Buyers Commission

DanM

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Livestock Farmer
Location
West Country
What is the going rate to charge a customer for sourcing and buying sheep and then organising the transportation to their premises?
 

Mc115reed

Member
Livestock Farmer
Your gonna have too give us more info here …
We talking riding round the country buying decker loads of lambs in 20 different markets week in week out or buying 3 tups at a ram sale maybe the off breeding ewe at the same sale?
 

Estate fencing.

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Livestock Farmer
I usually pay for the sheep and transport, I then charge them and add £1 head if they where bought at a decent price, £2 if it thought they where really cheap.
 

DanM

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
West Country
Your gonna have too give us more info here …
We talking riding round the country buying decker loads of lambs in 20 different markets week in week out or buying 3 tups at a ram sale maybe the off breeding ewe at the same sale?
Breeding sheep, few thousand and then rams to serve.
 

Estate fencing.

Member
Livestock Farmer
That's a lot of money to outlay for a few hundred pounds return?
It is but wouldn’t do it for people that I didn’t know or trust (probably bit me on backside now). Usually get paid a couple of days after they arrive. I get the luck and cash for paying on the day as well, it’s well worth my time.
 

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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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