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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 8150389" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>the last few years seem to have got tougher, and many farmers are now at the stage, where they cannot cut any more costs. Its fine saying the top 25% are doing ok, what about the rest ? the bottom 25% will/should, retire. But there always will be the top 25%, so even if everyone upped their game to match, there would still be that top quarter.</p><p>Not sure anybody can do future budgets, with a high degree of accuracy, last years, for this year, were well out, on input and output costs.</p><p>Globally food is short, and many farmers cannot survive for long, under the present price system, so things have to change, unfortunately, for the consumer, prices have to rise. I have been of the belief, for several years, the only way to increase profit, is by cutting COP, no-one is going to pay a penny more, than they are forced to, to pay for product, and for much of the time, that means just over 'break even'. And who can blame them, we would do the same.</p><p> It will sort itself out, it actually has to, its not an industry that can be ignored, or side-lined, its one of the only industries, that cannot be stopped, without dire consequences, and perhaps its time, for our leaders, to realise that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 8150389, member: 86168"] the last few years seem to have got tougher, and many farmers are now at the stage, where they cannot cut any more costs. Its fine saying the top 25% are doing ok, what about the rest ? the bottom 25% will/should, retire. But there always will be the top 25%, so even if everyone upped their game to match, there would still be that top quarter. Not sure anybody can do future budgets, with a high degree of accuracy, last years, for this year, were well out, on input and output costs. Globally food is short, and many farmers cannot survive for long, under the present price system, so things have to change, unfortunately, for the consumer, prices have to rise. I have been of the belief, for several years, the only way to increase profit, is by cutting COP, no-one is going to pay a penny more, than they are forced to, to pay for product, and for much of the time, that means just over 'break even'. And who can blame them, we would do the same. It will sort itself out, it actually has to, its not an industry that can be ignored, or side-lined, its one of the only industries, that cannot be stopped, without dire consequences, and perhaps its time, for our leaders, to realise that. [/QUOTE]
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