Feed barley price

[Full of bull(s)]

good for traders and merchants

Good for farmers. I buy cattle to feed for six months. When I buy them barley is £130. Three months later half way to go and the barley is £160. There are enough variables out of my control without batting blind with the ones I can

 

[redsloe]

sounds like that is being caught between a rock and a hard place
I do wonder what I’m doing chucking barley into my intensive cattle every day, the mill and mixer never seems to stop.

Down to about 40 ton. Squeaky bum time!
Several nearly ready to go and winter barley out in ear!

 

[An Gof]

Down to about 40 ton. Squeaky bum time!
Several nearly ready to go and winter barley out in ear!

I keep looking at the pile in the store and run the battle of making sure I don’t run out for myself.
Merchant called me back this morning and offered £185 ex spot

 

[farmerm]

Here i go again , the fat price for cattle NEEDS TO BE even damn higher, sheep prices are now ..... accepted as.. what £7dw?,if they can pay that for an animal that after processing (£££££) yields 25kg of saleable meat, then i see no reason why they can't pay A MINIMUM of £5kg for beef, i grow grain for sale as well as for finishing my own cattle and neither enterprise leaves me much return at present costs, it's high time food was valued at its True cost!!!

Its the fault of the chicken farmers who supply Mr Tesco et al with white meat for less per kg than its costs for a bag of beach sand

 

[neilo]

Its the fault of the chicken farmers who supply Mr Tesco et al with white meat for less per kg than its costs for a bag of beach sand

Or maybe the fault of performance recording in the pig and poultry industries, which has made massive strides in feed conversion efficiency?

 

[welger rp 220]

Yeah its shot up i was paying £145 a tonne rolled delivered start of winter now its £230 a tonne delivered in totes although i only take a couple of tonne at a time

 

[lloyd]

Wouldn't be surprised to see old crop feed barley hit £200 t ex
by the end of the season.

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

More planned farmer to farmer trade seems to be the solution here.

 

[lloyd]

More planned farmer to farmer trade seems to be the solution here.

Solution for who though?

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

Solution for who though?

Arable and livestock farmers alike I would have thought.

 

[lloyd]

Arable and livestock farmers alike I would have thought.

I haven't come across many livestock farmers who want to
pay a good price direct but will happily buy the same grain
off the merchants for pounds more.

 

[Agrivator]

I haven't come across many livestock farmers who want to
pay a good price direct but will happily buy the same grain
of the merchants for pounds more.

It depends on whether or not the grain has been dressed. I don't want to buy another farmer's chaff, lights, twigs, rat droppings etc at full feed prices.

 

[Hampton]

Here i go again , the fat price for cattle NEEDS TO BE even damn higher, sheep prices are now ..... accepted as.. what £7dw?,if they can pay that for an animal that after processing (£££££) yields 25kg of saleable meat, then i see no reason why they can't pay A MINIMUM of £5kg for beef, i grow grain for sale as well as for finishing my own cattle and neither enterprise leaves me much return at present costs, it's high time food was valued at its True cost!!!

Abp back 5p this week!

 

[neilo]

It depends on whether or not the grain has been dressed. I don't want to buy another farmer's chaff, lights, twigs, rat droppings etc at full feed prices.

I sell my rat droppings barley to a lorry driving merchant that sells it direct to other farmers. He delivers the exact same stuff that I load out of the store, taken directly from my store to theirs, but charges for the haulage and, obviously, his margin.

It works very well for everyone, but it’s another margin coming out of it that a direct buyer would avoid.

 

[nelly55]

What’s the excuse for that,oh let me think it’s rained so no one eating outside

 

[An Gof]

It depends on whether or not the grain has been dressed. I don't want to buy another farmer's chaff, lights, twigs, rat droppings etc at full feed prices.

You had better make sure it comes with a RT sticker then





only jesting

 

[Pan mixer]

Here i go again , the fat price for cattle NEEDS TO BE even damn higher, sheep prices are now ..... accepted as.. what £7dw?,if they can pay that for an animal that after processing (£££££) yields 25kg of saleable meat, then i see no reason why they can't pay A MINIMUM of £5kg for beef, i grow grain for sale as well as for finishing my own cattle and neither enterprise leaves me much return at present costs, it's high time food was valued at its True cost!!!

Or perhaps more than £1.40 per kg dead for pigs?

 

[Full of bull(s)]

Spot load of barley delivered next week would be £205 I am told today

 

[Collie dog Sid]

I paid 172 today, not delivered

 

[Full of bull(s)]

I paid 172 today, not delivered

Where are you based?