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<blockquote data-quote="@dlm" data-source="post: 6645919" data-attributes="member: 120162"><p>It’s a difficult one. I’m far from a massive greenie but the single use plastics is getting out of control. New clear plastic that I know nothing about is great, but we can’t cope with volume of recycling so baled silage is going to get wrath of public along with unbalanced methane argument which we will see exaggerated next week on bbc programme. It’s become worse by the year and can’t see it changing. US 4 litre cars fine but our diesel cars killing the climate. The Chinese industrial revolution is very similar to our Victorian period. Massive increased output at the cot of environmental conditions and human welfare. But cheap output will be driving factor on scale in everything. Sadly not welfare or quality and as sad as it is we are kidding ourselves otherwise. So baled wrap will get a slating on environmental grounds, but if keeps your meat cheap then it will be fine. Non production schemes will be in , in a couple of years. Environmental schemes etc without a shadow of a doubt. Have had an offer to use a few barns that would generate an income to cover cost of development in 18 months. Then rent would return over 10% of land value. Sadly farming has reached its end in a reasonably profitable business. It’s sustainable but it’s not in a business sense viable. Saw on another thread of loans in 1980s @20 something %. Dad was in same boat and was paying 200k a year off in interest. Very few subs. Things were good. Land values increased massively, interest rates will not be at where they are now for next 4 years for sure. Always been positive believe it or not but last 4 years signs been coming more than ever and I have invested as much capital outside of stock and into property and business as possible. I hope I am horribly wrong but silage wrap cost will escalate, inspections will increase, sales will stay the same , only thing that may prove my high up supermarket mate wrong is Chinese situation. Could be only saving grace, or will they massively increase chicken production rather than purchase from abroad. Would be my bet</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="@dlm, post: 6645919, member: 120162"] It’s a difficult one. I’m far from a massive greenie but the single use plastics is getting out of control. New clear plastic that I know nothing about is great, but we can’t cope with volume of recycling so baled silage is going to get wrath of public along with unbalanced methane argument which we will see exaggerated next week on bbc programme. It’s become worse by the year and can’t see it changing. US 4 litre cars fine but our diesel cars killing the climate. The Chinese industrial revolution is very similar to our Victorian period. Massive increased output at the cot of environmental conditions and human welfare. But cheap output will be driving factor on scale in everything. Sadly not welfare or quality and as sad as it is we are kidding ourselves otherwise. So baled wrap will get a slating on environmental grounds, but if keeps your meat cheap then it will be fine. Non production schemes will be in , in a couple of years. Environmental schemes etc without a shadow of a doubt. Have had an offer to use a few barns that would generate an income to cover cost of development in 18 months. Then rent would return over 10% of land value. Sadly farming has reached its end in a reasonably profitable business. It’s sustainable but it’s not in a business sense viable. Saw on another thread of loans in 1980s @20 something %. Dad was in same boat and was paying 200k a year off in interest. Very few subs. Things were good. Land values increased massively, interest rates will not be at where they are now for next 4 years for sure. Always been positive believe it or not but last 4 years signs been coming more than ever and I have invested as much capital outside of stock and into property and business as possible. I hope I am horribly wrong but silage wrap cost will escalate, inspections will increase, sales will stay the same , only thing that may prove my high up supermarket mate wrong is Chinese situation. Could be only saving grace, or will they massively increase chicken production rather than purchase from abroad. Would be my bet [/QUOTE]
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