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The on-going up hill battle that is agriculture.....
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<blockquote data-quote="Cab-over Pete" data-source="post: 7551310" data-attributes="member: 416"><p>I’m likely going to get shot down here, but hey ho!!</p><p></p><p>I had two very interesting conversations last week.</p><p>One along the lines of this thread.</p><p></p><p>“I’ve got 500+ acres, it’s a millstone round my neck, can’t make it pay even with no mortgage or rent, rising costs, falling prices. Not made any money for several years, never get time off, can’t afford to employ anyone “</p><p></p><p>The second was with a customer I first met 25 years ago. He had just set out contract farming then. He’s worked hard and now has maybe a dozen clients, mostly arable but there’s a sheep enterprise in the mix too. We were having a general chat and I said to him “Go on then, I know you’ll tell me the truth, is there any money in the job?”.</p><p></p><p>He answered with an immediate “Oh Christ yeah!! I’ve never lost money, not once for any client. Even when we had to mow over 20% of (named farmer) acreage due to blackgrass infestation still made him a small profit”.</p><p></p><p>So go on, all tell me please, is there money being made where you are?</p><p></p><p>Don’t shoot the messenger please. It’s just I can’t see how the two could be so different. The two farmers are close to each other and know each other. I obviously haven’t told them each other’s business. They are on very similar ground and farm in similar ways, both quite progressive.</p><p></p><p>Is it just mindset?</p><p></p><p>I feel I ought to tell the owner occupier to call the contract farmer and have a chat!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cab-over Pete, post: 7551310, member: 416"] I’m likely going to get shot down here, but hey ho!! I had two very interesting conversations last week. One along the lines of this thread. “I’ve got 500+ acres, it’s a millstone round my neck, can’t make it pay even with no mortgage or rent, rising costs, falling prices. Not made any money for several years, never get time off, can’t afford to employ anyone “ The second was with a customer I first met 25 years ago. He had just set out contract farming then. He’s worked hard and now has maybe a dozen clients, mostly arable but there’s a sheep enterprise in the mix too. We were having a general chat and I said to him “Go on then, I know you’ll tell me the truth, is there any money in the job?”. He answered with an immediate “Oh Christ yeah!! I’ve never lost money, not once for any client. Even when we had to mow over 20% of (named farmer) acreage due to blackgrass infestation still made him a small profit”. So go on, all tell me please, is there money being made where you are? Don’t shoot the messenger please. It’s just I can’t see how the two could be so different. The two farmers are close to each other and know each other. I obviously haven’t told them each other’s business. They are on very similar ground and farm in similar ways, both quite progressive. Is it just mindset? I feel I ought to tell the owner occupier to call the contract farmer and have a chat! [/QUOTE]
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