sold since then up until recently have barely covered costs!!!,as someone who has no sheep(vindictive baaahstds),it can be quite depressing coming on here and reading page after page of the meteoric rise in sheep price,so i suppose what i want too see is the same rise in beef to make up for the shortfall 🤷‍♂️..........................................well i can dream i suppose:rolleyes:
If you don't want the work and hassle of sheep you can't complain for the 1 year in 10 they're paying well🤣
 

Hilly

Member
in early 2019 ,market prospect report from QMS(i think) stated that the outlook for finished cattle in the second half of the year was good but sheep could be on a shoogly peg,they got that wrong big time,a lot of cattle sold since then up until recently have barely covered costs!!!,as someone who has no sheep(vindictive baaahstds),it can be quite depressing coming on here and reading page after page of the meteoric rise in sheep price,so i suppose what i want too see is the same rise in beef to make up for the shortfall 🤷‍♂️..........................................well i can dream i suppose:rolleyes:
Sheep have a about thirty years of making very little to make up for which they won’t , cattle job could do with a boost mind , folk get exited up 100 quid , good but hundred dosent buy much today .
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

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  • 100% I’ve had enough of farming!

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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