- Location
- Hereford
I'm getting 80p for a ewe and lamb 90p ewe with doubles . Been the same for about 4 yrs now . I do fill up the creep feeder for them but they supply the feed .
Tack prices
- Thread starter gadusmorhua
- Start date
- Location
- Romney Marsh
Don't be greedy.............especially as you say the farmer does a great job and looks after his stock well.
Summer sheep keep is worth a considerable less than winter keep. I certainly wouldn't pay any where near 50p week
Summer sheep keep is worth a considerable less than winter keep. I certainly wouldn't pay any where near 50p week
- Location
- Ceredigion
Sorry did not realise it was summer .its normal to charge per acre then ,so anything from £50 to £150 acre
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Presumably that was winter tack rates, not summer? And back in the days when it was artificially inflated by headage payments? Or later, when the historic system meant some carried on getting that?
A more level playing field now, so pockets of those that were paying daft money have got a lot lighter.
- Location
- Ceredigion
Nothing to do with headage .
When did headage end ,seems a lifetime ago
Prices wont drop , but they will probably not increase this year
Seems when it comes to paying daft prices for straw their pockets soon fill up
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
headage payment effectively carried on under the historic payment system in Wales, but without the need to actually keep the sheep.
Grass Rents are already dropping, now that system has gone.
- Location
- Ceredigion
Headage payments finished 15 years ago and not sign of tack prices dropping here. I could probably get a lot more but happy not to strangle my loyal friend who tacks with me
- Location
- Essex
Couple of points. As already opined, trust and your relationship are worth more than the few extra pounds you are talking about. You say the lambs are growing at your expense: how? Are you spending any money on them? You are already getting winter keep and now summer keep; who is getting the BPS? I suspect you are. Do you give him a refund if one dies or the price drops? The grazier is doing all the work (I know it's fenced and watered) and taking all the risk. Sounds like not a bad deal for both sides and I doubt your tenant is getting rich from it. There's only so many 50p's in a lamb. You might not like the next bloke and he might not stay as long anyway if it gets too expensive. Don't forget he is running a business. If you feel that it's cheap, charge more or buy your own sheep and see how either of those pan out.
- Location
- Ceredigion
50p would give him a return of £48 over a 6 month summer so a bit cheap imo
- Location
- Romney Marsh
We don't even know where @gadusmorhua comes from, so that might be cheap in Wales, but bloody expensive in Kent.
Add the winter keep invoice and the SFP and all of a sudden you are making £200 an acre for doing fudge all. The farmer paying the 50p ewe certainly won't be making anywhere near that, even though he is doing all the work !
- Location
- Ceredigion
I just spent £100 /acre reseeding . I wont make much with £40 in my pocket . It would bareley cover the firtilizer I put on . Sfp is about £60/acre here
I been sat on the digger with my slippers on for a month, proper slipper farmer I be
