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<blockquote data-quote="Midnight plough boy" data-source="post: 2384502" data-attributes="member: 12071"><p>I'm certainly not one of the big boys but here's my situation. Possibly more by luck than judgement, but last year I got to a stage where most machinery (and all the most important) was up to date with my rolling machinery plan. There are a few bits and pieces which could do with upgrading (new set of rolls being the next on the list) which would have been done over the next few years, but now I envisage the chequebook being well and truly closed for at least the next 3 years with regard to machinery purchases. Were the financials not so tight, I would have carried on with replacements to stay ahead of the game and allow me to weather any financial storm, which fortunately seems to be the position I'm in now.</p><p></p><p>It's been the saying in recent years that dealers rub their hands together when the SFP / BPS cheque comes in (or more likely IF, in the case of BPS) as everyone (well, not quite everyone) goes machinery shopping. Now that cash isn't being passed on the associated industries will struggle. It goes to show again that farming without subsidies, but with a fair price for our produce at the end of the day would help smooth this out a bit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Midnight plough boy, post: 2384502, member: 12071"] I'm certainly not one of the big boys but here's my situation. Possibly more by luck than judgement, but last year I got to a stage where most machinery (and all the most important) was up to date with my rolling machinery plan. There are a few bits and pieces which could do with upgrading (new set of rolls being the next on the list) which would have been done over the next few years, but now I envisage the chequebook being well and truly closed for at least the next 3 years with regard to machinery purchases. Were the financials not so tight, I would have carried on with replacements to stay ahead of the game and allow me to weather any financial storm, which fortunately seems to be the position I'm in now. It's been the saying in recent years that dealers rub their hands together when the SFP / BPS cheque comes in (or more likely IF, in the case of BPS) as everyone (well, not quite everyone) goes machinery shopping. Now that cash isn't being passed on the associated industries will struggle. It goes to show again that farming without subsidies, but with a fair price for our produce at the end of the day would help smooth this out a bit. [/QUOTE]
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