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Rossymons

Member
Location
Cornwall
So if the exchange rate is 5 to 1
Then that works out in uk terms £5 per kg of solids.
So for us that would be £2600 a cow. Or 700k. Which would equate to 30% of our asset base. Which looks fine on paper but the ability to service and then repay that debt on a lower long term price than we have is quite scary.
Even in my younger days debt like that would have kept me awake at night.
Hoping to be under £600 a cow by Christmas that’s manageable for me.

Now all we have to do is figure out many cows you're milking! :pompous::pompous::pompous:
 

tanker

Member
What to make of this...
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peclova

Member
On the other hand over here Westland dairy has just been sold to the Chinese (who just want the product) because they were struggling to make money and Fonterra's going slowly broke, with big losses and more people about to lose their jobs.
So maybe not plain sailing?

This is what happens when you are over dependent on the Chinese.

Unless your politicians (like ours need to) take measures to prevent the Chinese buying everything up things will only get worse I'm afraid.


Can anyone name a venture in China which hasn;t turned out badly for an overseas dairy business?
 

PDB

Member
Livestock Farmer
So according to potter, lame duck tomlinsons have been awarded more Sainsburys milk with Cheshire muller producers being asked to move dairy...... which they will not be happy about!
Can anyone make any sense of it??
 

vantage

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Pembs
So according to potter, lame duck tomlinsons have been awarded more Sainsburys milk with Cheshire muller producers being asked to move dairy...... which they will not be happy about!
Can anyone make any sense of it??
Not read Potter, but if Sainsbury’s manage this then they will soon own a dairy AND its supplying farms ! Run a mile!
 

dinderleat

Member
Location
Wells
So according to potter, lame duck tomlinsons have been awarded more Sainsburys milk with Cheshire muller producers being asked to move dairy...... which they will not be happy about!
Can anyone make any sense of it??

Perhaps Sainsbury’s might actually be supporting a business through a tough situation rather than just dumping them. And if you read more of what potter actually said
Recently progress appears to have been made to turn the fortunes of Tomlinson’s around from its low point around 18 months ago following Tomlinson’s first experience in processing Sainsbury’s milk which lets say didn’t go according to plan.

However along came the appointment of Stephen Oldfield, who has been previously nicknamed the GB dairy undertaker having been involved with several dairy receiverships including DFOB. On this occasion he is more of a magician working hard to turn the business around and playing match maker trying to marry or continue the 3 year relationship between Sainsbury’s and Tomlinson’s rather than organising a funeral as was first feared.
 

pappuller

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
M6 Hard shoulder
So according to potter, lame duck tomlinsons have been awarded more Sainsburys milk with Cheshire muller producers being asked to move dairy...... which they will not be happy about!
Can anyone make any sense of it??
The natives are quite rightly concerned with this situation and meetings are being held with Sainsbury's to seek assurances over who pays the milk cheque if Tomlinson's go scat
 

PDB

Member
Livestock Farmer
My area is a long-standing wiseman/muller stronghold with lots of my neighbours being with them since deregulation. Surprised muller will accept a hole in their milk field.... must have no alternative destination for the milk????
 
My area is a long-standing wiseman/muller stronghold with lots of my neighbours being with them since deregulation. Surprised muller will accept a hole in their milk field.... must have no alternative destination for the milk????
It’s a difficult one for Sainsbury’s suppliers, it would be a big drop in milk price to a muller standard contract but given some of the rumours about Tomlinson’s, they are bound to feel there’s an element of risk in the move
 

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