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"Marketing, bloody marketing that's some else job!" said 95% of farmers!
Most can't even be bothered to run the clippers over there shity arse store lambs let alone sell them into a market that they would be better in or even lot them into groups that buyers want!
Some folks just sell at the same sales every year regardless of what the trade is like
 

Macsky

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Highland
Some folks just sell at the same sales every year regardless of what the trade is like
Selling store here and really have no control over the trade on the day, if you were to start chopping and changing it really would be pot luck as to how well you hit the good days. Last year I sold at an earlier sale and was £6-10 up on the sale the week after, sold again early this year but would have probably been the same up if I had waited til later, there really is no knowing, and when you’re 2.5hrs from the mart you can’t really be nipping back and forth all season with a trailer to this one and a trailer to that one, they all go off on the float and you’re delighted to see them off the place.
 

neilo

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Montgomeryshire
Trade a bit better in Welshpool this morning, as well as the weighbridge working properly.

Pen of 7 was Exlana & their crosses, the rest Charollais X. Another draw next week, then grass will be about done f

To be fair to the Exlanas they handle ok over their loins (for a maternal), although lacking of hindquarter.

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Selling store here and really have no control over the trade on the day, if you were to start chopping and changing it really would be pot luck as to how well you hit the good days. Last year I sold at an earlier sale and was £6-10 up on the sale the week after, sold again early this year but would have probably been the same up if I had waited til later, there really is no knowing, and when you’re 2.5hrs from the mart you can’t really be nipping back and forth all season with a trailer to this one and a trailer to that one, they all go off on the float and you’re delighted to see them off the place.
The auctioneers ring me most weeks for a bit crack to see what’s going on and what’s the best plan to market stock, when they don’t ring i ring them. Is that what you do too?
 
Trade a bit better in Welshpool this morning, as well as the weighbridge working properly.

Pen of 7 was Exlana & their crosses, the rest Charollais X. Another draw next week, then grass will be about done f

To be fair to the Exlanas they handle ok over their loins (for a maternal), although lacking of hindquarter.

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So are the exlana's better than you thought they'd be ? Or aren't your Charollais as good as you make out ? 😂
 

Stw88

Member
Location
Northumberland
Beggars belief that anyone could arse on breeding something for a year or two years up to sale and can’t be bothered to ring up before sale days!!
Can’t see any auctioneers round here telling you that there going to be a bad trade and don’t fetch them. All the reports seam to read “more could be sold to vendors advantage”
 

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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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