Egg contracts

upnortheast

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Northumberland
just now there will be a queue at your gate to buy anything with a shell. Probably different in 6 months time.

Lad we buy our eggs off has 3 lads on the road doing doorstep deliveries - £8 a tray - & he is struggling to cope with the demand
 

midlandslad

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Location
Midlands
What is the current free range egg price and feed cost?

The budget I have been given doesn’t include any allowance for mortality and fees costs seem low at £200/tonne!
 

Daniel

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What is the current free range egg price and feed cost?

The budget I have been given doesn’t include any allowance for mortality and fees costs seem low at £200/tonne!

If you've been given inaccurate figures to base your costings on, do you trust them to be fair and honest when you've invested heavily in a chicken shed and are tied into producing for them?
 

t murrr

Member
If you've been given inaccurate figures to base your costings on, do you trust them to be fair and honest when you've invested heavily in a chicken shed and are tied into producing for them?
This is slightly different tread but along the same lines .There is 6000 bird fr house all equipment house etc for sale €60000 to clear . If I was to spend another 60k relocating this house concrete etc would it be worth the hassle seems like a cheaper way into the game although in a small way €20 a bird .
 

R J

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Location
Herefordshire
This is slightly different tread but along the same lines .There is 6000 bird fr house all equipment house etc for sale €60000 to clear . If I was to spend another 60k relocating this house concrete etc would it be worth the hassle seems like a cheaper way into the game although in a small way €20 a bird .
Sounds a bit expensive tbh , second hand kit should be about £1 per bird,
Not sure about shed cost , depends on spec , if its timber leave it there
 

t murrr

Member
Sounds a bit expensive tbh , second hand kit should be about £1 per bird,
Not sure about shed cost , depends on spec , if its timber leave it there
Yeah timber I thought It all rite since getting slats feeders meal bins drinkers nest boxes etc etc it's on done deal maybe the shed is only good for putting the digger through
 

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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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