midlandslad
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What are people currently charging/being charged for a simple stubble to stubble operation on combinable cropping land?
Define simple. Just arable operations? Hedge cutting? Grain drying & storage? Agronomy? Admin e.g. Red Tractor? Crop rotation? Straw policy? Muck spreading?
No money to be made by the contractor at £150/ac. That’s for sure even if it’s an easy working farm with just the basics.
Still got £30/acre on £150.Profit
Easy working farm?
Plough £20/acre
Drill/£25 acre
Roll £5/acre
Spray x4 £20
Fert x 2 £10
Combine £40
£120/acre total
What am I missing?
The extras to get to £150:
Load in, push up, load out, hedge cutting, general tidying, insurance, three more spray passes.
Granted, rolling, spraying, spreading are only really costing £1.50/AC.
If someone else is doing all the work, your subsidy should be stopped