Slippery Slope
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True or False?
Mr Dyson doesn’t have a problem.
True and False Depends on your business model!True or False?
What do you call yours then ? Mill Stone not allowedIs farming a business ?
You can buy haylage most years cheaper than you can make itOur main business is selling haylage. We make approx 1200 round bales a year and bought in approx 700 others. I’d love to buy more land to make more bales but I don’t think it’s feasible. I worked out at approx £7000 an acre it’s approx 11 years to pay back the field not including the costs to make the bales in the first place!
I can buy them for 25% more than it costs to make it in the first place.
You can buy haylage most years cheaper than you can make it
I do make haylage , but cutting haylage drains the soil don't add anything , costs me a fortune to replace what it takes off , no way could I buy land and make a margin selling Haylage , selling Haylage is beer money and nothing else , can make more letting the dairy farms take the grassBut making hay, haylage or silage has a massive benefit in grassland management and in evening out grass supplies over the whole year.
How do you manage your grass if you buy in all your forage? In the days when upland farms had dairy cows and actually worked for a living, the aftermath from making hay was the one thing that gave cows (and the farmer) a boost and stood them in good stead for the rest of the year.
I think some people are better at it than others....I do make haylage , but cutting haylage drains the soil don't add anything , costs me a fortune to replace what it takes off , no way could I buy land and make a margin selling Haylage , selling Haylage is beer money and nothing else , can make more letting the dairy farms take the grass
May be, I make up to 3000 per year and sell up to 10000 , been making horse haylage for 30 years , I cost it to the penny , I'm not a farmer who spends £20 making it and thinks hes doing well selling it for £15 on Facebook [emoji23][emoji1787] [emoji23]I think some people are better at it than others....