Milk at 21ppl in 1994
- Thread starter Gander
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wasted years
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- Cumbrian born and bread
I'm still on the minimum wage, the absolute minimum.
RobFZS
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Well how much was a VHS player then and how much is it now, other than arla, who seems to be getting the best price, who's bothering to advertise milk, i read the other day that in the eu, milk consumption is 6/ 8% down, if we keep producing it as a commodity, that's the price we'll get
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- West Suffolk
And farmers were moaning then about the poor prices!
Really gets to me when I think back how Grandad and his generation used to moan and moan about prices and farming in general back then. They didn't realise how good they had it!
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
I can remember milk going up to 21 p. Dad and a neighbour were wondering how were they going to spend the money
Should of saved it
Should have bought land definitely not tractors (not new ones @multi power)
KMA
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- Dumfriesshire
Reckon my father's generation had the best period from 60s up until around 1988/9 then it went downhill and has gone into freefall in the last couple of years.
I remember reading that the price of milk went up 15% in LSD terms between 1952 ( rationing still in force) and 1968, so there was quite a squeeze, met by move to loose housing, and silage plus extra N on grazing.
I well remember being told that milk would be 50p a gallon , SMMB price for January 1976.( equals 11 ppl).
B prices and Sorn Milk below that now , 40 years on.
I well remember being told that milk would be 50p a gallon , SMMB price for January 1976.( equals 11 ppl).
B prices and Sorn Milk below that now , 40 years on.
wasted years
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- Cumbrian born and bread
B and W were £150 with conto's about 300 5 years before then, remember well my then boss taking calves to Carlisle every week.
I hear so many non farming friends saying they would be happy to pay more for milk. The retail price of milk could be doubled in the shops...only costing the public pennies, and farmers would be able to make a living! The same goes for a loaf of bread, or a dozen eggs!
I feel that we have a great opportunity in being able to vote ourselves out of the EU. Just imagine the positive changes that could be made, for the whole of the U.K, not just UK Ag! Of course, much would remain (paper work and red tape for example).
I'm resigned to the likelihood though, that it would most likely be botched and we would end up no better, if not worse off!
Possibly a tad pessimistic, but it explains my recent lack of financial enthusiasm for Farming. Also, I've just had the NFU man here and we had a 'warm' discussion around the justification of my NFU sub. and whether it pays for itself in Insurance discount!
I feel that we have a great opportunity in being able to vote ourselves out of the EU. Just imagine the positive changes that could be made, for the whole of the U.K, not just UK Ag! Of course, much would remain (paper work and red tape for example).
I'm resigned to the likelihood though, that it would most likely be botched and we would end up no better, if not worse off!
Possibly a tad pessimistic, but it explains my recent lack of financial enthusiasm for Farming. Also, I've just had the NFU man here and we had a 'warm' discussion around the justification of my NFU sub. and whether it pays for itself in Insurance discount!
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
We did, doubled acreage in 1995
Should have bought more too
It's the same with all agricultural produce.
And how much was land in the early 80's...£2k /acre ?
A new 100hp tractor.... £15k ?
Wages £2.50 hour ?
No wonder we're all f**ked.
And how much was land in the early 80's...£2k /acre ?
A new 100hp tractor.... £15k ?
Wages £2.50 hour ?
No wonder we're all f**ked.
- Location
- Northumberland
You could be right. I took over in 1978, With the help of FHDS grants I was able to put up sheds, renew loads of fences, concrete the road, drain fields and lots of other jobs like that. All on a very modest O/D and often paid 5 figure sums to the tax man.In the late 90`s extended and modernised a cottage, cost about £30k and did it out of cash flow. Bought another farm in 1993 and the repayments were never a problem until about 2000.
Since then. Ok some years better than others but the trend is it has got harder to make money.
Roy_H
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Yes we got just over £100 a ton for wheat in 1996 when we sold up. Diesel was a lot cheaper then!
- Location
- Northumberland
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- sw scotland
Grass lets around £100/acre and cast ewes £45