Fag packet figures.
£/ha
Rent 250
Fert 125
Cost of fert application 50
Spray (10% of area?) 3?
Topping/pre mowing 40
Fencing?
Tracks?
Re seed 35
What have I missed out?
£503/ha
12t dm / ha
£41/t dm
4.1p/kg dm
And still in business with all bills paid up to date ?Roughly where I'd got to as well, problem
Is there is people not a million miles away from here paying twice that rent, problem for them anyways
I was looking at 10t/Ha by the time you took utilisation in to account(85%).
Where do people see it as a % of other types of input primarily silage and dairy cake.
They always thought silage was half the cost of cake and grazed grass half the cost of silage, are these still regarded as reasonably accurate?
5p/kg grass,10p/kg bales(£18 per round bale?),50p/kg cake or £500/T?Ive always worked on a ratio (grass:silage:cake) of 1:2:10
For a quick comparison, its not too far off.
5p/kg grass,10p/kg bales(£18 per round bale?),50p/kg cake or £500/T?
I'd say so for this winter it always surprises me how expensive silage is we really should just buy it in. Poor yielding maize crops are more expensive than wheat on dm terms according to some work I saw this year. They also had grass in at circa £70 I wish I'd taken a photo of the breakdown re inputs and rents.I was looking at 10t/Ha by the time you took utilisation in to account(85%).
Where do people see it as a % of other types of input primarily silage and dairy cake.
They always thought silage was half the cost of cake and grazed grass half the cost of silage, are these still regarded as reasonably accurate?
Oh and on grass, lime, lime, lime!
The phrase "horses for courses" seems apt.Input costs v output
its no good having the cheapest feed in if your output is poor.
Cost effective production.