What was the extensification on ? And how muchYep always paid to claimwe claimed the first payment then sold as soon as they were out of retention, got extensification as well
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From memory it was on the beef special premium and suckler payment, I can't remember how much it was
livestock 1
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I sold 110 swale draft ewes for £10 at Tow Law mart the fella wanted them delivered for that I got pulled for speeding on the way to his place with the wagon
livestock 1
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I sold 500 or more maybe 600 mule gimmer lambs in 99/2000 maybe averaged £24 the wethers av £25 it was an exceptional wet lambing time that year it rained or snowed every day just about lost my snitch and lug tops with frost bite I remember one grass keep bill being £10,000
It’s a wonder we got through it
It’s a wonder we got through it
muleman
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Bad that ....just over 9p each
livestock 1
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Just come back in again it’s quite cold I would say almost a frost again maybe will be by daylight
livestock 1
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The Mrs has got us tickets to watch Newcastle and your favourite team play last time I was there I think we beat you 
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- Hereford
Extensification payment was a payment paid to keep stocking levels down below a certain livestock unit , I think it was one unit per acre. You could also get it by not claiming on all 'cards' ie ,with steers just claim on the green and sell on the blue or if you were getting suckler cow premium then ,at the time, it would have paid to sell on the green to get a higher level of Extensification payment . This was all controlled by how many foragec acres you had to put your claim against .
....however, as @Hilly said earlier it all came back to bite those that claimed it as when your historic payments came jn to play it meant that your 'set' payment was disadvantaged and you would have been better off claiming on all cards .
The slaughter premium eventually got to £50 a head up the animals had to be on your holding for a minimum of 8 wks . It was a good thing . We used to buy cattle on a red card keep for 8 weeks minimum and put into the fat , it worked well ,especially in the summer when you could get them fat enough by running into the shed every day for a sniff of barley.
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- Hereford
You could get lower and higher levels of Extensification payment but can't remember how much each was .
80-100k
Yes, I was doing that bit of mental arithmetic when a 4 decker pulled out of Sedge Mon pm.
Probably most out of Exeter and then topped up at J24. Llansilio.
Gilders pulled out too with a 'growler' of a lump under the bonnet (V8/V10?), and another of theirs flying empty by the look of it heading south.
Stw88
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- Northumberland
Some Hauliers have had to up their insurance to cover what the value of the load is.80-100k
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- Hereford
......they were the days , father never put any of his subsidy back into the farm , it all went into the building society !Those were the days - farm management at it's best!
Not much different to SFI now!
...imagine that happening now .
Shipments of New Zealand lamb have dropped to a third this last three months due to the troubles with the direct shipping route through the Suez canal. It's costing 20 more times the financial cost to insure the cargo. A big factor in the bouyant lamb trade. 1800 tons instead of 5500 tons.
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
We need to help those hoootttys they doing great stuff !
Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
Supply them with arms like we do to everyone else.
They are doing a better job of stopping imports than parliament
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
An old submarine would do them
Aspiring Peasants
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- North Pennines
That would be a good use of the levy money
livestock 1
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No totally different to sfi opposite infactThose were the days - farm management at it's best!
Not much different to SFI now!
muleman
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I don't like football anymoreThe Mrs has got us tickets to watch Newcastle and your favourite team play last time I was there I think we beat you