So what’s your take on sedgemoor. Every now and again something happens and everything goes pear shaped. It can’t just be down to one person. Can it?Just about !
So what’s your take on sedgemoor. Every now and again something happens and everything goes pear shaped. It can’t just be down to one person. Can it?Just about !
wont cover creep bill for many , maybe on first draw or two , its all the rest that will cost . im pulling feeders out after 6 weeks old if there is grass in front of them this year .
I really do not understand why it was so bad today with the spring lambs at sedge given the hoggs were well up on the week!So what’s your take on sedgemoor. Every now and again something happens and everything goes pear shaped. It can’t just be down to one person. Can it?
Your back huray !Utter shocker of a trade for spring lambs at sedge today!
I will be very surprised if they get many if any spring lambs next week on that diabolical trade!
SQQ only 300.5 ppk for spring lambs at Sedge for only 961 head ! > down 25.4ppk on the week <
Exeter averaged 322.8 sqq for 2400 spring lambs !
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Most of mine will be going on red clover seeds ( that would normally be cut ) and only get a handfull of cake to make it easier to handle them.wont cover creep bill for many , maybe on first draw or two , its all the rest that will cost . im pulling feeders out after 6 weeks old if there is grass in front of them this year .
Hoggets have been getting better week on week lately, either the springers are too early or there needs to be more of them so the supermarkets change to nsl earlierI wonder if there are too many hoggs about spoiling the spring lamb job.
We could do with lambs getting off to a good start
If these spring lamb prices are where we are at then i would not want to be selling breeding sheep this year!I wonder if there are too many hoggs about spoiling the spring lamb job.
We could do with lambs getting off to a good start
There were some cracking first drawn lambs there this morning. I expected the average. But those guys must be gutted. Especially when Exeter did so well with so many.I really do not understand why it was so bad today with the spring lambs at sedge given the hoggs were well up on the week!
Guess perhaps it is just down to supply and demand and sounds like from some reports there is a lot of spring lambs coming out across the country for this early in the season than normal.
45 kgs at £3 isn't a disaster though, hopefully they might lift a bit yet although it usually only goes one way from here!If these spring lamb prices are where we are at then i would not want to be selling breeding sheep this year!
Exeter had their May sale last week of Dorsets, ram trade was off the charts but commercial breeding ewes were hard going and well down i am told ( not seen the figures ) on the year by people who were selling! trade would be down £25/30 head at least for breeding ewes it sounded like!
We wont restart that argument on my return45 kgs at £3 isn't a disaster though, hopefully they might lift a bit yet although it usually only goes one way from here!
If these spring lamb prices are where we are at then i would not want to be selling breeding sheep this year!
Exeter had their May sale last week of Dorsets, ram trade was off the charts but commercial breeding ewes were hard going and well down i am told ( not seen the figures ) on the year by people who were selling! trade would be down £25/30 head at least for breeding ewes it sounded like!
Thousands and thousands of those light hill lambs went live too France and Spain. Markets that we don’t utilise anymore.Someone quoted that figure of the National breeding flock halved since foot and mouth . That’s a stark figure yet prices haven’t moved upwards that much. Where the hell did all that lamb used to end up. Export I expect
What about the Greek market , they used to take lambs as well .....not so sure they’re solvent thoughThousands and thousands of those light hill lambs went live too France and Spain. Markets that we don’t utilise anymore.
Yes those Mediterranean countries took a lot as well. Greece probably although they have been broke for years.Thousands and thousands of those light hill lambs went live too France and Spain. Markets that we don’t utilise anymore.
How do you keep the weight of your Hogs at that level at this time of year...the price is brilliant just love to know
Well the only good news i have had in the last week is that Fert prices have dropped a shade from their recent highs and you can now buy 33% N or 27+9s for about £685 ton!Have said before that the world is going to get hungry, but for that to happen we will feel the pain first .......not like it would have been at one time
The world has cut oil,gas,electricity,wood,steel,fert supplies ,the list is endless of things in short supply and inflation is soaring on these products!!!!
I on the other hand am a farmer and am very resilient by nature , lambing has went ok and calving is going fine, the Winter grain is looking well in fact I may produce a similar if not slightly greater amount of produce than last year so why oh why aren’t I getting the price my goods deserve to be ???