Is anyone in beef and sheep willing to invest money?

[Ysgythan]

“Is anyone in beef and sheep willing to invest money?”

nope.

 

[Zippy768]

That was loud

 

[Bob]

“Is anyone in beef and sheep willing to invest money?”

nope.

With all this negativity on here,now is maybe a good time to invest.

 

[Bury the Trash]

“Is anyone in beef and sheep willing to invest money?”

nope.

I agree, apart from spending money on good rams

 

[Ysgythan]

That was loud

I know. I cut and pasted the title and it did that on me.

 

[Ysgythan]

With all this negativity on here,now is maybe a good time to invest.

in what exactly? Land? Sheds? Stock? Kit?

 

[Ysgythan]

I agree, apart from spending money on good rams

always a good plan

 

[Bob]

in what exactly? Land? Sheds? Stock? Kit?

All of those Yes.

 

[Dog Bowl]

I am just reflecting a little on my post above. It does feel, for the first time in a good while, like I have such a good grasp on where I am and where I am heading. With investment in the right areas of my beef business I am confident i will reap the rewards in the future.

 

[Ysgythan]

All of those Yes.

well, you’re lucky if there’s land worth investing in available to you. You can’t beat a good shed and new kit makes the job a lot easier. Not a fan of overstocking.

 

[Ysgythan]

Never have thought there was any sense in spending money on sheds or any depreciating asset for sheep.
They have a warm coat so live outside and are very well equipped to eat grass or other stuff that grows!!

here it’s not the cold necessarily but the wet that gets you. Bridging the hungry gap means higher stocking rates year round and avoiding poaching is a big plus.

 

[Ysgythan]

I am just reflecting a little on my post above. It does feel, for the first time in a good while, like I have such a good grasp on where I am and where I am heading. With investment in the right areas of my beef business I am confident i will reap the rewards in the future.

I think you’ll do well. Seems it’s the middle that are going to get squeezed.

 

[Bury the Trash]

here it’s not the cold necessarily but the wet that gets you.

That's the all time sheep conundrum, they do better on the dry.

Frank the wool is in Romney country though ? That's wet ground surely , even if rainfall is lower...than ' out west.' ....

 

[Yale]

I am just reflecting a little on my post above. It does feel, for the first time in a good while, like I have such a good grasp on where I am and where I am heading. With investment in the right areas of my beef business I am confident i will reap the rewards in the future.

This is where I’m coming from,are you confident like in the 1980’s to go full on bust the overdraft investment or is it reasonable structured targeted investment to tweak the current system?

 

[Nearly]

I bought a pen knife.

 

[Jameshenry]

I bought a pen knife.

On finance ?

 

[Yale]

Red meat investments worth making

Fencing and water infrastructure
Genetics
Handling facilities (including weighing and EID)
Marketing
Education/training
Networking
Own transport if grazing dispersed blocks

Well that’s the networking covered...

 

[unlacedgecko]

Well that’s the networking covered...

You’re networking on a Tinder?

 

[steveR]

I need a new barn (old one's roof is a little like me on top.... thin!) and the cows need a new pole barn for running under next winter. BUT... one look at the prospects for sucklers/beef, and I wonder if the money is better in premium bonds!

Any shed will have to be a multi purpose thing, but again, to what end. I can use a polytex sheet and cover my round bales for several years @ 25p/bale/annum.

Waiting to see what ELMs brings, and if I can revert a sizeable chunk of the farm to some sort of cover/cover/combineable rotation with a bit of grass/sheep keep, that will not need much shed space...

 

[Yale]

I bought a pen knife.

On finance ?

But now you don’t have to use your teeth on string.....seen what a good dentist charges these days?