Gross Margins

[ritchiekirkland]

I netted £200 a ewe last last year

Hoping to do that next next year !

 

[Hilly]

Hoping to do that next next year !

Im a long way short this year unfortunately.

 

[ritchiekirkland]

When I was at college we went on a trip to France and one of the visits we went on was to a vine yard . When someone asked the owner what the best year had been for grapes he said “next year “ . Likeable fella

 

[livestock 1]

Look at the middle column that’s the average farmer, makes no odds if who’s better or worse that’s still the average and bps makes up the shortfall

 

[neilo]

Sheep = bred for too much wool = maggots = insecticide.
Sheep = intensive for high output = cocktail of workers = resistance etc etc
When will we break this destructive cycle?

Short haired robust sheep? Goats?

Are we missing something?

Yes, management and selection.
For example, lambs getting too big before birth because of lots of clover (before lambing?) is purely down to your grazing management. Get some electric fencing up if your fields are too big. Nutritional management is half the job done, regardless of whether it’s managing forage or concentrates.

 

[som farmer]

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Yes, management and selection.
For example, lambs getting too big before birth because of lots of clover (before lambing?) is purely down to your grazing management. Get some electric fencing up if your fields are too big. Nutritional management is half the job done, regardless of whether it’s managing forage or concentrates.

Nutrition, is more than half, if you #### that up, you are on a hiding to nothing.
there's masses of advice on how to manage grazing, for both cattle and sheep, it really is quite easy to improve grass management, costs b-all, and huge pay back, but you have to want, to do it. Proper nutrition, whether grazed, stored or conc, bring the best returns, in both health and profit.