Lamb price falling like a stone.

[Al R]

You can’t negotiate with a passive-aggressive, you just end up wanting to punch them.

@Nithsdale Farmer
I don’t think Corbyn will be allowed to be PM as he refused to acknowledge the queen or sing the National anthem... even being a proud Welshman i’d sing God save the queen.. he’s an ex activist and has no respect for our armed forces etc?

 

[Nithsdale]

You can’t negotiate with a passive-aggressive, you just end up wanting to punch them.

Well I want to punch all of them at the moment as it is .. so what's the difference

 

[Jerry]

I’ve stopped selling live.

They can sit and grow to 45/48kg over next few weeks.

But I’m also pushing my private sales which helps keep the average up.

 

[Nithsdale]

@Nithsdale Farmer
I don’t think Corbyn will be allowed to be PM as he refused to acknowledge the queen or sing the National anthem... even being a proud Welshman i’d sing God save the queen.. he’s an ex activist and has no respect for our armed forces etc?

Rubbish.

Democracy at work. If he wouldn't be 'allowed' to be PM, he shouldn't be able to lead the opposition and stand in a General Election. Because he is and will (and did!), if Labour win he would be PM.

I'm no Labour voter, and I'm not sure what to make of him... but the Tory's are f**king everything right up they are basically handing it to Labour

 

[Bury the Trash]

I won a million pounds on the lottery this week!!!!!

So I think I will just carry on sheep farming until its all gone.

what a stupid thing to post.




St Merryn up 10p /kg for mid week.

 

[spin cycle]

i can't see how labour can win an election outright because traditionally they've needed scottish seats.....now snp has most of those....so most likely a lab minority govt with a confidence/supply arrangement with snp

don't think there'll be an election personally....tories would get tanked + there isn't time for tories to oust may and get election in

do wonder if EU will play hardball with may's plan in which case she's in more trouble

 

[trewern]

We will see in a week or two, but 29p in a week is alot.!!

Will be 1.50 a kilo live by 1st week of August

 

[beardface]

I’d say prices are backing off due to lamb being far to expensive for a bbq in comparison to pork or beef. Eid is coming up next month so it should bring the price back a bit.

 

[Bury the Trash]

i can't see how labour can win an election outright because traditionally they've needed scottish seats.....now snp has most of those....so most likely a lab minority govt with a confidence/supply arrangement with snp

don't think there'll be an election personally....tories would get tanked + there isn't time for tories to oust may and get election in

do wonder if EU will play hardball with may's plan in which case she's in more trouble

Fascinating,
but what has that got to do with lamb prices ?

away to the brexit thread with you, youre as bad as waltwerp.

 

[neilo]

Fascinating,
but what has that got to do with lamb prices ?

away to the brexit thread with you, youre as bad as waltwerp.

Corbyn in power would see the current strength of sterling seem like it was sitting on the peak of Everest, so it has everything to do with lamb price.

 

[neilo]

Will be 1.50 a kilo live by 1st week of August

I thought we’d been told off for being pessimistic?

 

[Nithsdale]

Corbyn in power would see the current strength of sterling seem like it was sitting on the peak of Everest, so it has everything to do with lamb price.

Export is key... bring it on I say!

 

[Bury the Trash]

Corbyn in power would see the current strength of sterling seem like it was sitting on the peak of Everest, so it has everything to do with lamb price.

current lamb prices...

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Corbyn in power would see the current strength of sterling seem like it was sitting on the peak of Everest, so it has everything to do with lamb price.

Everything has to do with everything - no matter how we try to fragment everything into manageable pieces.
I know us down here tend to pee off some folk; but that is because you can't exactly take politics, supply, demand, rural payments, brexit, weather out of a "holistic" equation and still have the same answer.

Simples

I guess saying something true makes me a left-wing anti-farmer with no f**king idea - sh!t happens though!

 

[muleman]

Auctioneers and other people are saying that there are a lot of underfinished lambs being put through the auctions and that they need to be fat. But send fat ones straight to the abbatoir and you get clobbered,they want lean....work that one out!

 

[Henarar]

non ready yet so not to worry, weighed some yesterday when they are ready a lot will be the same price as last year

 

[Green farmer]

Falling lamb prices aren’t confined to Britain. Our side of the water they’ve dropped up to 40 cent a kg in the last week. Reason is factories know farmers have run out of grass because of drought and forced to sell. Their simply taking advantage of our misfortune.

 

[deere 6600]

Are you guys down south killing your lambs a bit lighter and putting more on the market because you've no grass which is creating less demand I'm not critising just interested

 

[Yale]

I thought we’d been told off for being pessimistic?

These breeding rams are going to have to be less.....

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Falling lamb prices aren’t confined to Britain. Our side of the water they’ve dropped up to 40 cent a kg in the last week. Reason is factories know farmers have run out of grass because of drought and forced to sell. Their simply taking advantage of our misfortune.

What they gonna do when everyone’s sold them because of the drought?
Pay £170 for them cos they ain’t there