Feed prices

[nelly55]

How long is it sustainable barley £250 ton ,yet cattle prices not going up enough to cover all costs.When our barley runs out ,the cattle be be gone

 

[bobk]

How long is it sustainable barley £250 ton ,yet cattle prices not going up enough to cover all costs.When our barley runs out ,the cattle be be gone

Sold my cattle 5 years ago , saw it coming

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Not very sustainable unless cattle go up another £100

 

[aangus]

Not very sustainable unless cattle go up another £100

I was thinking the same this afternoon. Lambs have lifted so why hasn't beef.

 

[muleman]

How long is it sustainable barley £250 ton ,yet cattle prices not going up enough to cover all costs.When our barley runs out ,the cattle be be gone

Get some sheep

 

[copse]

How long is it sustainable barley £250 ton ,yet cattle prices not going up enough to cover all costs.When our barley runs out ,the cattle be be gone

Didn’t think it was £250

 

[copse]

Not very sustainable unless cattle go up another £100

Trouble is if fat price goes up £100 replacements go up£90

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Trouble is if fat price goes up £100 replacements go up£90

A tenner is a tenner

 

[muleman]

Trouble is if fat price goes up £100 replacements go up£90

Nothing wrong with that!

 

[BRBX]

I dont get it , i bought barley to roll which has since rocketed yet the mill have fixed blend price to april at sensible rate so gone with that , so they wont be buying it spot to cover booked blends , wheres the demand?

 

[thorpe]

we have gone from ad lib barley ad lib fodder beet to ad lib fodder beet lick the barley troughs clean, do i keep buying dear stores? we have loads of grub but we can sell it! no 1 son just wants to make as much muck as we can how much is that worth?

 

[Werzle]

How long is it sustainable barley £250 ton ,yet cattle prices not going up enough to cover all costs.When our barley runs out ,the cattle be be gone

Markets for everything adjust with supply and demand, your not forced to buy cattle or sell corn.

 

[Chuckie]

Trouble is if fat price goes up £90 replacements go up £100

Corrected that for you....

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Trouble is if fat price goes up £100 replacements go up£105

Corrected that for you…

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Corrected that for you....

Sorry! You beat me too it!!

 

[Granite Farmer]

Could grow your own then you only have the growing and harvesting cost to worry about. That's what we do plus you get a good bit of straw.

Inb4 blah blah blah if its not financially sustainable to buy it in it is not financially sustainable to grow your own blah blah blah

 

[neilo]

Could grow your own then you only have the growing and harvesting cost to worry about. That's what we do plus you get a good bit of straw.

Inb4 blah blah blah if its not financially sustainable to buy it in it is not financially sustainable to grow your own blah blah blah

If you grow your own then it’s still worth what you could stick it on a lorry for, grain and straw. You might save a little over buying it in, but to cost it at growing cost just means that you have a break even arable enterprise subsidising the costs of the livestock, making you think it looks profitable.

I grow my own cereals too. I can stick barley on a merchants lorry at £200/t and the straw on a lorry at £75/t, without any hassle or expense of putting it into livestock. To cost it any differently is just robbing Peter to pay Paul.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

If you grow your own then it’s still worth what you could stick it on a lorry for, grain and straw. You might save a little over buying it in, but to cost it at growing cost just means that you have a break even arable enterprise subsidising the costs of the livestock, making you think it looks profitable.

I grow my own cereals too. I can stick barley on a merchants lorry at £200/t and the straw on a lorry at £75/t, without any hassle or expense of putting it into livestock. To cost it any differently is just robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A lot of people don’t seem to be able to understand that

 

[Wesley]

If you’re a livestock farmer that grows barley etc to feed to your own animals the value of it is the price on the day of harvest, not on the day you use it unlike an arable farmer where its value is the day you sell it.

 

[Jdunn55]

If you grow your own then it’s still worth what you could stick it on a lorry for, grain and straw. You might save a little over buying it in, but to cost it at growing cost just means that you have a break even arable enterprise subsidising the costs of the livestock, making you think it looks profitable.

I grow my own cereals too. I can stick barley on a merchants lorry at £200/t and the straw on a lorry at £75/t, without any hassle or expense of putting it into livestock. To cost it any differently is just robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Can you please explain this to my father for me