Brexit Stockpiling

[Hornet]

So as the threat of crashing out of EU with no deal gets higher, is anyone stockpiling inputs before 27th Mar ? What is the threat to agchem supply this spring?

 

[Iben]

Don't stress.

 

[David_A]

Don't stress.

Sounds like the millennium bug all over again. Sounds like a good excuse to drum up some early sales.
Wait for the householders to stock up on bread and milk, only to throw most of away a few days later as best before date passes.
Maybe, just maybe the sky might fall down too, who knows.

 

[david]

scaremongering on the extreme

 

[Brisel]

Farmers Weekly was recommending getting your supplies in, with a piece from Jon Duffy, CEO at Anglia Farmers. IMO it's the fear of the unknown in case we have a hard Brexit.

Does this remind anyone of the Millennium Bug, that windfall for IT consultants? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem

 

[Courier]

Rees-Mogg has been stockpiling his cash in the ROI for quite some time.

 

[D14]

Farmers Weekly was recommending getting your supplies in, with a piece from Jon Duffy, CEO at Anglia Farmers. IMO it's the fear of the unknown in case we have a hard Brexit.

Does this remind anyone of the Millennium Bug, that windfall for IT consultants? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem

So a CEO of one of the largest input supplies in the country is telling farmers to buy inputs early. What a surprise!

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

So as the threat of crashing out of EU with no deal gets higher, is anyone stockpiling inputs before 27th Mar ?

I intend to stockpile non-perishable consumables that are not of UK origin, in case we have 6 months of interruption following a 'no deal' situation.

I'm specifically thinking of peanut butter, chocolate spread and tins of beans & sausage.

Only a drunk halfwit would stockpile bread & milk.

[unless you had lots of freezer space ... ]

 

[eagleye]

most of fertiliser and sprays in store from sept. just bought when price looked right.
diesel tanks full, but then price went down.
cant get it right all the time

 

[Hindsight]

So a CEO of one of the largest input supplies in the country is telling farmers to buy inputs early. What a surprise!

But you only buy them once? It will not go to waste like spare veg at xmas!

I suppose his point is 'do not come grumbling to me next April if that load of wheat fungicide is stuck in France when it could have been on your farm in February'

 

[Brisel]

So a CEO of one of the largest input supplies in the country is telling farmers to buy inputs early. What a surprise!

That's not their usual message. We get early order forms for fertiliser, chems and seed but there's no push to commit. The early doors prices are always better, or we get rebates if the market drops later which does happen occasionally. Buying groups are about high volumes and lower margins for distributors, so the best products are kept back for serviced customers who pay a bit more for this higher level of, er, service.

 

[Hindsight]

I intend to stockpile non-perishable consumables that are not of UK origin, in case we have 6 months of interruption following a 'no deal' situation.

I'm specifically thinking of peanut butter, chocolate spread and tins of beans & sausage.

Only a drunk halfwit would stockpile bread & milk.

[unless you had lots of freezer space ... ]

But then freezer space only if one has a generator and six months supply of fuel and spares for it - in case armegadon does occur!! Think it through totally old chap!! Like you list of staples!! You forgot the beer and spirits - member of the temperance society by any chance?

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

You forgot the beer and spirits - member of the temperance society by any chance?

I already have 6 months of gin, whisky & brandy in stock.

Beyond that I plan to start some vulgar moonshine

Foreign, perishable stuff like bananas will be consigned to history

 

[fudge]

Warships would be a useful commodity to get into. The Royal Navy is too small to rule the waves. Up to now Whitehall has assumed the days of Empire were over. How wrong they were! Post Brexit a new golden age of British imperialism which will require a massive navy.

 

[rob1]

Rees-Mogg has been stockpiling his cash in the ROI for quite some time.

Except he has no control of that business

 

[Brisel]

Warships would be a useful commodity to get into. The Royal Navy is too small to rule the waves. Up to now Whitehall has assumed the days of Empire were over. How wrong they were! Post Brexit a new golden age of British imperialism which will require a massive navy.

We could flog them to Brussels at a mark up, or man them ourselves. It wouldn’t be the first time we’ve had to fight for them

 

[Courier]

Rees-Mogg has been stockpiling his cash in the ROI for quite some time.

Except he has no control of that business

And if you believe that you'll believe anything......

When he realised that his portion of the cash was being taken outside the UK (to avoid UK tax ?? Maybe ?) he surely could have insisted that it stay within the UK to swell the chancellor's coffers.

 

[Still Farming]

Stockpile some muck if they want it?

 

[yellow belly]

why all the panic
in march most of the april may june requirement for farm chemical will be in stock in the uk
most of the milling wheat and grain needed is in stock in uk
cows are milked every day

stuff from non eu sources will be unaffected

the car industry is shutting down their plants in april instead of the summer so the flow of trucks will be lower in april

essentials will be fast tracked

 

[Y Fan Wen]

Warships would be a useful commodity to get into. The Royal Navy is too small to rule the waves. Up to now Whitehall has assumed the days of Empire were over. How wrong they were! Post Brexit a new golden age of British imperialism which will require a massive navy.

And there was me thinking that now we are downsizing to a third world country, now is the time to reduce our armed forces in proportion. Half a dozen frigates on fishery patrol, a squadron of maritime patrol aircraft, and about the same size army as RoI.
As we will now have to export our way out of poverty, we will have to increase our foreign aid budget with the money saved from the defence budget. This should be seen as the seed corn to produce the crop of exports.