glasshouse
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He should have decent storage already.That isn’t what he said though is it.
He said he can make one combine work on 5000 acres by investing in decent storage and drying infrastructure.
I cant see it working
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He should have decent storage already.That isn’t what he said though is it.
He said he can make one combine work on 5000 acres by investing in decent storage and drying infrastructure.
Ah well thats me put im my place then !!!With only 220 acres and a 32 year old combine im hardly relevant to the 200k combine debate . But in fairness to my jennifer she has only consumed a couple of hundred euro in odds and ends the last couple of years so shes a cheap cutter . We finished 20 acres of wheat after potatoes today 5 .2 ton acre so i suppose im not a total arable joke !!Also 200 acres of arable, and I mean no disrespect by this, is barely even a part time job these days.
Well it’s obviously different if you have a load of cows. I think you took my comment to heart abit. The small farmers around here mostly have other jobs or other/multiple sidelines to their business other than just arable farming.Ah well thats me put im my place then !!!With only 220 acres and a 32 year old combine im hardly relevant to the 200k combine debate . But in fairness to my jennifer she has only consumed a couple of hundred euro in odds and ends the last couple of years so shes a cheap cutter . We finished 20 acres of wheat after potatoes today 5 .2 ton acre so i suppose im not a total arable joke !!
Im probably exsessively lazy too with a man working and all..... This ploughing racket must be the problem i suppose it gives me an excuse to claim to be busy And the cows of course maybe their my saving grace and can restore my full time status !!!
Especially when you see how a lot of big places have to try balance figures to make it stack upI'm offended.
Not really, I revel in being a hobby farmer. ( there is a bit of contract stuff too) I'm of the belief that big isn't always beautiful.
Can it only be 40 yrs ago that an owned 250ac of arable bought you membership of the "Two kids away at a nice school, and a winter of shooting Club"?
Jeez how times change, and there was still moaning even then.
There isn’t enough people in farming for us all to have 200 acre units.I see whats happening here, to try and justify the high price tag of machinery, arable farmers must farm more land, what ever the rent costs are and hope they achieve the 4 ton/a minimum.
On the other hand the mixed farmer with a poultry 200a arable and 90,s combine with fertile mucked soil does,t stand a chance in making any money with low rent and minimal costings,and no expensive combine on finance.
In 60 yrs time, there will only be one combine in the uk, @ 300 ft cut
Jdeere, nh and claas will fight it out every yr to get the owner to swap
Only 500 ac fields will be considered viable
There are loads of people that want to farm but are shut out by the lunatic system that rewards land rape and pillage and destroys communities.There isn’t enough people in farming for us all to have 200 acre units.
And mucks been banned!
In 60 years time the big farms will have let the hedges grow out and rounded off the field corners so much there will just be a very small circle left in the middle of fields they can just about spin the machinery round in. By this time they will be having to import gate posts from Romania to knock over because there won't be any left in this country.
Were you regarded as a scoundrel by the locals, "Coming over here with your British prairie farming" etc, when you tidied it all up?
Same as when a Dutchman came here locally in the 70s, and pushed all the hedges, to turn a 300ac farm into 2 fields .
There have to drag me off the tractor seat by my balls to stop me spreading my sh#t this Autumn.There isn’t enough people in farming for us all to have 200 acre units.
And mucks been banned!
Don’t quote me but I’m sure our local dealership told us the full top package (Gold maybe) was £4.50/acre. All you do is insure, fuel and drive.On a new Claas combine say a 8800, what would be the maxi care package cost par year?,or is it done over acres?.
Over say 5 years ?
Basic package or do they still do the maxi gold which covered everything, I recall?
Cheers
Elj
Don’t quote me but I’m sure our local dealership told us the full top package (Gold maybe) was £4.50/acre. All you do is insure, fuel and drive.