The inexorable rise in prices of EVERYTHING .

[manhill]

Piece on Radio 2 I heard a bit of other day about how cheap Chinese crap wasn't avaliable anymore as containers made it took expensive.

Always look on the bright side of life

Seems a lot less sellers listed on eBay and not so much choice.

 

[HolzKopf]

Yes, you’re correct, no container ships.

It'll be interesting to see how all the containers of Chinese cr*p (which we all buy by the way) then gets from 'Europe' to the UK? - By ferry into Felixtowe, London Gateway, Dover? Or by the Channel Tunnel and M20?

 

[Sid]

Seems a lot less sellers listed on eBay and not so much choice.

Disaster as happy birthday banners and balloons are in shortage!

 

[nick...]

Hope you boys have your orders in for autumn earth wearing parts.understand there are some long waits.I’m of after years supply of filters tomorrow so hope I can get what I want
nick...

 

[midlandslad]

Inflation is only bad if your produce is rising less than the cost of inouts

 

[Sid]

Hope you boys have your orders in for autumn earth wearing parts.understand there are some long waits.I’m of after years supply of filters tomorrow so hope I can get what I want
nick...

Can we blame brexit?

Food prices have risen , isn't brexit wonderful.

Everything else is rising.....panic!!!

 

[TheTallGuy]

Does anyone know why cement has suddenly become short supply
Someone said to me it was to do with hs2

A couple of cement plants shutdown for maintenance, plus reduced output due to covid (allegedly) combined with an upturn in construction (including HS2) has reduced stockpiles & availability.

Wait until they build the railway from Chinas to Europe, no need for containers then.

Everything will still be containerised & despite the new route, a lot will still be coming by sea because the route won't have the capacity to displace all the ship traffic. The largest container ships in operation carry over 23,000 twenty foot equivalents - even if the infrastructure could regularly handle 1500m long double stack trains that's going to be around 50-60 trains per ship. The reality is closer to 1000m long trains and no double stacking. There are also numerous technical issues such as needing to switch rail guage, locomotives and operators and interleaving with local services, so whilst the land bridge will roughly halve the delivery time to Europe it will cost more than via sea, but cheaper than air. Optimistic reports suggest maybe 5% of the total freight could switch to rail from sea, but most moderates suggest a maximum of 2%.

 

[Willie adie]

Fencing wire up 17% since January.
Timber up 18% since last summer,
Total disgrace, I've never seen so many loaded timber lorries on the roads.
These folk burning timber and getting the subsidies to do so are a to blame, and they moan when you tell them how much posts ,strainers etc are, well it's to pay the subsidies so they can burn them all year round.

 

[Sid]

Fencing wire up 17% since January.
Timber up 18% since last summer,
Total disgrace, I've never seen so many loaded timber lorries on the roads.
These folk burning timber and getting the subsidies to do so are a to blame, and they moan when you tell them how much posts ,strainers etc are, well it's to pay the subsidies so they can burn them all year round.

I've said it before and I'll say it again.....index linked capital works payments.

Can't get a gate post around here atm.

 

[Highland Mule]

It'll be interesting to see how all the containers of Chinese cr*p (which we all buy by the way) then gets from 'Europe' to the UK? - By ferry into Felixtowe, London Gateway, Dover? Or by the Channel Tunnel and M20?

A lot of the container ships used to be landed and clear EU customs here in the U.K., before being onward processed by lorry/ train. Was a nice earner too as the U.K. got to keep a proportion of the import taxes as a “handling fee”. Alas no more, we just get additional hassle now instead.

 

[Hilly]

Printing money, I think inflation is running at 20% , I don’t think agriculture will keep up .

 

[lloyd]

Printing money, I think inflation is running at 20% , I don’t think agriculture will keep up .

If it keeps going you will only be able to buy fish and chips
once a week with the government retirement money.

 

[Hilly]

Certainly in cattle and sheep the last three decades everytime we get a farmgate price rise the supply industry are just like vultures and hoover it all up, bit depressing really, almost seems we’re not allowed any spare .

 

[teslacoils]

I know what would help ...let's give pensioners and public sector workers inflation plus X pay rises every year with zero requirements to increase productivity. That'll work.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Some factories around here cutting production as they can't get empty containers to put their product in.

Well after ship stuck in suez a few weeks ago (still there) afaik until insurance is sorted out also 1 on fire atm there will be a shortage

 

[Greythundercloudys]

The guy who sells fencing stuff and wood for fencing can't get the stuff, he's hardly any left. Prices all going up.

 

[neilo]

Hope you boys have your orders in for autumn earth wearing parts.understand there are some long waits.I’m of after years supply of filters tomorrow so hope I can get what I want
nick...

It’s hoarding like this that fuels the shortages.

Are you OK for loo roll?

 

[Sid]

It’s hoarding like this that fuels the shortages.

Are you OK for loo roll?

Exactly.

Delivery of fencing stuff here last week.
Been waiting 3 weeks but hey ho.

Cement, driver had deliver 4 pallets this week, normally delivers 1 pallet max.

But then,you don't want staff standing around waiting on materials....

 

[Bossfarmer]

Do we expect things to return to normal shortly with fencing stuff etc or is this the new normal?

 

[nick...]

Do we expect things to return to normal shortly with fencing stuff etc or is this the new normal?

Things never seem to go down,apart from our produce
nick...